A Study on Pregnancy Discriminating in Employment in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Hsu, Wei-Ching, 徐維璟
• Other Authors: Hsu, Kuang-Cheng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2013
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/63226211049720964556

碩士 === 中國文化大學 === 勞工關係學系 === 102 === With the popularization of education and economic development, the social patterns change gradually, female workers in the labor market increasingly active, makes women's labor force participation rate jumped growing. After women joining the labor market , because "female "employment generated labor issues been widely discussed, such as "equal pay", "family care", " sex discrimination" and so on. Therefore, when the rise in female consciousness, but also advocates for women workers should have equal opportunities and rights , to improve the working conditions of women, the implementation of women in the labor market and employment protection interests. Therefore, under the impetus of women's groups in our country through three readings in 2000, "Gender Equality in Employment Law" and implemented in 2001, the complex was renamed since 2008, "Act of Gender Equality in Employment." However, since the implementation of the Act of Gender Equality in Employment, the case of sex discrimination is still emerged endless cases of pregnancy discrimination in sex discrimination in the highest proportion. 2012 marks the Chinese Lunar New Year of the Dragon, under the improved fertility, pregnancy discrimination cases but also with a significant increase. Thus, women in the workplace, still suffer because of maternity employers unfavorable treatment. This study explore the concept of equality in employment, gender discrimination in employment, in order to explore the concept of pregnancy discrimination; and international organizations and developed countries information, comparative study of the similarities and differences of pregnancy discrimination and prohibition on employment-related systems; simultaneously through case studies, collate and analyze pregnancy discrimination aspect and type. The study found mixed-motive discrimination aspect cases are overwhelming majority, and in aspect of mixed-motive discrimination, when the workers due to pregnancy and indeed as incompetent for the work, subject to the employer's severance cases as much; and from the point of contention in the case, found that pregnancy discrimination motives, mostly for employers to circumvent the salary of workers during maternity leave, as well as issues of workers vacancies apply during maternity leave and parental leave, therefore, this study puts forward concrete solutions, to protect the labor rights of pregnant women laborers.