Female employment discrimination, imperfect maternity insurance system, and lack of ...... childcare servicesThe emergence of these problems has made many women in the workplace "afraid to give birth". This year's National People's Congress and the National People's Congress, how to improve the construction of the female fertility support system and eliminate the worries of "not daring to give birth" has become one of the hot topics of concern of the deputies and members. How to protect women's "employment rights" and "reproductive rights" and reduce women's reproductive burdens, the deputies and committee members prescribed "prescriptions".
Reduce employment discrimination caused by female childbirth
Wan Li, deputy to the National People's Congress and vice president of the All China Lawyers AssociationIn an interview with a reporter from the south, he said that all kinds of direct and indirect employment gender discrimination behaviors emerge one after another, seriously infringing on women's equal employment rights, aggravating the contradiction between women's employment and reproductive choices, and creating a vicious circle. In order to break this cycle, it is urgent to improve the anti-employment gender discrimination mechanism and protect women's right to equal employment.
He believes that it is necessary to clarify the connotation and extension of the concept of gender discrimination in employment, set the criteria for determining gender discrimination in employment, and provide clear guidance for the judicial organs, labor and social security supervision departments and other competent authorities to determine gender discrimination in employment.
Tan Lin, deputy to the National People's Congress, former vice chairman and secretary of the All-China Women's FederationIn an interview with The Paper, he said that promoting gender equality and women's development, and promoting men and women to share family responsibilities such as taking care of children, will help increase women's fertility willingness and increase fertility rate.
Extended paid "maternity leave" for women
Gan Huatian, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and West China Hospital of Sichuan UniversityIn an interview with China News Weekly, it is recommended to extend the paid "parental leave" for women for two years until the child goes to kindergarten, so as to increase the willingness to have children and also help the growth and development of infants and young children. "It should also take into account the labor costs faced by enterprises and institutions during maternity leave, and avoid the problem of reluctance to recruit women, so as to reduce the gender discrimination suffered by women in the job market." ”
It is recommended to increase male escort leave and parental leave to provide more employment support for women of childbearing age. ”Li Chuyuan, deputy to the National People's Congress, Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Guangzhou Pharmaceutical Groupsaid in an interview with the Financial Associated Press.
Childcare is available free of charge or at a low cost
At present, the ** of childcare service institutions in China is generally high. How to make childcare fees more affordable?
Wu Ruijun, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and professor of the School of Social Development of East China Normal UniversityIn an interview with China Youth Daily, he said that childcare services play an important role in promoting the balance of women's employment and childcare and reducing the burden of family childcare. The strong demand for childcare services is matched by a lack of existing supply.
Relevant policies have been introduced to provide free or low-cost venues for inclusive childcare services, establish a reasonable cost-sharing mechanism, minimize the operating costs of childcare services, and make the fees for private childcare more accessible to the people. ”Zhong Can, deputy to the National People's Congress and director of the outpatient department of Wuzhou Red Cross Hospital in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous RegionSupplement.
**Reasonably share a certain amount of childbirth costs
Some employers, in order to save costs, will dismiss pregnant women and discriminate against women in recruitment. How to hack? Some deputies and committee members proposed the adoption of a reasonable mechanism for sharing the cost of childbirth.
Tan Lin, deputy to the National People's Congress, former vice chairman and secretary of the All-China Women's FederationIn an interview with The Paper, it is recommended to clarify that the leave allowances or wages such as maternity incentive leave and spouse paternity leave for employees shall be borne by maternity insurance** or local finance. A certain proportion of the social insurance premiums borne by the enterprise during the maternity leave and maternity incentive leave shall be subsidized. "In the tax policy, the care for family upbringing is further reflected, and the tax method of family is implemented. It is suggested that when the legislature amends the Bidding and Bidding Law and the Procurement Law, it should add content such as giving appropriate points to enterprises with better gender equality status and higher evaluation of labor security law-abiding creditworthiness in ** procurement and bidding projects, and giving priority to the same conditions. ”
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