China to End Life-long Tenure for Public Employees

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China to End Life-long Tenure for Public Employees

The end of jobs-for-life for the 30 million public institution employees has been announced by Vice Minister of Personnel Shu Huiguo at a meeting on Sunday of personnel officials from across China.

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The end of jobs-for-life for the 30 million public institution employees has been announced by Vice Minister of Personnel Shu Huiguo at a meeting on Sunday of personnel officials from across China.

The move is one the biggest shake-ups in the field of employment in China and a vital part of the country's modernization program.

In a bid to reform the personnel management system of institutions, a contractual personnel system covering the nation's 1.3 million State-owned institutions will be in place within five years, Shu announced.

This means the end of the life-long tenure system which has been enjoyed by those employed in State-owned institutions. And the overhaul will lead to a number of positions becoming redundant and some employees being laid off.

Shu called for legislation to introduce a law to replace the current Provisional Regulations on State Civil Servants, an idea first promulgated 10 years ago.

He also has asked personnel authorities at all level to speed up the working out of supplementary policies required by the reform, such as appropriate redundancy pay-offs.

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