If I don't get married by September, I'll be fired...Withdrawal within one day of controversy
Feb 24, 2025
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In the wake of the scandal, the company canceled the policy.
According to Hong Kong media South China Morning Post, Shun Tian Chemical Group in Shandong Province, eastern China, said it would increase the company's marriage rate and demanded that single and divorced employees aged 28 to 58 marry and remarry by the end of September this year. The company was founded in 2001 and is a mid-sized company with more than 1,200 employees.
The company said that if it does not follow the policy by the end of March, it will write a letter of apology and if it does not marry by the end of June, it will conduct a 'Personnel Evaluation'. It also added that if they don't get married and remarried by the end of September, they will be fired.
The company said "It is inappropriate to refuse to comply with the government's demand to increase the marriage rate. It is not filial piety to not listen to your parents," he announced. "It is not the right thing to do to be single."
As employees and social groups from all walks of life protested, local authorities investigated whether it was illegal on the 13th.
Then, in less than a day, the company withdrew the policy. No employees were fired because of this.
Netizens are advised that "Companies should pay attention to their work and not engage in the privacy of their employees.", "Let the laid-off people implement the policy so that they can receive a substantial amount of compensation," "Who is the policy for?" It posted critical comments such as.
A government official said that the company's policy is sufficient to violate labor laws and labor contract laws.
Meanwhile, the number of marriages in China hit a low of 6.1 million last year, down 20.5% from 7.68 million last year.
In addition, 9.54 million newborns were born last year, up 520,000 from 2023 and the first increase since 2017.
However, this can be attributed to the fact that last year was the year of the dragon.
He Yapu, a demographer at the Wei and Population Laboratory in China, argued that "because many families preferred children born in the Year of the Dragon.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
