Legal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in China

Yang, Sadie; Li, Ao

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“…Women who are lower grade managers and professionals were also more likely to report poorer self-rated health after controlling other factors. This may be due to external factors such as work and social pressures and limited opportunity for women to seek promotion to the highest levels [ 61 , 62 ]. Our data showed that a greater proportion of men were higher grade managers or professionals.…”

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Is Occupation a Good Predictor of Self-Rated Health in China?

Xie

Poon

et al. 2015

PLoS ONE

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BackgroundChina’s rapidly changing economic landscape has led to widening social inequalities. Occupational status in terms of occupational type and prestige may reflect these socio-structural shifts of social position and be more predictive of self-rated health status than income and education, which may only reflect more gradual acquisitions of social status over time. The goals of this study were to understand the role of occupational status in predicting self-rated health, which is well known to be associated with long-term mortality, as well as compare the occupational status to the other major socioeconomic indicators of income and education.MethodsData from the 2010 baseline surveys of the China Family Panel Studies, which utilized multi-stage probability sampling with implicit stratification was used. Logistic regression was used to examine the relationship of various socioeconomic indicators (i.e. occupational status, income, and education) with self-rated health as the primary outcome of interest. A series of models considered the associations of occupational category or occupational prestige with self-rated health.ResultsThe final sample consisted of 14,367 employed adults aged 18–60, which was nationally representative of working adults in China. We found that occupation was not a major predictor of self-rated health in China when age, ethnicity, location, marital status, physical and mental health status were controlled for, with the exception of women working in lower grade management and professional jobs (OR = 1.82, 95% CI: 1.03–3.22). In comparison, income followed by education exhibited greater association with self-rated health. The highest income group had the least probability to report poor health (In men: OR = 0.30, 95% CI: 0.21–0.43. In women: OR = 0.44, 95% CI: 0.26–0.73). People educated with junior high school had better self-rated health than those with primary and below education level (In men: OR = 0.62, 95% CI: 0.50–0.75. In women: OR = 0.53, 95% CI: 0.42–0.68). Income, education and occupation were correlated with each other.ConclusionsWithin the context of rapid societal changes in China, income and its implications for greater healthcare access and benefits had the greatest association with self-rated health followed by education. Occupational status was not associated. Occupational categories and prestige should be better adapted to reflect China’s unique sociopolitical and historical context.

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Is Occupation a Good Predictor of Self-Rated Health in China?

Xie

Poon

et al. 2015

PLoS ONE

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“…The result seems to appear in an agreement with the research. Similarly, they both explore ways used by employers and peers to discriminate female employees psychologically and physically in public sectors in China [6].…”

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“…However, several points of view from the literature have been undertaken as new ideas come up. As an illustration, some discriminating ways have revealed three kinds of discrimination which contains direct discrimination, indirect discrimination, and protective discrimination [6]. Nevertheless, there are still other ways that are sex discrimination in corporate management.…”

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The Analysis of Corporate Management Bias in China’s Public Sector: A Perspective from Gender Discrimination

Zhang

2024

HBEM

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Nowadays, gender discrimination has been gaining an increasing amount of attention which mostly focus on methods and adjustments to eliminate this inequality and spread the importance of sex equality, creating a fair and comfortable environment for all human to study, work, and live. In China, this issue has been focused on for a long time without suitable solutions and policies as well as real actions to change this unfair situation, especially in the workplace. If this cannot be solved, humans will keep the unbalancing between males and females which is shown not only in their careers but also in their daily lives. As soon as this gender discrimination issue is solved, people all over the world will gain respect, responsibility, development of human civilization, equality, and an open mind and so many advantages waiting to be discovered for humans. Finally, other problems and arguments are going to be solved by researchers and expertises and all citizen are going to have equal positions in China. Although there are still far more researches which are necessary to do and the gap between males and females has not been closed yet, the amount of women being executive managers is expected to rise from the author’s perspectives and the gap has been getting smaller.

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“…Third, women face limited law enforcement against discrimination, despite the existence of a few laws purported to safeguard women’s rights and interests in employment (Yang and Li, 2009), such as the Constitution, the 1994 Labour Law, the 2005 revised Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interest, the 2008 Employment Promotion Law and the 2008 Employment Contract Law. The lack of a clear definition for discriminatory practices and specified mechanisms to enforce laws and punish violation of market agents significantly diminishes the effectiveness of legal protection (Wang and Klugman, 2020; Yang and Li, 2009).…”

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Making Way for Men: The Gendered Processes of Graduate Hiring in Elite Professional Service Firms in China

Ren

2023

Sociology

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Extensive research has been conducted on the reproduction of gender inequalities in professional hiring, despite the claim of meritocracy and commitment to equality in professional sectors. While the existing literature highlights the significance of understanding gender inequalities in the context of globalisation of professional firms and their practices, it has predominantly focused on the Anglo-Saxon context. There remains a gap in the literature regarding how gender inequalities are produced in professional hiring in the context of China. Drawing on qualitative material, this study explores the gendered processes of graduate hiring in elite professional firms in China. By applying the perspective of gender practices, this article elucidates how Chinese recruiters construct male favouritism and rig the selection process. The analysis sheds light on the processes that produce gender inequalities and hinder the progress of women in the context of growing competition and lack of support for women’s participation in professional work.

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Legal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in China

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Is Occupation a Good Predictor of Self-Rated Health in China?

Is Occupation a Good Predictor of Self-Rated Health in China?

The Analysis of Corporate Management Bias in China’s Public Sector: A Perspective from Gender Discrimination

Making Way for Men: The Gendered Processes of Graduate Hiring in Elite Professional Service Firms in China

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