China plans to issue additional regulations to its Employment
Promotion Law that will spell out which occupations are considered
unsuitable for women in a bid to prevent gender discrimination,
China News Service reported.
Chinese Vice-Minister of Labour and Social Security Zhang
Xiaojian said on Tuesday that the detailed list will help make the
employment promotion law, soon to come into effect, more
executable.
"Once a list is drawn on job posts that are deemed unfit for
women to taken up, then other types of jobs must be open to female
employees," Zhang said in an online interview.
He added that the employment promotion law now allows employees
to resort to labor arbitration or even sue their employers for job
discrimination and other violations.
The Employment Promotion Law, which will come into effect from
January 1 next year, has a chapter explicitly outlining the
government's responsibility for employment assistance.
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(CRI October 10, 2007)