China bans gender discrimination against women during recruitment

China's Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other eight government agencies have released a document saying that no requirements for gender should be included in any recruitment plans or interviews.

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Published : Feb 22, 2019, 11:40 PM IST

Beijing: China has banned gender discrimination practices in recruitment to boost career opportunities for women.

No requirements for gender should be included in any recruitment plans or interviews, according to a document released on Thursday by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and other eight government agencies.

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According to the notice, it was forbidden to ask about the marital or fertility status of women candidates during interviews and pregnancy testing should be off the list of pre-employment health test, a news agency reported.

The document said that rule breakers will be fined from 10,000 yuan ($1,488.21) to 50,000 yuan if they refused to correct their practices. HR service providers may have their licenses revoked for serious offences, it added.

China will also build a sound mechanism to supervise employers and offer legal aid to women employees.

With inputs from IANS

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Beijing: China has banned gender discrimination practices in recruitment to boost career opportunities for women.

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China will also build a sound mechanism to supervise employers and offer legal aid to women employees.

With inputs from IANS

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(Reporter) "Why should Alex Acosta be entrusted to have a job at this level." (Sanders)
"My understanding is it's a very complicated case something we're certainly looking into but that they made the best possible decision and deal they could have gotten at that time. But again that's something we're looking into. We'll keep you posted as we have something more."
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" We think the public should have moved on a long time ago in fact I think the public did move on a long time ago. I think the only people that are still hung up on it are Democrats and the media."
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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Sarah Huckabee Sanders, White House Press Secretary
"It's real simple to me the president far and away was the better candidate. He had a better message and he outworked Hillary Clinton. That's why he's president. He didn't need to, nor did he collude with the Russians. Pretty simple."
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White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the White House "is looking" at a federal judicial ruling that could cast a shadow over Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta.
Acosta was a U.S. attorney in Miami in 2008 when federal prosecutors reached a non-prosecution agreement with wealthy financier Jeffrey Espstein, who was accused of sexually abusing dozens of underage girls.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marry said his in decision that that victims of financier Jeffrey Epstein should have been consulted under federal law about the deal.
Marra stopped short of invalidating the non-prosecution agreement but asked prosecutors and victims' lawyers to recommend in 15 days how to move forward.
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Epstein, now 66, reached the deal in 2008 with then-Miami U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta's office to end the federal probe that could have landed him in prison for life.
Epstein instead pleaded guilty to lesser state charges, spent 13 months in jail, paid financial settlements to victims and is a registered sex offender.
Sanders also defended President Donald Trump's decision to allow newly-confirmed Attorney General William Barr discretion to handle the special counsel's report on the Russia probe in the way he chooses.
And she defended the president over the question of whether his rhetoric is promoting violence.
The question came up after a Coast Guard officer suspected of drawing up a hit list of top Democrats and network TV journalists was arrested and held without bail while prosecutors seek to gather additional evidence about whether he planned to carry out a domestic terror plot.
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