An overview of the ever-evolving regulatory landscape regarding workplace privacy and data protection of employees in China. It summarises six principles that employers are advised to follow when collecting or handling personal information of employees. The Note touches on the main implications of employee personal information protection for employers, discusses the principal employee-related privacy risks and analyses certain pitfalls that may be overlooked by employers, through the process of recruiting an employee to ending the employment. It also clarifies the civil, administrative and criminal liabilities employers may incur for unproperly collecting, processing, transferring and deleting employees' personal data or violating privacy of employees.