Understanding how to recruit the right people, manage a team and terminate contracts is as crucial in China as it is anywhere else. This knowledge is key not only because of the peculiarities of China’s human resources and labour regulations, but also, in the case of European SMEs with operations in China, because of the distance between headquarters and the local team.
On 14 October, the EU SME Centre and European Union Chamber of Commerce in China are organising a workshop in Beijing and online to share information on HR best practices with experts.
Agenda
Wednesday 14 October (China Standard Time – CST)
16:00–16:05
Opening remarks Keyu Zhou, Events Coordinator, EU SME Centre
16:05–16:30
How to Recruit and Retain Staff in China Gianvito D’Onghia, Managing Director, Talent Fishers China
16:30–16:55
Legal Matters and Best Practices when Letting Employees Go Susanne Rademacher, Partner, Advant Beiten
16:55–17:30
Q&A session
17:30
Networking For onsite participants in Beijing
Eligibility criteria
This event is open exclusively to stakeholders of the EU SME Centre, including:
Small and medium-sized enterprises from EU Member States and countries participating in the Single Market Programme;
Business support organisations and trade promotion organisations from EU Member States and countries participating in the Single Market Programme.
Diplomatic representations and public institutions from the European Union, from EU Member States and countries participating in the Single Market Programme.
Keynote speakers
Gianvito D’Onghia
Managing Director, Talent Fishers China
Based in China since 2010, Gianvito D’Onghia leads the business activities of the Talent Fishers Group in China. Talent Fishers is an independent recruitment and HR solutions provider for the Asian markets established in 2007. Its teams in China, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, and India actively cooperate to provide the best human resources solutions for international organizations in the region. In China, Talent Fishers provide executive search (top level), search & selection (middle management and technicians/experts) recruitment services as well as HR consulting, executive/team coaching and interim management solutions.
Susanne Rademacher
Partner, ADVANT Beiten Beijing
Susanne Rademacher is Partner and head of ADVANT Beiten’s Beijing office and member of the Corporate/M&A practice group. Her areas of expertise comprise corporate and labour law, as well as foreign direct investments in China. She particularly advises clients from the automotive, chemical, machinery, renewable energy and hotel/hospitality industries.
Susanne Rademacher studied law at the Universities of Cologne/Germany (First State Examination 1998) and Lausanne/Switzerland and studied Chinese language at the Beijing Foreign Languages University with a scholarship of the European Union and the China Ministry of Commerce. She was admitted to the German Bar in 2002 and is a foreign registered lawyer with the China Ministry of Justice. She has been working with ADVANT Beiten in China since 2002.
