Probationary Period · 试用期规定

Article 19 — Labor Contract Law of the PRC (2008)

For a labor contract with a term of more than three months but less than one year, the probationary period shall not exceed one month. For a labor contract with a term of more than one year but less than three years, the probationary period shall not exceed two months. For a fixed-term labor contract of three years or more and an open-ended labor contract, the probationary period shall not exceed six months.

The same employer and employee may only agree on one probationary period.

No probationary period may be agreed upon for a labor contract with a term of less than three months or a labor contract based on completion of a specific task.
劳动合同期限三个月以上不满一年的,试用期不得超过一个月;劳动合同期限一年以上不满三年的,试用期不得超过二个月;三年以上固定期限和无固定期限的劳动合同,试用期不得超过六个月。

同一用人单位与同一劳动者只能约定一次试用期。

以完成一定工作任务为期限的劳动合同或者劳动合同期限不满三个月的,不得约定试用期。
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