Background

On October 30, 2022, the 37th Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth National People’s Congress of the People’s Republic of China reviewed and adopted the new revised Law of the People’s Republic of China on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests (hereinafter referred to as the “Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law”), which came into force on January 1, 2023. The new revised Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law clarifies prohibitions on gender discrimination in employment situations. It explicitly prohibits discrimination against women in terms of salaries and welfare benefits during marriage and pregnancy, promotion rating, labor contract, and retirement, etc.,. The Beijing Human Resources and Social Security Administrative Punishment Benchmark Table (Part Involving Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law) (hereinafter referred to as the Punishment Benchmark Table), has been formulated by the Beijing Human Resources and Social Security Administration to implement the newly revised Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law and to regulate the administrative punishments from human resources and social security departments. It contains 5 administrative punishment discretionary benchmarks involving in the Women’s Rights and Interests Protection Law, with 4 items newly added, effective from January 13, 2023 (the date of issuance).

Catalogue of Violations

The Punishment Benchmark Table has set out five violations in the part...

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