Pregnant women who did not have a chest X-ray were refused admission to the teacher’s recruitment exam, "one size fits all" inappropriate

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  Failure to treat the special circumstances of pregnant women differently is to set obstacles to their equal employment.

  During pregnancy, I took the second place in the written exam and the first place in the interview after taking the teaching recruitment examination, but was not admitted because of the lack of chest X-ray examination.

Recently, a woman in Xinxiang, Henan filed an administrative lawsuit against the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports and Health in the Xinxiang Plain Demonstration Zone, and the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of the Plain Demonstration Zone.

The case was opened in Yuanyang County People's Court on December 11, without a verdict.

  Regarding the lawsuit, the Bureau of Culture, Education, Sports, and Health of the Pingyuan Demonstration Zone stated that it was “reasonable, reasonable and legal” not to be hired.

The respondent refused to do the chest X-ray project due to his own reasons, resulting in his inability to prepare a complete medical report, and his refusal to be hired was acting in accordance with the contract.

  This response seems to occupy the moral high ground of "acting in accordance with the contract", but it has overlooked a very important point-pregnant women should not undergo chest X-ray examination. It is common sense. The setting and implementation of relevant policies should be reserved for special circumstances in advance. There is flexibility in handling.

After the written test and interview situation came out, it was used as an excuse to refuse to enroll pregnant candidates, or to meet the agreement, but it was unreasonable and illegal, because it was difficult to distinguish discrimination against pregnant women.

  In fact, as a legal person pointed out, in this case, the setting of the physical examination items ignores the special period of women, which itself discriminates against pregnant women.

The Law on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests also clarifies that women receive special protection during menstruation, pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.

According to the person concerned, there were five other pregnant women who participated in the physical examination. Some pregnant women even "carried out by caesarean section in advance for chest X-ray."

Obviously, this objectively creates obstacles to equal employment for pregnant women, and may even lead to safety risks.

  The recruitment unit requires candidates to provide a complete physical examination report, which is not excessive, but at the same time, humane treatment of special groups such as pregnant women is not "unsolvable."

For example, in 2019, the Hubei Provincial Department of Human Resources and Social Security has made flexible handling of the medical examination of pregnant candidates. After the temporary suspension of recruitment, it will be announced after the completion of the medical examination and inspection.

  The public examination still has buffer space for pregnant women to be "suspended employment". Why can't teacher recruitment have flexible handling such as "suspended employment" or submitting a medical report afterwards?

In this way, not only does it not affect the justice of the recruitment procedure, on the contrary, it will increase the humanity and better reflect fairness and justice.

  Regarding women’s equal employment and labor rights, institutional guarantees have been improving over the years.

However, as this incident shows, all kinds of discrimination in the employment of women groups still appear from time to time.

Among them, pregnant women especially need attention.

The legal characterization of this incident requires a court ruling, but it should arouse more public attention to the equal employment of pregnant women.

  It is worth noting that similar behaviors of recruiting teachers are of a public nature, and relevant departments should provide positive examples in fair employment and eliminating employment discrimination.

And the current controversy situation is obviously still far from this expectation.

  It should also be noted that the current protection of women’s equal employment rights, especially when it comes to pregnant women, must also take into account the background of “enhancing the inclusiveness of childbirth policies, improving the level of prenatal and postnatal care services, and reducing the cost of childbirth, parenting, and education”.

This is because enabling women to have fair employment and avoiding employment discrimination during pregnancy is also part of the question of alleviating childbirth anxiety and reducing childbirth costs.

In this regard, to cherish and protect the true consciousness and enthusiasm of individuals for rights protection, a more complete supporting system is also needed to support them.

  □Zhongzhou (media person)