Post by Wes on Dec 30, 2005 9:51:37 GMT 8
CHINESE tradition holds that 2006 will be a year of bad luck for people born under the sign of the dog, but misfortune has come early for those looking for jobs.
Chinese companies looking for new recruits have deliberately passed over candidates born in the year of the dog, according to the traditional 12-animal astrological cycle. Employers hope to ward off the bad luck expected for these people by hiring 'luckier' signs, the China Youth Daily said.
The rooster will make way for the dog at Chinese Lunar New Year in late January.
But the dog denials are just one example of widespread employment discrimination in China, a Chinese legislator told parliament during discussions about a new labour law on Tuesday, the newspaper said.
'Workplace discrimination has even reached this ridiculous level,' Mr Wan Xuewen was quoted as saying.
Mr Wan said the new labour law should include clauses to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity and religion.
Many Chinese companies showed illegal hiring biases, even according to such factors as height and blood type.
For instance, women applying for government jobs in central Hunan province had to show they had symmetrically shaped breasts. ;D ;D It sparked a public uproar last year and calls for stronger legal protection against job discrimination.
While Hunan later scrapped its requirement, China still does not have clear-cut laws ruling out such hiring prejudices. - Reuters.
Chinese companies looking for new recruits have deliberately passed over candidates born in the year of the dog, according to the traditional 12-animal astrological cycle. Employers hope to ward off the bad luck expected for these people by hiring 'luckier' signs, the China Youth Daily said.
The rooster will make way for the dog at Chinese Lunar New Year in late January.
But the dog denials are just one example of widespread employment discrimination in China, a Chinese legislator told parliament during discussions about a new labour law on Tuesday, the newspaper said.
'Workplace discrimination has even reached this ridiculous level,' Mr Wan Xuewen was quoted as saying.
Mr Wan said the new labour law should include clauses to prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity and religion.
Many Chinese companies showed illegal hiring biases, even according to such factors as height and blood type.
For instance, women applying for government jobs in central Hunan province had to show they had symmetrically shaped breasts. ;D ;D It sparked a public uproar last year and calls for stronger legal protection against job discrimination.
While Hunan later scrapped its requirement, China still does not have clear-cut laws ruling out such hiring prejudices. - Reuters.