| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺灣師範大學 === 政治學研究所在職進修碩士班 === 93 === Gender unequality exists in both eastern and western societies. In the field of employment, women’s pay, working conditions, position promotion and on-work training are inferior to men’s. In order to promote the justice and equality in the societies, both Taiwan and Britain should get rid of gender discrimination in the field of employment by making laws.
In Britain, the laws to improve gender equality include Equal Pay Act 1970 and Sex Discrimination Act 1975. The former confines its rules only to the equality of both sexes’ working conditions and there should be employment contracts between the employees and the employers, while the latter is suitable to a wider range, including all the behaviors that are regarded as sexual discrimination. Moreover, there are quite a lot of laws relating to the measures to increase women’s rate of employment, such as Employment Rights Act 1996, to confine ante-natal and maternity leave, Employment Act 2002, to confine parental leave, paternal leave and adoption leave.
The seventh item of Taiwan’s Constitution clearly protects sexual equality by law, but it’s been a long time since unequal sexual situations exist in the field of employment. Common labor laws protect equal working rights of both men and women, such as Factory Act and Standard Labor Act confine equal pay for equal work; Employment Service Act prohibits sexual discrimination. But unfortunately because they are not well-organized, they fail to meet the expectation of the society. Therefore, Sexual Equality Employment Act is made.
If sexual discrimination generally exists throughout the economical development process, it will not only violate social justice but also block female employers’ opportunities to show their abilities and talents and to influence the economical development process. So, how to deal with the problem of sexual discrimination is an issue that a modern country cannot be prevented from. In Britain, laws relating to gender equality have a history for nearly 30 years. Through the exercise of these laws, some reach their goals, but some have their own defects. Here in Taiwan, Equal Working Act for Both Sexes has only been put into effect for less than 3 years. So this thesis is for the purpose to provide our government with the reference to improve the relating laws or to solve the argument resulting from sexual discrimination in the field of employment.
|
|---|
