Female College Students Are Rejected By Couriers.

Ma Yu, a female college student in Jilin, graduated last year.

In September of that year, she applied for the post of Beijing Post Courier through the website, and tried to get the opportunity of a courier of a battalion division.

"The staff of the battalion and investment department were surprised, saying that there had never been a female courier."

Ma Yu said she followed the master to try the two day express.

At 7 o'clock every day, she went to the battalion office, loading with her master, and driving a tricycle to deliver goods to the area.

One day, I had to go to the battalion office four times.

Delivery, the most time, took more than 100 pieces, sent home.

Though hard, she thought she could do it.

"The most heavy pieces are also packed in boxes, so they can be moved."

Ma Yu said she thought she was qualified for the job, and the director agreed to sign the contract orally, then she did a physical examination.

But by the time of signing the contract in October 8th, Ma Yu got the news for another week.

A week later, she was told to wait again.

Finally, when she asked the assistant, she was informed that the company did not approve the contract because it was a woman.

Prosecuting express companies to discriminate against women

Ma Yu said that she saw the case of "Cao Ju" and "Huang Rong" through the Internet. All of them were excluded from the work because they were "restricted to men", so they decided to find lawyers to protect their rights and interests.

Li Ai, the attorney general, introduced Ma Yu's request for an apology and a compensation of 50 thousand yuan for mental damage.

Li Ai said that she had also seen a female courier at ordinary times, but the plaintiff in the case was rejected by the women because of the discrimination in the industry, and the enterprise should bear the corresponding consequences.

Yesterday,

The case has been put on file and will be heard further.

As of press time, reporters failed to get a positive response from Beijing post express.

Follow up

Many express direct reject female applicants

The new Beijing News reporter through the recruitment website to check the logistics system express staff recruitment information, found that some of the primary conditions of recruitment information is the first condition is male.

The reporter called the personnel department of a famous domestic express company, and the other side heard that the female was directly rejected by the courier.

"We do not recruit couriers."

The staff member said that the work time of the courier was from seven or eight o'clock to ninety o'clock in the evening, and it was often necessary to carry more than 100 kilograms of goods.

The distributor of a large online shopping mall also said that the distribution staff were male, only the staff of customer service and head office were women.

"More than one of us, the entire express industry is like this."

Expert voice

"We should not set the threshold for employment for women"

Liu Minghui, a professor of law at China Women's University, is also in charge of the case. She hopes to improve the relevant laws and regulations through this case.

Liu Minghui said that in the fifty-ninth articles of the labor law and the appendix of the special regulations on the protection of women workers' labor, women are not allowed to engage in fourth level physical labor, such as continuous weight bearing not exceeding 20 kg.

"This law is for the care of women, but objectively it is a discrimination against women, and set up a high entry threshold."

Liu Minghui said he hoped that through this case, the Legislative Council would be urged to amend this provision.