Why is there gender discrimination in job fairs?

It is reported that a number of NPC deputies have recently put forward suggestions on the phenomenon of "male only" in the recruitment of local civil servants and gender discrimination in social recruitment, in order to further eliminate employment discrimination and promote gender equality.

According to the report, there is gender discrimination in recruitment. First of all, employers are reluctant to recruit women because the burden of childbirth costs is too heavy. Many employers believe that recruiting women will increase the burden of maternity costs, especially in the context of the implementation of the universal two-child policy.

For example, the employer needs to pay the normal salary for the prenatal examination of female employees and the breastfeeding time within one year after delivery; When the internal staff of the employer can't share the work of female employees during maternity leave, they need to hire another staff to complete the work, which increases the extra economic cost; Maternity allowance for extended maternity leave in most provinces is also paid by employers.

In view of the fact that the sex discrimination in recruitment and its administrative punishment have not been included in the labor security supervision at the national level, when the labor security supervision institutions carry out their work according to the Regulations on Labor Security Supervision (2004), it is not clear whether the supervision of sex discrimination in recruitment is within their duties, which affects the supervision and punishment.

I hope that gender discrimination in nuclear life recruitment can be eliminated as soon as possible!