In celebration of International Women's Day, classic cases
and judicial reports have been released at both the national and
local court levels to safeguard women's employment rights and
clarify employers' obligations. In this update, we summarise
the cases and reports.
National classic case
As highlighted in our previous update, the Law on the
Protection of Women's Rights and
Interests (“Women's Protection
Law“) establishes a remedy approach of public
interest litigation for female employees whose rights have been
violated. Recently, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (who
acts as a public prosecutor) released a classic case involving a
public interest litigation over the rights of pregnant employees.
This case also illustrates the procedural framework of such
litigation.
