Temporary jobs refer to those positions lasting no more than six months, while backup ones mean those that can be taken over for a period of time when original workers are on a leave for study or other purposes.
The draft stipulates employers should keep the number of workers they hire through labor contractors within a limit, which is to be set by labor administration authorities.
By amending the current Labor Contract Law, adopted in 2007, the move targets a common yet unfair reality: many Chinese people, who are actual long-term workers at an organization, are paid much less because they are categorized as "leased employees."
In China, some organizations hire a number of employees via labor leasing agents, but do not sign work contracts with these workers or give them fair pay and welfare, even though they have been working with them for years.
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