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Read previewSeveral Chinese companies have been accused of introducing a controversial and illegal new step to their recruitment process: Pregnancy tests.
"We can speculate from this evidence that the pregnancy tests were required by these companies, and it had violated women's rights to equal work opportunities," the prosecutors said, according to SCMP.
As CNN and SCMP reported, Chinese companies can be fined up to 50,000 yuan, or around $6,900, for gender discrimination.
It said that after China scrapped its one-child policy several years ago, the majority of women surveyed by various Chinese companies and women's groups said they had been subjected to discrimination.
Persons:
—, Prosecutors, SCMP, Chen, Huang
Organizations:
Service, Prosecutors, CNN, South China Morning, Business, Human Rights Watch
Locations:
Nantong, Jiangsu, China