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Article

27 Apr 2011

Author:
Ma Zhou, Global Times [China]

College girl sues bank for hepatitis discrimination [China]

A college girl in Shaanxi Province is sueing Bank of China for disease discrimination during her job-hunting...Feng Jing (pseudonym)…received an admission letter from Bank of China Shaanxi Province Branch…She then underwent a physical examination...and signed a tripartite agreement, with the HR department of the bank and the university…[H]er examination result shows she is a hepatitis C carrier. [A]ccording to their standard for entry...they would need to terminate the contract. She filed a lawsuit...demanding a written apology and 80,000 yuan ($12,300) in compensation for moral injury...It is the first job-candidate discrimination case against hepatitis C since China issued the Employment Promotion Law on January 1 of 2008...