At present,the legal remedies in terms of the right to equal employment in China are mainly related to private law,that is,laborers seek direct legal remedies for personality rights liability and infringement liabilit...At present,the legal remedies in terms of the right to equal employment in China are mainly related to private law,that is,laborers seek direct legal remedies for personality rights liability and infringement liability according to typical private law,supplemented by indirect remedies for labor contract liability under special private law.However,there are many challenges in private law remedies for the right to equal employment,which are manifested in the misunderstanding of the general tort identification of employment discrimination,the loopholes in the regulations on discriminatory employment,the imbalance in the burden of proof,and the limitation and alienation of the functions of civil liability and private law autonomy.The root of those problems lies in the fact that the nature of anti-employment discrimination law is not private law but social law.Equal employment involves both public and private interests,and it should be based on the public interest of society and adhere to the value orientation of prioritizing fairness while taking into account efficiency.Improving the legal relief mechanism for protecting the right to equal employment,with a focus on correcting private law with social law,is the solution to the dilemma.Specific measures include establishing the special tort liability system for equal employment,the legal mechanism against discriminatory labor contracts,the public-private integrated legal responsibility system,and an essentially fair system for the responsibility of adducing evidence.展开更多
China's legislature is soliciting comments and suggestions to the draft of Employment Promotion Law as an endeavor to democratize its process of legislation. Up to April 25 the National People's Congress had receive...China's legislature is soliciting comments and suggestions to the draft of Employment Promotion Law as an endeavor to democratize its process of legislation. Up to April 25 the National People's Congress had received over 11,000 items of comments and suggestions.展开更多
In the context of the deepening of the population aging,many countries have begun to rectify age discrimination in labor and employment to ensure that the elderly enjoy equal and adequate right to work.In accordance w...In the context of the deepening of the population aging,many countries have begun to rectify age discrimination in labor and employment to ensure that the elderly enjoy equal and adequate right to work.In accordance with relevant laws and regulations,the legal norms of age discrimination in employment are highly similar in different countries.Yet,there are differences in exemption clauses and legal relief.So far,three major regulatory modes have taken shape respectively in the United States,europe and Japan.China still lags behind in legislation against age discrimination in employment,so extraterritorial governance experiences should be taken for reference to promote relevant legislation based on intergenerational solidarity and cooperation in a timely manner,so as to provide a legal guarantee for the elderly on the right to work and the handling of population aging.China should also use human rights discourse to summarize and express its own solutions and take an active part in the process of signing the international instruments on human rights specialized for the elderly.展开更多
On February 14, 2007, the 169th Executive Meeting of the State Council, China's central government, adopted the Regulations on Employment of the Disabled (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations). The Regulation...On February 14, 2007, the 169th Executive Meeting of the State Council, China's central government, adopted the Regulations on Employment of the Disabled (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations). The Regulations, which became effective on May 1, comes as an important guarantee for the right of the disabled to work.展开更多
Human rights refer to the basic rights to which every person is entitled based on his or her nature and dignlty under certain social and historical circumstances. Simply put, the term means that everyone has the right...Human rights refer to the basic rights to which every person is entitled based on his or her nature and dignlty under certain social and historical circumstances. Simply put, the term means that everyone has the right to live and develop in a free and equal manner.展开更多
Both reasonable accommodation and accessibility are crucial concepts in the UN Convent ion on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Those two concepts promote each other and should develop as a whole State parties...Both reasonable accommodation and accessibility are crucial concepts in the UN Convent ion on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Those two concepts promote each other and should develop as a whole State parties of the Convention undertake immediate obligations to ensure the provision of reasonable accommodation, which has advantages such as characteristics of subjective rights, individualization, justiciability and convenience, making it a flexible tool for the protection of rights It can serve as a supplement to insufficient accessibility and play a unique role in other areas which are irrelevant to accessibility, so as to satisfy the special needs of certain subjects to the largest extent The State Party has an ex ante and progressive obligations to the realization of the accessibility construction, which has advantages of comman design, large scale, economization and no need for individualization consideration In China, various forms of reasonable accommodation have been applied in employment, but they have disadvantages of contingency, randomness, simplicity and lack of systematic support In the process of further promoting the employment of people with disabilities in China, in addition to strengthening accessibility construction, we must fully understand and flexibly adopt reasonable accommodation.展开更多
Employees in new business forms face higher occupational injury risks and the plight of“falling in the gap in the protection network”of work-related injury insurance.The existing three types of occupational injury p...Employees in new business forms face higher occupational injury risks and the plight of“falling in the gap in the protection network”of work-related injury insurance.The existing three types of occupational injury protection models are based on the reflection and reform of traditional occupational injury insurance.The readjustment path of occupational injury insurance is the most desirable among them.Occupational injury protection for employees in new forms of business is based on the concept of human rights protection,with the right to equality,social insurance and occupational safety and health as the direct basis.The top-level design of the system should be based on the appropriate“decoupling”of work-related injury insurance and labor relations,and rely on the technological empowerment of the digital age to explore the establishment of a work-related injury insurance system that is both mandatory and flexible.For the specific system building,in the dimension of mandate,the commercialization of benefits payment should be realized while expanding the statutory coverage of work-related injury insurance;while in the dimension of flexibility,it should be based on the characteristics of employees.Corresponding rules and regulations should be adjusted in terms of management model,work-related injury identification,and treatment calculation and payment.展开更多
基金the research result of the Scientific Research Fund Project(supported by the Special Funds for Basic Scientific Research for Central Universities)of Renmin University of China,“Research on Solving the Dilemma of Private Law Relief for the Right to Equal Employment in Social Law”(Project Approval No.21XNH019)。
文摘At present,the legal remedies in terms of the right to equal employment in China are mainly related to private law,that is,laborers seek direct legal remedies for personality rights liability and infringement liability according to typical private law,supplemented by indirect remedies for labor contract liability under special private law.However,there are many challenges in private law remedies for the right to equal employment,which are manifested in the misunderstanding of the general tort identification of employment discrimination,the loopholes in the regulations on discriminatory employment,the imbalance in the burden of proof,and the limitation and alienation of the functions of civil liability and private law autonomy.The root of those problems lies in the fact that the nature of anti-employment discrimination law is not private law but social law.Equal employment involves both public and private interests,and it should be based on the public interest of society and adhere to the value orientation of prioritizing fairness while taking into account efficiency.Improving the legal relief mechanism for protecting the right to equal employment,with a focus on correcting private law with social law,is the solution to the dilemma.Specific measures include establishing the special tort liability system for equal employment,the legal mechanism against discriminatory labor contracts,the public-private integrated legal responsibility system,and an essentially fair system for the responsibility of adducing evidence.
文摘China's legislature is soliciting comments and suggestions to the draft of Employment Promotion Law as an endeavor to democratize its process of legislation. Up to April 25 the National People's Congress had received over 11,000 items of comments and suggestions.
基金the key project“Studies on the Practical Value and Strategies for Fostering Public Recognition of the Rule of Law in Contemporary China”(Project Approval No.17ZDA128)under the National Social Science Fund of China.
文摘In the context of the deepening of the population aging,many countries have begun to rectify age discrimination in labor and employment to ensure that the elderly enjoy equal and adequate right to work.In accordance with relevant laws and regulations,the legal norms of age discrimination in employment are highly similar in different countries.Yet,there are differences in exemption clauses and legal relief.So far,three major regulatory modes have taken shape respectively in the United States,europe and Japan.China still lags behind in legislation against age discrimination in employment,so extraterritorial governance experiences should be taken for reference to promote relevant legislation based on intergenerational solidarity and cooperation in a timely manner,so as to provide a legal guarantee for the elderly on the right to work and the handling of population aging.China should also use human rights discourse to summarize and express its own solutions and take an active part in the process of signing the international instruments on human rights specialized for the elderly.
文摘On February 14, 2007, the 169th Executive Meeting of the State Council, China's central government, adopted the Regulations on Employment of the Disabled (hereinafter referred to as the Regulations). The Regulations, which became effective on May 1, comes as an important guarantee for the right of the disabled to work.
文摘Human rights refer to the basic rights to which every person is entitled based on his or her nature and dignlty under certain social and historical circumstances. Simply put, the term means that everyone has the right to live and develop in a free and equal manner.
文摘Both reasonable accommodation and accessibility are crucial concepts in the UN Convent ion on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Those two concepts promote each other and should develop as a whole State parties of the Convention undertake immediate obligations to ensure the provision of reasonable accommodation, which has advantages such as characteristics of subjective rights, individualization, justiciability and convenience, making it a flexible tool for the protection of rights It can serve as a supplement to insufficient accessibility and play a unique role in other areas which are irrelevant to accessibility, so as to satisfy the special needs of certain subjects to the largest extent The State Party has an ex ante and progressive obligations to the realization of the accessibility construction, which has advantages of comman design, large scale, economization and no need for individualization consideration In China, various forms of reasonable accommodation have been applied in employment, but they have disadvantages of contingency, randomness, simplicity and lack of systematic support In the process of further promoting the employment of people with disabilities in China, in addition to strengthening accessibility construction, we must fully understand and flexibly adopt reasonable accommodation.
基金the current stage outcome of China Law Society’s program“Research on legal issues in the prevention and control of occupational injury risks for employers in new business forms”[CLS(2021)D4]
文摘Employees in new business forms face higher occupational injury risks and the plight of“falling in the gap in the protection network”of work-related injury insurance.The existing three types of occupational injury protection models are based on the reflection and reform of traditional occupational injury insurance.The readjustment path of occupational injury insurance is the most desirable among them.Occupational injury protection for employees in new forms of business is based on the concept of human rights protection,with the right to equality,social insurance and occupational safety and health as the direct basis.The top-level design of the system should be based on the appropriate“decoupling”of work-related injury insurance and labor relations,and rely on the technological empowerment of the digital age to explore the establishment of a work-related injury insurance system that is both mandatory and flexible.For the specific system building,in the dimension of mandate,the commercialization of benefits payment should be realized while expanding the statutory coverage of work-related injury insurance;while in the dimension of flexibility,it should be based on the characteristics of employees.Corresponding rules and regulations should be adjusted in terms of management model,work-related injury identification,and treatment calculation and payment.