On 19 December 2013, a woman was reportedly awarded RMB30,000 (US$4,900) after a court-mediated settlement was reached for a sex discrimination claim. According to Chinese media, this is the first case where a woman has successfully persuaded the court to accept an employment sex discrimination case and obtained compensation (although the case was ultimately resolved through mediation).
In June 2013, a female graduate applied to an education company for an administrative assistant position, though the job advertisement said the position was for men only. After receiving no response, she called the education company and was told that only men would be accepted for the position. The person on the phone went on to tell her that, even if a female candidate met every other requirement for the position, the company would not consider hiring that person for the position. The woman brought suit in the Beijing Haidian District People’s Court, claiming that the education company refused to employ her based on her sex. She asked the court to order the education company to: (i) apologise to her; and (ii) pay her RMB50,000 for emotional damages.
The parties reached a settlement agreement in court. According to that settlement agreement, the chairman of the board of the education company apologised to the woman in court and the education company agreed to pay her RMB30,000. The company also offered the woman a position with the company, although it is not clear whether the woman accepted it.
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