Discrimination in civil service jobs
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November 23, 2011, Wednesday
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CHINA'S civil service is not offering equal opportunities in recruitment, according to a law school study.
Many public office employers discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, education and health, researchers at the Constitutionalism Research Institute of China University of Political Science and Law said yesterday.
Official statistics showed that more than 2 million candidates applied for 15,290 job vacancies in national-level public offices this year.
Many graduates are enthusiastic about securing civil service jobs, echoing the old Chinese saying that "the best scholars should be recruited by the government."
The survey examined recruitment to 9,762 employment posts - including those with government departments and state judicial organs - this year.
With a few exceptions, civil service recruitment procedures restrict eligible candidates to Chinese nationals aged from 18 to 35.
The survey says this is discrimination as there is "no evidence to suggest people aged above 35 cannot be competent enough to become civil servants."
Meanwhile, vacancies in which candidates were said to be recruited based on gender increased from 1,203 in 2010 to 1,519 - almost a 10th of the total vacancies in 2011, according to the survey.
"These were mostly for males only, or the job descriptions explicitly stated that males should register for them," the survey said.
These jobs also disqualified HIV/AIDS carriers, even though they could do the work, reported the survey.
"Government departments and public institutions at state level should have zero tolerance toward discrimination and take the lead in rooting it out," said associate law professor Liu Xiaonan, who co-authored the survey.
This is the second time within a year that the law school has sought to expose discrimination in civil servant recruitment.
Liu said the survey would be shared with the State Administration of Civil Service, which oversees civil servant recruitment, and, hopefully, with human resources management of other departments.
"I hope that inter-agency work is undertaken to ensure equal employment opportunities," Liu said.
Many public office employers discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, education and health, researchers at the Constitutionalism Research Institute of China University of Political Science and Law said yesterday.
Official statistics showed that more than 2 million candidates applied for 15,290 job vacancies in national-level public offices this year.
Many graduates are enthusiastic about securing civil service jobs, echoing the old Chinese saying that "the best scholars should be recruited by the government."
The survey examined recruitment to 9,762 employment posts - including those with government departments and state judicial organs - this year.
With a few exceptions, civil service recruitment procedures restrict eligible candidates to Chinese nationals aged from 18 to 35.
The survey says this is discrimination as there is "no evidence to suggest people aged above 35 cannot be competent enough to become civil servants."
Meanwhile, vacancies in which candidates were said to be recruited based on gender increased from 1,203 in 2010 to 1,519 - almost a 10th of the total vacancies in 2011, according to the survey.
"These were mostly for males only, or the job descriptions explicitly stated that males should register for them," the survey said.
These jobs also disqualified HIV/AIDS carriers, even though they could do the work, reported the survey.
"Government departments and public institutions at state level should have zero tolerance toward discrimination and take the lead in rooting it out," said associate law professor Liu Xiaonan, who co-authored the survey.
This is the second time within a year that the law school has sought to expose discrimination in civil servant recruitment.
Liu said the survey would be shared with the State Administration of Civil Service, which oversees civil servant recruitment, and, hopefully, with human resources management of other departments.
"I hope that inter-agency work is undertaken to ensure equal employment opportunities," Liu said.
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