Should P3 patients be rejected for job hunting?

  China’s “Regulations on Employment Services and Employment Management” states that employers shall not force the serological index of hepatitis B virus as a medical test criterion for recruiting personnel, except for the jobs prohibited by national regulations for hepatitis B carriers. However, in the actual recruitment of employers, this kind of employment discrimination still exists, and the national regulations are null and void!  The number of hepatitis B patients and hepatitis B virus carriers in China is large, and because it is a hepatophilic infectious disease, many people show fear and avoidance of hepatitis B. And this includes many business units, who, in the face of hepatitis B people, show not sympathy and care, but indifference and discrimination! The hepatitis B small triple-positive college student refused to be hired by a state-owned enterprise, which happened a few months ago, has caused a lot of shock in the community.  It is understood that not only the state enterprise unit, nearly 60% of other units such as enterprises have explicitly refused to hire hepatitis B virus carriers, including a large proportion of state-owned enterprises and institutions. Such as some companies clearly stipulate: according to the special work environment requirements of Party A, such as Party B after reporting to the medical examination found to be suffering from hepatitis B major and minor triplets, suspend the acceptance procedures, go home after treatment and recovery, and then Party A to receive, for entry procedures.  Notice on Further Protection of the Rights of Hepatitis B Surface Antigen Carriers in School and Employment” issued by three ministries in China stipulates that: Employers shall not carry out hepatitis B project examination during the employment physical examination, shall not require the provision of hepatitis B project test reports, and shall not ask whether they are hepatitis B surface antigen carriers. Except for special occupations approved and announced by the Ministry of Health, the health examination is not at the request of the tested person shall not test for hepatitis B. The employer shall not refuse to recruit (hire) or dismiss or terminate the employment on the grounds that the worker carries the hepatitis B surface antigen. In the “employment services and employment management regulations” also clearly pointed out: employers recruiting personnel, except for national laws, administrative regulations and the State Council administrative department of health regulations prohibit hepatitis B pathogen carriers engaged in work, shall not be forced to hepatitis B virus serological indicators as a medical standard.  However, various blatant discrimination against hepatitis B patients and hepatitis B virus carriers by employers is still prevalent in society, disregarding national regulations, making many hepatitis B patients and hepatitis B virus carriers frustrated in their usual work. Many companies that refuse to hire hepatitis B carriers argue that “paid treatment” and “work after treatment” make hepatitis B patients and hepatitis B carriers even more indignant!  The “Regulations on Employment Services and Employment Management” also stipulates that if the serological index of hepatitis B virus is used as the standard for medical examination when recruiting people for jobs other than those prohibited for hepatitis B carriers by national laws, administrative regulations and the State Council’s administrative department of health, the administrative department of labor security shall order correction and may impose a fine of not more than one thousand dollars; if damage is caused to the person concerned, he/she shall be liable for compensation.