Labor

We were all children once – and we are now the parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts of children. Children's needs and wishes, hence, are not difficult to understand. They want, expect and have the right to the best possible start in life. And we must do all we can to ensure that they, and the generations of children to come, receive this – a safer, fairer, healthier world.
China labor law stipulates that the employer shall be banned from recruiting juveniles under the age of 16. Chinese government opposes strictly and fights for illegal use of child labor...

Forced labor is a social evil which has not place in the modern world. It represents the underside of globalization and denies people their basic rights and dignity. To achieve a fair globalization and decent work for all, it is imperative to eradicate forced labour.
The term “forced labor” brings to mind images of chained prisoners sweating at a quarry or a plantation, carefully watched by armed guards or military personnel...

Studies of business practices clearly link worker strain to reduced productivity, increased turnover and increased injury and illness
Overtime issues are the hot topics in China. It not only exists among private and foreign-invested sectors but SOEs and NPOs. It's common to see workers working excessive overtime...

“Only by distributing benefits of economic growth to the people can we be supported by the people and maintain a harmonious and stable society.”
Wage income is the most important income of common families and closely related to the livelihood of the people and social stability of a country. It is because of such importance of wage income that international conventions and relevant production regulations have clearly defined that wage paid to employees must be at least the minimum wage that can guarantee the basic needs of employees be satisfied.

All discrimination produces unequal effects that place the victims of discrimination in a situation of disadvantage, impairing their access to opportunities for employment, let alone equality of treatment at the workplace.
In 1998, ILO conference passed the Declaration on the Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Such principles and rights include freedom of association, collective bargaining, no forced labour, no child labour, and no discrimination at work.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
The ILO does not have a specific convention addressing workplace disciplinary practices. However, three United Nations agreements are directly relevant as references...

All laborers doing physical or mental work in enterprises, public institutions and government organs within Chinese territory who earn their living primarily from wages shall have the right to participate in and form trade union organizations pursuant to the law, regardless of their nationalities, races, sexes, occupations, religious beliefs or educations. No organization or individual may hinder them from doing so or restrict them.
Many people are afraid of talking about freedom of association because of the political overtone of this term. In fact, freedom of association is, above all, a legal concept.