Don't ask about women's marriage and childbirth when recruiting.

Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Justice, the Health and Wellness Commission, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the Medical Insurance Bureau, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the All-China Women's Federation, and the Supreme People's Court recently issued the Notice on Further Standardizing Recruitment Behavior to Promote Women's Employment, which requires that gender (except the forbidden labor scope stipulated by the state) or gender priority should not be restricted in the recruitment process, and women's job hunting and employment should not be restricted as a condition.

It is reported that the "Notice" further clarified the specific manifestations of gender discrimination in employment during the recruitment process. It is clearly required that all types of employers and human resources service institutions shall not restrict gender (except the forbidden labor scope of female employees stipulated by the state) or gender priority in the process of drafting recruitment plans, releasing recruitment information and hiring personnel, shall not restrict women's job hunting and employment, shall not refuse to hire women on the grounds of gender, shall not ask about women's marriage and childbirth, take pregnancy examination as an entry medical examination item, take birth restriction as an employment condition, and raise the employment standards of women in a differentiated manner.

The "Notice" requires that the behavior of publishing recruitment information containing sexist content should be corrected in time, and employers and human resources service agencies that publish recruitment information containing sexist content should be ordered to make corrections according to law; Those who refuse to make corrections shall be fined 1 10,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, the human resources service institution shall revoke its human resources service license.

In order to ensure that the relevant requirements are implemented, the Notice requires the establishment of a joint interview mechanism. According to reports and complaints, joint interviews were conducted with employers suspected of gender discrimination in employment. Those who refuse to be interviewed or refuse to make corrections after the interview shall be investigated and dealt with according to law and exposed to the public through the media. It is required to improve the judicial relief mechanism, the people's courts accept complaints related to gender discrimination in women's employment according to law, set up a cause of dispute over equal employment rights, and the judicial department actively provides judicial relief and legal aid to eligible women.

At the same time, it is required to strengthen the supervision of human resources market. If employers and human resources service agencies publish recruitment information containing gender discrimination, Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security will order them to make corrections, impose a fine and revoke their human resources service licenses. Employers and human resources service agencies that publish recruitment information containing gender discrimination shall be ordered to make corrections according to law; Those who refuse to make corrections will be fined 10000 yuan to 50000 yuan.

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