Is dismissal of a female employee upon her return from maternity leave unlawful under the Sex Discrimination Ordinance? In this case, a manager of a manufacturing company enjoyed a good working relationship with her employer during service, but was dismissed from her job when she returned from maternity leave.
To help small and medium size enterprises (SMEs) understand the benefits of promoting equal opportunities in the workplace, the EOC will participate in the World SME Expo organized by the HK Trade Development Council from 3 to 5 December 2009. Apart from distributing EO publications and practical guidelines at Booth No. 1EE08, a talk on Hong Kong’s anti-discrimination legislation will be held at 12:45pm on 4 December 2009. Please come to visit us!
Women make up nearly half of the local workforce and are important consumers of goods and services, but only 8.9% of all board positions on leading local companies, as listed on the Hang Seng Index, are held by women. A latest report published by Community Business, a non-profit organization analyses the issue with a view to highlight the importance of gender diversity.
Videos produced by the EOC and the winning entries of the EOC’s previous Short Video Competition have been uploaded to the EOC YouTube channel. You are welcome to make use of these inspiring and interesting videos as EO training materials for your staff.