Solutions to gender discrimination in employment

"The formulation of a special anti-employment discrimination law" was considered by the experts at the meeting as the "magic weapon" to solve this problem.

However, some corporate managers disagree with this call. The director of a business management talent center in Beijing told reporters: "Judging from the current employment situation in our country, legislation is of little significance. It is now a buyer's market. Finding a job is the most important, and no one cares about discrimination."

Wang Wenzhen, a researcher at the Labor Law and Social Security Law Research Office of the Institute of Labor Science, also believes that the best way to curb explicit employment discrimination from becoming invisible is to expand employment, because “from the perspective of the macro environment, the severe labor market is employment discrimination. Only by changing the overall supply and demand situation can the problem of employment discrimination be better improved."

“These understandings are very superficial.” Some experts believe that “just because there is less cake, we must create a fairer and equal environment, otherwise it will have a potential negative impact on society.”

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Many experts believe that discrimination is a kind of social prejudice. To eliminate a social prejudice, it is difficult to rely on the awakening of society itself. Ensuring equal employment opportunities for citizens must be achieved through effective legal systems and specific protection and relief measures.

Experts believe that the continuous emergence of employment discrimination cases in society shows that the public already has a sense of rights, but relevant laws lag behind. "Now is the best time to promote anti-employment discrimination legislation. Promoting anti-employment discrimination legislation will not hinder economic development."

Xu Weihua, deputy director of the Women's Legal Research and Service Center at Peking University Law School, believes that involving The forms and scope of discrimination are relatively wide, but the current discrimination problem in my country's employment field is the most profound and serious discrimination against women. Peking University Women's Legal Research and Service Center has received many responses and complaints in this regard in recent years.

At this forum, some experts suggested that if an anti-employment discrimination law can be formulated, the constitutive elements and exemption conditions of gender discrimination should be clearly defined in this law, so as to provide a basis for judges to decide cases. Operational judgment criteria. At the same time, the burden of proof is reversed, and the employer bears the burden of proof to prove that the reasons for not choosing a woman are sufficient. It should also clearly stipulate the civil liability, compensation standards, and calculation methods for expected benefits in indirect losses if employers engage in gender discrimination in employment and cause losses to workers.

Jiang Yongping, a researcher at the Women’s Research Institute of the All-China Women’s Federation, proposed that a government anti-employment discrimination intervention mechanism should be established. Governments at all levels should establish specialized anti-employment gender discrimination agencies, go deep into various employers and talent recruitment markets, conduct on-site supervision, accept complaints, provide legal consultation and assistance services, directly intervene in cases as appropriate, and use public authority to eliminate discrimination. , promote equal employment.

Jiang Yongping also suggested that a positive and positive policy be established to promote gender equality in the labor market. Employers are encouraged to formulate and implement internal gender equality plans and programs to address issues. While providing effective supervision, the government should also adopt tax exemptions, priority loans, and bonus points for government procurement to constrain and guide employers to actively assume social responsibilities in gender equality.

Cao Haoyun from the Shenzhen Longgang District Women's Federation believes: "The cost of childbirth should be borne by the government rather than specific employers." Therefore, a unified national maternity security system should be established to achieve full coverage of maternity insurance. Ensure the balance of interests of employers in recruiting women.

Cao Haoyun suggested that the construction of the social work team should be strengthened and non-governmental organizations that eliminate gender discrimination in employment should be cultivated and developed. Through "social workers" to lead "volunteers", we carry out special rights protection services against gender discrimination in employment and public welfare or mutual benefit activities that meet women's equal employment needs. In view of the difficulty in finding employment for female college students, relevant experts believe that colleges and universities should carry out necessary reforms for women, establish majors and subjects suitable for the employment of female college students, give full play to women's unique strengths and advantages, improve the employment competitiveness of female college students, and guide women to College students should establish the concept of independence and use their strengths in job hunting. (According to "Shaanxi Market Herald")