A Practice Note providing an overview of the process for conducting a mass layoff (also known as redundancy) in China. This Note considers issues relating to practical and legal implications of implementing mass layoffs, including related issues such as statutory severance payment and employees who cannot be terminated by statutory mass layoff. It also includes a discussion of the role of consensual termination arrangements, strategy of concluding consensual termination agreements, planning notification of the layoffs and related training for managers.