Married women with no child discriminated against in job market

时间：2007-11-20 08:02:17

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Chinanews, Shanghai, Nov. 20 – Recently, married women who have not given birth to a child face a lot of difficulties in finding a job in Shanghai. Employers are reluctant to hire them, afraid that they might get pregnant and the pregnancy1 might lower their working efficiency. This is obviously a kind of job discrimination that is not allowed according to the newly drafted Job Promotion2 Law. Although the new law clearly forbids this, married women might still find it difficult to use such law to protect their legal rights in reality, because the authorities might find it rather difficult to implement3 the law at present, the Labour News reported.

 

“Because we do not have a child, my wife has been turned down three times now already,” said Mr. Wang indignantly. His wife, Xiao Wen, is a college graduate majoring in commercial English. Last year, she quitted her former job. At that time, she thought that it might be easy for her to find a new job since she was still young, had a good major and had already gained some work experiences. She hadn't expected that she would be refused in the job market only because she hadn't had any child.

 

Xiao Wen was not the only one to have encountered this problem. During the interviews, this reporter found that many young married women without children had the same experience as Xiao Wen.

 

Shen Yue'e works in an employment agency at Shanghai Zhabei District Trade Union Federation4. Shen said of all the employers she had known so far, 60% clearly stated in their recruitments they would either hire unmarried women or women who already had a child. Except for professionals, they wouldn't consider hiring a married woman without a child.

 

In order to find a job easily, many married women who did not have children said they already had children when filling the registration5 form. Some employers, in order to prevent their female employees to give birth at the same time, even stated in the contract that women should not give birth to a child within a year after they joined the company, while other companies will set the birth quota6 in a year. Women who don't have a child are often discriminated7 against in the job market at present, some industrial analysts8 say.

 
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1 pregnancy lPwxP     
n.怀孕，怀孕期
参考例句：
  • Early pregnancy is often accompanied by nausea.怀孕早期常有恶心的现象。
  • Smoking during pregnancy increases the risk of miscarriage.怀孕期吸烟会增加流产的危险。
2 promotion eRLxn     
n.提升，晋级；促销，宣传
参考例句：
  • The teacher conferred with the principal about Dick's promotion.教师与校长商谈了迪克的升级问题。
  • The clerk was given a promotion and an increase in salary.那个职员升了级，加了薪。
3 implement WcdzG     
n.(pl.)工具，器具；vt.实行，实施，执行
参考例句：
  • Don't undertake a project unless you can implement it.不要承担一项计划，除非你能完成这项计划。
  • The best implement for digging a garden is a spade.在花园里挖土的最好工具是铁锹。
4 federation htCzMS     
n.同盟，联邦，联合，联盟，联合会
参考例句：
  • It is a federation of 10 regional unions.它是由十个地方工会结合成的联合会。
  • Mr.Putin was inaugurated as the President of the Russian Federation.普京正式就任俄罗斯联邦总统。
5 registration ASKzO     
n.登记，注册，挂号
参考例句：
  • Marriage without registration is not recognized by law.法律不承认未登记的婚姻。
  • What's your registration number?你挂的是几号？
6 quota vSKxV     
n.（生产、进出口等的）配额，（移民的）限额
参考例句：
  • A restricted import quota was set for meat products.肉类产品设定了进口配额。
  • He overfulfilled his production quota for two months running.他一连两个月超额完成生产指标。
7 discriminated 94ae098f37db4e0c2240e83d29b5005a     
分别，辨别，区分( discriminate的过去式和过去分词 )； 歧视，有差别地对待
参考例句：
  • His great size discriminated him from his followers. 他的宽广身材使他不同于他的部下。
  • Should be a person that has second liver virus discriminated against? 一个患有乙肝病毒的人是不是就应该被人歧视？
8 analysts 167ff30c5034ca70abe2d60a6e760448     
分析家，化验员( analyst的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • City analysts forecast huge profits this year. 伦敦金融分析家预测今年的利润非常丰厚。
  • I was impressed by the high calibre of the researchers and analysts. 研究人员和分析人员的高素质给我留下了深刻印象。

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