Pregnancy condition not legally binding
( 2003-08-21 14:11)
Some employers at recent job
fairs in Harbin surprised female applicants by demanding that they agree to not
get pregnant for a certain number of years if they wanted to be hired, reports
Xinhua.
At one such job fair, a construction company seeking an accountant made it
clear at the interviews that the applicants should not become pregnant for five
years if hired.
The company's personnel chief even asked applicants to sign a contract to
make the agreement legally binding.
At another job fair last week, a Beijing company's Harbin branch required
secretarial candidates to promise that they would not have a baby for eight
years.
A lawyer said any agreement forbidding women from becoming pregnant during
their employment had no legal validity.
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