‘Too fat’ to fit in: Woman in China fired because employer cannot find uniform in her size claims discrimination


By Liya Su

A plus-size woman in China has alleged discrimination after her employer let her go because she did not fit their uniforms. The employer said this was only partly the reason and alleged she had been late to work in a case which has blown up on mainland social media. — SCMP

A woman in China has trended online after claiming she was fired for being “too fat” after her employer said it could not find a uniform in her size while a plus-size male colleague was allowed to stay on.

The woman, surnamed Tian, from Jilin province in northeastern China, has alleged body discrimination after being fired from her job at a dental hospital at the end of her three-month probation period, Feidian Video reported.

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