China’s Civil Code required firms to set up sexual harassment prevention and response policies. But on the ground, the impacts remain limited… Writes the Diplomat
Here’s the introduction to their piece
Are You New on the Job and Have Been Sexually Harassed? The Civil Code’s Got Your Back!” exclaimed a January article by the Beijing Haidian District Court. The court, along with Chinese state media, was joining a wave of online discussion following the depiction of workplace sexual harassment in the hit show “My Best Friend’s Story” (Liu Jin Sui Yue). China’s first-ever Civil Code, which had just gone into effect, the court said, not only provides for civil lawsuits against harassers, but also obliges companies to adopt policies for preventing and responding to sexual harassment in the workplace.
Since 2005, a series of laws and regulations in China have called on employers to address sexual harassment, but few companies have put anti-sexual harassment policies on the books. The Civil Code is the first national law to clearly state that employers have a duty to adopt concrete policies, giving it a stronger combination of authority and specificity than its predecessors. Will it deliver the protections promised?
Read the full article at https://thediplomat.com/2021/03/are-chinas-companies-taking-action-on-sexual-harassment/
