Institute affiliated scholar Aaron Halegua was quoted in a October 18, 2022 Sixth Tone article about sexual harassment in China:
China introduced its first law banning sexual harassment in 2005, and added a new article to its Civil Code compelling employers to take action to prevent workplace harassment in 2020. But these measures, while well-intentioned, are often ineffective in practice, Aaron Halegua, a New York-based attorney specializing in Chinese employment law, tells Sixth Tone.
“Although the law instructs employers to take measures to prevent and stop sexual harassment, it does not state that employers bear any legal liability for failing to do so,” says Halegua.
Halegua wrote a research report titled “Workplace Gender-Based Violence and Harassment in China: Harmonizing Domestic Law and Practice with International Standards”. It was jointly published by the Global Labor Justice - International Labor Rights Forum (GLJ-ILRF) and NYU’s U.S.-Asia Law Institute (USALI) in January 2021. It was cited in the Congressional-Executive Commission on China’s most recent report on human rights in China.
By: Jessica Chin