Describe a law in your country that you think is good.

　　You should say

　　what the law is

　　when it went into effect

　　what contents

　　and explain how this law affects people /how good you think this law is.

　　素材

　　什么法律

　　新劳动法 new labor law 或者labor contract law

　　I've never seen a law attract so much public attention. At the factory level people are talkingabout it everywhere.

　　时间

　　Jan. 2008

　　内容

　　The new law greatly limits the use of short-term contracts. The new law allows employers toassign only two consecutive fixed-term contracts. After that the employer must offer theemployee an open-ended contract.

　　The LCL imposes severe restrictions on the use of probationary periods in the employmentrelationship. Probationary periods are permitted, but the length is limited. Furthermore, anemployee can only be subject to a single probationary period by a single employer. Wages duringthe probationary period must also be no less than 80% of the contract wage.

　　好处

　　Chinese workers are increasingly aware of their rights

　　these laws seem more favorable to workers

　　The LCL has been actively publicized and employees are well informed about their rights underthe new law.

　　try to redress the balance of power between workers and employers.

　　For example, mines and construction sites have been getting a lot of attention for severalyears now. workers were clearly being abused. All of this represented a source of social instability,and I think they just decided they couldn't afford it. So they decided to get at one root cause: thelack of contracts.

　　Implementation and enforcement are traditionally the weakest points of labor law in China.本文由在线英语听力室整理编辑。