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China China forbids COVID-19-related employment discrimination 2022-08-02 14:52:11 BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese authorities on Monday issued a circular targeting workplace discrimination against employees or jobseekers due to their previous history of COVID-19 infection. Employers and human resources service agencies are strictly forbidden from refusing to recruit people who have recovered from COVID-19 on the grounds that they once tested positive for the virus, according to the circular jointly released by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the National Health Commission. Discrimination against people who have recovered from COVID-19 when they are in the process of...