On October 9th , the tenth lecture of the"2020 Global Anti-Epidemic, Return to Work and Labor Relations Lecture Series "was held online, hosted by the University of China and co-organized by the Labor Relations Branch of the China Society for Human Resources Development. Han Zhuang, researcher of the Institute of International Law of the University of Poitiers, got the invitation to give a lecture on the topic of "The Impact of the Neo-crowning Epidemic on French Labor Law" as the guest speaker. More than 80 experts, scholars, teachers and students from inside and outside the university listened to the lecture online. The lecture was hosted by Professor Ye Jingyi of Peking University.

In the lecture, researcher Han Zhuang, took labor law as the perspective and the development of the Neo-Crown epidemic as the main line, systematically explained the main measures taken by the French government to deal with the epidemic from three aspects: financial means, policy means and legal means. He also analyzed the legal provisions under the two systems of partial employment and teleworking for French workers, and focused on the revision of French labor laws and regulations under the epidemic. He said that at the early stage of the epidemic, the French government took a series of control measures such as "sealing the city" to curb the spread of the epidemic, but also increased the risk of layoffs and brought more pressure on public finance. In order to overcome the impact of the epidemic on the economy, society and employment, the French government launched a 400-billion-euro financial rescue plan as well as steadily pushing forward the increase in job subsidies, and actively carry out vocational training to enhance the population's flexible employment capacity. He pointed out that to date, the French Parliament has enacted more than 750 laws and regulations, hitting a record high. Through the amendment of laws and regulations, the restrictions on fixed-term labor contracts, employee secondments, working hours, and remote office have been relaxed, which has further promoted the flexible employment model.

In the discussion session, Associate Professor Zheng Aiqing from the Law School of Renmin University of China fully affirmed the French government's introduction of the "Protecting Enterprises, Protecting Jobs, Not Firing" Emergency Health Law, and gave a wonderful review of the partial employment system and teleworking system, and gave his own views and opinions on secondment and dispatch, the definition and distinction between the partial employment system and enterprise layoffs, and the daily management problems brought about by teleworking, which provided new topics for future research on labor law.

During the interactive session, Associate Professor Huang Wei from the School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China and Associate Professor Deng Yonghui from the School of Finance and Public Administration, Harbin Business University had an in-depth discussion with Han Zhuang on how the tripartite mechanism of French labor relations coped with the epidemic crisis, the French people's experience of the overall employment situation in recent years and how to calculate working hours during the epidemic in France.

In the concluding speech, Professor Ye expressed her gratitude to Han Zhuang for his excellent lecture and said that this lecture was a high-quality academic lecture on labor law. The lecturer has both profound theoretical attainments and rich practical experience, and has done a lot of meaningful research in the comparison of Chinese and French labor law. The lecture was not only an in-depth interpretation of the real situation and the combination of laws and regulations, but also an in-depth explanation and answers to the hot topics of general concern to the audience. The lecture not only deepened everyone's knowledge of French labor law, but also had important guidance for the adjustment and study of labor relations under the crisis.

Han Zhuang, Ph.D. in private law of Université de Poiters, is currently a researcher and director of the Asia Department of the Institute of international law at the University of Poitiers. He is mainly engaged in comparative law research. He also served as a part-time teacher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Paris-Sud, Sciences Po Lyon, and EMS Lyon, France. He also served as a distinguished researcher at the Institute of East Asia (IAO) of the French National Research Center and a French General Judicial expert of Vatier Court of Appeal.

(International Exchange and Cooperation Division (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Office))