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Protecting Labor Rights in Globalization: A Study on Labor Law Implement in China
School of Public Management, Ji’nan University, Guangzhou, China
School of Humanities, Ji’nan University, Zhuhai, China
- 1 School of Public Management, Ji’nan University, Guangzhou, China
- 2 School of Humanities, Ji’nan University, Zhuhai, China
Advances in Applied Sociology·Volume 08 (2018)·Pages 721–733·Published 20 December 2018·DOI10.4236/aasoci.2018.812043
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Abstract
This paper employs the data from a survey conducted in Shanghai and other nine cities and uses the Logistic Regression Model to analyze it, from the perspectives of globalization. The study finds that the race to the bottom among employers may affect the behavior change of individual under laws intervention and then affect the action result of labor law’s article on labor contract signing, minimum wage and basic pension plan participation.
KeywordsLaw in ActionEmployment RelationsGlobalizationRace to the Bottom
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