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personal privacy rights during the investigation and Companies should carefully study the reference
handling of reports and complaints. texts for developing or improving their own
internal rules for female employee management.
Through all these model articles, China’s laws and
regulations on sexual harassment are expected to China’s efforts in protecting
be better implemented. women’s rights in the workplace
How should employers adopt In recent years, China has taken decisive steps
reference texts? to address discrimination against women in the
workplace. The country’s 2019 Civil Code includes
As the titles suggest, these two documents are just provisions prohibiting discrimination based on
reference texts, rather than mandatory regulations. gender, and the government has introduced
That is to say, companies can make necessary policies aimed at promoting equal pay and
adjustments based on their own circumstances. opportunities for women in the workforce. For
example, the 2018 Regulations on the Work of
However, companies are not suggested to Women include provisions aimed at protecting
develop internal control rules that are too the rights of pregnant women and new mothers
divergent from the reference texts. After all, these in the workplace, such as the PRC Law on the
two documents are made based on relevant Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests,
laws and regulations and are designed to help which was just amended in 2022.
employers improve female employee protection
and prevent sexual harassment. Being not in line Furthermore, the Chinese government has
with the reference texts will not only increase launched campaigns to raise awareness of
the incompliance risks but also may lead to workplace discrimination and harassment
ineffective systems and processes that have and has implemented measures to support
unnecessary loopholes and defects. victims of such behaviors.
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personal privacy rights during the investigation and Companies should carefully study the reference
handling of reports and complaints. texts for developing or improving their own
internal rules for female employee management.
Through all these model articles, China’s laws and
regulations on sexual harassment are expected to China’s efforts in protecting
be better implemented. women’s rights in the workplace
How should employers adopt In recent years, China has taken decisive steps
reference texts? to address discrimination against women in the
workplace. The country’s 2019 Civil Code includes
As the titles suggest, these two documents are just provisions prohibiting discrimination based on
reference texts, rather than mandatory regulations. gender, and the government has introduced
That is to say, companies can make necessary policies aimed at promoting equal pay and
adjustments based on their own circumstances. opportunities for women in the workforce. For
example, the 2018 Regulations on the Work of
However, companies are not suggested to Women include provisions aimed at protecting
develop internal control rules that are too the rights of pregnant women and new mothers
divergent from the reference texts. After all, these in the workplace, such as the PRC Law on the
two documents are made based on relevant Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests,
laws and regulations and are designed to help which was just amended in 2022.
employers improve female employee protection
and prevent sexual harassment. Being not in line Furthermore, the Chinese government has
with the reference texts will not only increase launched campaigns to raise awareness of
the incompliance risks but also may lead to workplace discrimination and harassment
ineffective systems and processes that have and has implemented measures to support
unnecessary loopholes and defects. victims of such behaviors.
5 AMCHAM SOUTH CHINA
