Provisions of the State Council on Working Hours of Employees

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Date:1997-05-01 00:09:03

Provisions of the State Council on Working Hours of Employees

(Issued by Order No. 146 of the State Council of the People's Republic of China on February 3, 1994 and amended in accordance with the Decision of the State Council on Amending the Provisions of the State Council on the Working Hours of Employees on March 25, 1995)

Article 1 These Provisions are formulated in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Constitution in order to reasonably arrange the working hours and rest time of the staff and workers, safeguard the right of the staff and workers to rest, mobilize the enthusiasm of the staff and workers, and promote the development of the cause of socialist modernization.

Article 2 These Provisions shall apply to the staff and workers of state organs, social organizations, enterprises, institutions and other organizations within the territory of the People's Republic of China.

Article 3 Employees work 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week.

Article 4 Those who engage in labor under special conditions and have special circumstances that require appropriate shortening of working hours shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Article 5 Where the system of standard working hours of 8 hours a day and 40 hours a week cannot be implemented due to the nature of work or production characteristics, other methods of work and rest may be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the State.

Article 6 No unit or individual may extend the working hours of employees without authorization. If it is really necessary to extend working hours due to special circumstances and urgent tasks, it shall be implemented in accordance with the relevant provisions of the state.

Article 7 State organs and institutions shall adopt uniform working hours, with Saturdays and Sundays as weekly rest days.

Enterprises and institutions that cannot implement the unified working hours specified in the preceding paragraph may flexibly arrange weekly rest days according to actual conditions.

Article 8 The Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Personnel shall be responsible for the interpretation of these Provisions; the implementation measures shall be formulated by the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Personnel.

Article 9 These Provisions shall enter into force as of May 1, 1995. Enterprises and institutions that have difficulties in implementing the law on May 1, 1995 may be postponed appropriately, but institutions shall implement the law no later than January 1, 1996, and enterprises shall implement the law no later than May 1, 1997.

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