This course aims to identify and analyse key issues in the regulation of labour in the PRC, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. It will also develop comparative perspectives on common issues including rights and duties under the contract of employment, employment termination, occupational safety and health/employees' compensation, collective bargaining, institutional arrangements for labour regulation and labour migration. The course aims to produce students with an enhanced understanding of labour law issues both locally and in the region and an ability to resolve common employment disputes through techniques of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). The course aims to expose students to a wide range of issues which are taught by a team of colleagues drawn from the law school, the practicing profession and other departments of the University.

Examination on employment termination and OSH in PRC and HK: The use of Generative AI tools is not allowed.

Applicable to students admitted from Semester A 2022/23 to Summer Term 2024

Students must obtain a minimum mark of 50% in both coursework and examination and an overall mark of 50% in order to pass the course.

Applicable to students admitted before Semester A 2022/23 and in Semester A 2024/25 & thereafter

Students must obtain a minimum mark of 40% in both coursework and examination and an overall mark of 40% in order to pass the course.