Chinese lawmakers urge action on age discrimination in job market


Chinese lawmakers have urged the authorities to take the lead in eliminating job market discrimination that targets those over the age of 35.

In recent years, hidden discrimination in China’s job market – such as age caps on recruitment, bias against married but childless women, and discrimination against graduates from non-elite universities – has been increasingly brought out into the open, adding to the anxieties of middle-aged jobseekers.

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