Prohibition of Employment Discrimination: International Standards and Domestic Practices

Author: Li Weiwei
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Publish Date: 2006-04-01
Features: Currently, discrimination in China's employment field remains widespread and severe, and legislation urgently needs improvement. In-depth discussions in this field can provide a crucial theoretical and research foundation for China to develop legislation against discrimination. In August 2005, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress reviewed and approved the International Labour Organization's Core Convention No. 111, the "Convention on Discrimination (Employment and Occupation)." Meanwhile, the Employment Promotion Law is also being formulated. Employment discrimination has, to some extent, attracted close attention from the Chinese government and experts. The publication of this book in this context is timely. It is an academic monograph co-authored by at least 25 experts and scholars, and it cannot be compared to a collection of papers or individual works. It has a theoretical system and inherent structural connections, and in designing effective measures to combat employment discrimination, it emphasizes the need to focus on the following four key issues: defining discrimination; understanding the basic international standards of non-discrimination; analyzing existing discrimination issues in China and seeking solutions from legal, policy, and sociological perspectives; and comparing and learning from the anti-discrimination experiences of other countries. The structure, content, and chapters of this book are arranged and designed based on the above ideas and different stages. Through research and analysis of China's discrimination issues from various perspectives, as well as comparative studies and mutual learning of the theories and practices of anti-discrimination legislation in China and other countries, it explores methods to address employment discrimination.