【正确答案】In accordance with Article 41 of the Labour Contract Law, in order to reduce the workforce by 20 persons or more or by a number of persons that is less than 20 but account for 10% or more of the total number of employees, an employer shall take the following measures: (i) The employer shall, 30 days in advance, explain to the trade union of all employees the circumstances under which the enterprise has to reduce such number of employees; (ii) The employer shall collect the opinions from the trade union or employees; (iii) The employer shall make a written report as to the workforce reduction plan to the administration of local government.

【正确答案】In accordance with Paragraph 2 of Article 41 of the Labour Contract Law, in reducing the workforce of the above-mentioned number the following employees shall be retained with priority by the employer: (i) employees who have concluded fi xed-term labour contracts in a relatively long term with the employer; (ii) employees who have concluded open-ended labour contracts with the employer; (iii) employees who are the only workforce of their families and whose family members depend upon their income.