China firm withdraws ‘crazy’ marriage deadline plan to fire single, divorced staff


By Fran Lu

BEIJING (SCMP): A company in China has been told off by officials after it issued a notice threatening to fire its single and divorced employees if they remain single by the end of September.

The Shuntian Chemical Group in eastern China’s Shandong province, which employs more than 1,200 people, announced a policy that vows to boost the company’s marriage rate in January.

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