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The Ministry of Labour and Social Security has issued new regulations designed to combat discrimination against migrant workers, women and people living the Hepatitis B Virus (HBV), and crackdown on exploitative employment recruitment agencies.
A man suing the subsidiary of a Taiwanese computer company for more than 60,000 yuan after he was refused employment because he carries the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) has rejected the court's award of 5,000 yuan in compensation and plans to appeal.
China's first national conference on Hepatitis B (HBV) discrimination opened in Zhengzhou on 3 October, attended by over 50 civil rights activists and people living with HBV. The conference agreed a three-year plan to combat discrimination, press for legal reform, strengthen the regional HBV support network, raise public awareness and improve cooperation with government health agencies.
THE Chinese government's response to the increasing number of labour disputes across the country has been twofold; on the one hand it has sought to protect workers' rights through new laws and regulations, while on the other hand it has tightened social controls and blocked the creation of independent trade unions.
CLB publishes one of the first English language overviews of the newly emerging and increasingly influential field of public interest litigation (PIL) in China.
Rural youth left behind when their parents move to the cities in search of employment as well as those who migrate to urban areas with their parents are primarily responsible for a significant incr . . .
Hepatitis B rights campaigners delivered a 5,000 signature petition to the head office of Hewlett-Packard (China) in Beijing on 29 August demanding that HP condemn the actions of its supplier Cal-Comp in sacking 22 employees carrying the Hepatitis B virus.
A major Coca Cola bottling plant in China stands accused of discrimination after a prospective employee was allegedly refused a clerical position after testing positive for Hepatitis B.
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