A company located in Shedong province of China attracted the attention of government officials, as it threatened to set their single and divorced employees on fire if they remained single by the end of September. According to a report in South China Morning PostShandong Shantian Chemical Group Company Limited issued a notice to its 1,200-odd employees, stressing that they work well and establish families.
The notice required single employees at the age of 28–58, including those divorced people, to marry and settle by the end of September this year. Those who do not do by the end of March need to write a self-criticism letter. If they do not marry by the end of June, the company will “evaluate” one of them. If they are still single by the end of September, they will be fired.
The company said that the move aims to promote the spirit and cultural values of “hard work, kind, loyalty, loyalty, film righteousness and righteousness”.
As soon as this news went viral, Chinese social media users slammed the verdict, stating that the company is violating several laws.
“Corporate rules should not override laws or social morality,” a user commented, while others reported that the Chinese marriage law guarantees freedom of marriage.
“This crazy company should take into account its own business and stay away from the personal life of the employees.”
Information was canceled
As disputed, the local Human Resource and Social Security Bureau issued a reform order canceling the company’s notice. According to officials, the notice violated the relevant provisions of the labor law.
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The company confirmed that the notice was stopped and the rules were canceled, saying that it would strengthen internal management, study relevant laws and rules, and prevent such incidents from happening again.
The representative of a company said that the intention behind the move was “to encourage old unmarried employees to focus on important life decisions and motivate them to marry and settle”. However, the approach was highly simple, and the company accidentally turned the initiative into a rigorous policy
