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Over the past months employees have been emboldened by the Chinese Government promoting that wealth will pour down, to every category of the workforce to enable the domestic economy to blossom. Headlines suggesting 'Wages to double within three years' may well reinforce Government support, but what does this suggest for the profitability of exporters and the relationship foreign owned employers have with their staff? Collective bargaining muscles are being flexed and, together with skills shortages in certain areas in Guangdong, the recipe for a 'summer of discontent' has all the ingredients in place.
 
At this meeting we'll be looking at how labour relations are likely to be effected, and how we might manage this change. We'll also be looking at what realistic rates we're going to need to pay in the coming years and ideas to promote productivity based packages as an acceptable alternative to straight increases.
 
The time when foreign owned export businesses were encouraged and welcomed as a necessary and essential part of the Chinese economy seems to have passed, so we'll be exploring strategies to survive the impact of these changes and where we can still gain advantages over other low cost economies when labour rates are no longer one of these.
 
This should be an essential meeting for those involved in foreign owned manufacturing and sourcing operations, to help them deal with the major changes we're seeing today.

 
The interactive seminar will cover:

 

1. HR Management in the current environment
- How best to manage strikes;
- How to go slows and
- What the law allows in handling collective bargaining.

 

2. Productivity packages that really work in China.
- Identify key factors that may render a package attractive for an employee, while keeping or increasing the company ROI (Return On Investment).
- Employee Performance Assessment
- What is the difference between Training and Development?
- Setting up T&D actions to improve motivation and productivity.
- Linking Employee Development, Motivation, Productivity, and Financial rewards.
- Success and Failure examples 
- Cultural considerations to note

 

Agenda:

15:30 – 16:00 pm Registration
16:00 – 16:40 pm Presentation by Jonathan Isaacs, 
                          Baker & McKenzie followed by Q&A
16:40 – 17:15 pm Presentation by Miranda Shu, Mercer
17:45 – 18:00 pm Coffee break & refreshments
18:00 – 18:30 pm Presentation by Hubert Delelis Fanien, Aka OutSpring
18:30 – 19:00 pm Presentation by A.J. Boelens, SMMR
19:00 – 19:30 pm Q&A
19:30 – 21:00 pm Business Networking Drinks, 7/F Sports Bar

About the speakers:

Jonathan Isaacs
Senior Associate, Baker & McKenzie, Hong Kong
Practice Areas
China Labor and Employment.
Practice Description
Mr. Isaacs’ practice focuses on labor and employment.  He is experienced advising multi-national companies on labor unions, collective bargaining, and resolving individual and collective employment disputes.

Representative Clients, Cases or Matters
• Advised numerous clients on requirements for union establishment and collective bargaining in China.
• Mediated and resolved labor dispute between management and employees at a multi-national company’s training center subsidiary.
• Assisted client in handling work stoppage resulting from social insurance dispute.
• Assisted client draft brief to be submitted to the Supreme People’s Court.
• Advised numerous clients on employment issues related to M&A transactions, e.g. employee transfers, employee terminations, and severance issues.
• Assist numerous clients in handling employee terminations resulting from shutdown of China offices.
• Advised numerous clients on wage, hour, and overtime pay requirements in China.
• Advised a consulting company and a toy manufacturer in cases of employee theft of trade secrets and proprietary information.
Languages Spoken
English and Mandarin.

 

Miranda Shu is a Partner at Mercer and the business leader for Mercer's Human Capital Business in Greater China.  She has 15+ years experience in management consulting, talent & leadership development Human Resource management in Asia and China, and practical experience in developing Chinese executives in German company.

Relevant Experience:

•Prior joining Mercer, Miranda has 14 years experience with McKinsey & Company Greater China Office.  She has served both MNCs and local companies in developing business strategy, optimizing organization and process and developing leadership capability in China, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South East Asia.
• Miranda also worked as Director of Professional Development for Greater China at McKinsey, where she establishes people strategies, and overseas recruiting, retention and development of all McKinsey consultants across four greater China locations
•Miranda has also worked as head of China Hub for Corporate Development of Executives at Siemens, where she is in charge of identifying and developing talents from North Asia for global corporate key functions.

 

 

Hubert Delelis is Material Science Engineer with 16 years experience at a MNC Decathlon – OXYLANE Group, 10 years of which as a General Manager of business units in Shanghai, Taiwan and Shenzhen.

Mr. Delelis is also the founder of AKA Outspring, a company that focuses on operational and management trainings for Chinese middle managers.

Mr. Delelis has a broad knowledge on managing technical (production, quality, supply chain) and service departments (IT, finance, HR), using international management methods and standards such as delegation, empowerment, lean, six sigma, participative management, reporting and others. He has recruited and trained hundreds of Chinese team members and successfully promoted local middle managers.

Mr. Delelis has successfully developed and adapted training and coaching methods to boost local teams’ efficiency and autonomy. In his previous experience, he created a multinational team of experts who delivered technical trainings and expertise all over the world. He was appointed instructor and technical referent for management training.

Led by his passion on human development and human management, he is now sharing and transmitting his experience through AKA Outspring (www.akaoutspring.com).

Because Human Resource is the core asset of a company, team autonomy is the ultimate means for efficiency and sustainability.

 

 

 A.J. Boelens is a Learning and Development expert currently working with Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance, a world leader in MRI medical devices.  At SSMR, he is responsible for all Training & Development processes and projects.  He has over 8 years experience in people development in Asia (China and Japan), both as a manager and as a specialist, and is truly passionate about the complex world of Human Capital Development.

Mr. Boelens has a strong background in training but is now focusing more attention on Human Development strategies that create alignment between business objectives and professional career development for employees.  He is currently a candidate in the part-time HKUST MBA program and takes classes in the Shenzhen campus.  

 

 

 

Privilege Members of the European Chamber Pearl River Delta Chapter

 

 

 

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