In brief

• Measures to prevent social insurance fraud formally implemented
• New guidelines issued on handling of employment dispute arbitration and litigation
• Shanghai’s human resources and social security authority issues measures on employment issues arising during the pandemic
• Shenzhen passes regulations encouraging non-litigious dispute resolution mechanisms
• Jiangsu High People’s Court publishes top 10 typical employment dispute cases of 2021
• Tianjin case shows that seeking criminal enforcement of trade secret theft is getting easier
• Guangdong province court issues first equal opportunity case judgment in favor of pregnant employee
• Guidance provided on employment disputes relating to pandemic control measures

Measures to prevent social insurance fraud formally implemented

The Measures for Administrative Supervision of Social Insurance Funds ("Measures") were formally implemented on 18 March 2022. The Measures aim to strengthen administrative supervision of social insurance funds to investigate and prevent acts that harm the social insurance system, such as creating fake employment relationships to fraudulently obtain social insurance benefits. The most relevant parts of the Measures for employers operating in China are the following:

The Measures list several types of conduct that would be considered fraudulent obtainment of social insurance benefits, including but not limited to: (i) faking social insurance eligibility or belatedly making missed premium payments in a...

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