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Long march to end employment bias

Editor's note: This special sheds light on employment discrimination in China, including how job advertisements specify gender and age preferences, application forms require irrelevant personal information and recent discrimination cases in China. It also points out that employment discrimination laws in China need to be improved -- they need to strictly define prohibited practices and penalties.
 
Long march to end employment bias
Long march to end employment bias
 
Long march to end employment bias
Long march to end employment bias
Wrap up: Generally speaking, Chinese job-applications forms contain more personal information than foreign ones, including age, marital status and ethnicity. There is no evidence that a majority of Chinese employers use these questions to judge potential employees -- there is a possibility that some companies are just using a popular format and never take the personal information into consideration. But the point is, "the presence of these personal information questions leaves the door wide open for potential discrimination. It allows employers to discriminate people without declaring it," said Zhang Qianfan, law professor of Peking University.
 
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Sex (Pregnancy)

Disability

Age

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Long march to end employment bias
Long march to end employment bias

Students strip in protest seeking workplace gender equality

2nd-child policy hurts female job application

  Landing a job on crutches proves tough

  Disability rights advocates call for equal employment

 Retirees struggling to find meaningful work

Age discrimination's high cost to society

       

Sexual Orientation

 

Disease

      

Permanent Residence

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  Ban on gay teachers a blatant breach of law

Openly gay still taboo in China's workplaces

  Hepatitis B carrier wins discrimination case

  HIV positive teacher alleges discrimination, sues government

Govt to fight discrimination against migrant workers

 Companies urged to hire graduates without local hukou

 
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Long march to end employment bias

Long march to end employment bias

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