女高管懷孕遭“驅趕” 職場佳人誰來保護？

Dong Xiaohui, 34, who is eight to nine weeks pregnant, said she was asked to leave her job as editor-in-chief at in late April.

Dong said her attorney might file a lawsuit in two months.

"I felt hurt when I was fired last month because of my pregnancy, and now I'm worried about the health of my baby," Dong told China Daily on Wednesday.

A spokesman for , a subsidiary of Pacific Online, a company listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, denied the allegation that Dong was asked to leave the company as a result of her pregnancy.

Dong, who graduated from the prestigious Fudan University, based in Shanghai, has an MBA.

"Women like me, who have been well educated, should fearlessly go to court to safeguard their legal rights and interests when they have not been treated fairly," she said.

Dong joined in February 2011. She was managing editor-in-chief and then was promoted to editor-in-chief because of her good performance.

"Li Anyun, senior vice-president told me that I was no longer well suited for the job," Dong said.

Dong said she told Li she was pregnant via text message after an examination at Guangdong Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicines on April 19 and asked for a day off.

Zhang Congmin, chief operative officer of Pacific Online, also asked Dong to quit her job when Li failed to persuade Dong to leave.

"I thought I had given good news to my bosses and the company, but I felt hurt and sad after I learned that I had been dismissed," said Dong.

Wei Zhengmin, human resources director of Pacific Online, refused to admit that his company had dismissed Dong or canceled her employment contract because of her pregnancy.

"At the moment, we still do not know whether Dong is pregnant or not, because we have not received any formal notice from a hospital," Wei told China Daily on Wednesday.

Wei promised to carefully handle Dong's case according to laws and relevant regulations. He insisted that his company had approved Dong's resignation.

34歲的“準媽媽”董小姐將懷孕消息告知領導，卻遭強行“驅趕”。此事引發熱議，成爲女白領們關切的焦點。女白領們平時工作操勞，她們的合法利益誰來保護？中智上海HR法律事務專家賀曉東表示，職場佳人們可從《女職工勞動保護特別規定》中尋求“特殊保護”。例如，《女職工勞動保護特別規定》第五條規定，“用人單位不得因女職工懷孕、生育、哺乳降低其工資、予以辭退、與其解除勞動或者聘用合同”，第六條也明確規定，“懷孕女職工在勞動時間內進行產前檢查，所需時間計入勞動時間”。