Several cities across China have adopted epidemic control and prevention measures to contain the new variant of COVID-19 omicron. With employees quarantined for medical observation during such measures, employers should…
Changes to social security insurance policies have been issued to stabilise companies impacted by the recent COVID outbreaks. Namely the policies impact employment and support cash flow difficulties by reducing…
In the past weeks, Shanghai has conducted grid-screening lockdown to curb the spread of COVID-19. On the 27 March, the Shanghai municipal government announced the city will impose a staggered…
On Saturday, 16 April 2022, the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatization issued a guideline (‘Guideline’) for industrial enterprises to start the orderly resumption of work and production with controlled…
Small and micro businesses Corporate income tax The corporate income tax rate was reduced from 10 percent to 5 percent for small and micro-businesses. The tax rate is applied to…
Der neue Digital Services Act Der Digital Services Act (DSA) ist eine neue Verordnung der Europäischen Union, die damit sog. Online-Vermittlungsdienste (Online-Intermediäre) wie Marktplätze oder Social Media Plattformen stärker in…
Corporate Financing partly entails raising funds [capital] for a company [corporation]. This is done in a number of ways such as (1) debt (2) private equity or (3) a public…
Diplomatic status and the immunities and privileges attached to that status are governed by statute under the Immunities and Privileges Act. The status cam be conferred on international organisations by…
Der streitbare Anwalt Es stellt sich – gleichermassen für Anwälte und ihre Klienten – immer wieder die Frage, wie streitbar der Anwalt bei der Verfechtung der Belange seines Klienten denn…
Sind Kettenarbeitsverträge zulässig? Arbeitsverträge können sowohl unbefristet als auch befristet vereinbart werden. Ein befristeter Arbeitsvertrag liegt vor, wenn entweder ein konkretes Enddatum, zu welchem das Arbeitsverhältnis beendet sein soll, vereinbart…