Shandong Shuntian Chemical Group, a chemical manufacturing company in China has directed some of its employees to either get married or risk getting fired from the company.
The unusual directive was sent to all unmarried employees aged between 28 and 58, directing them to “establish a family” or have their contract terminated.
In a memo released by the company to its employees, they wrote, “If you don’t get married and establish a family within three-quarters, the company will terminate your contract.”
“Not responding to the call of the country, not marrying and having children, is disloyal,” the memo said, calling all who do not comply disloyal to the country.
China’s population has fallen for the third consecutive year, prompting authorities to try and increase both birth and marriage rates.
The company’s directive is in line with the Chinese government’s attempt to increase the birth rate in the country. The country has directed private employers to order their workers to do their part.
READ ALSO: NYPD detective faces backlash after appearing in a rap video wearing a G-string
Authorities are also condidering legal marriage marriage age to 18 a way to increase marriage and pairt rate in the country.
Officials have visited women at home to ask whether they plan to get pregnant; published propaganda claiming that pregnancy can make women smarter; and called for creating a “fertility-friendly social atmosphere,” including in workplaces.
READ ALSO: Woman stripp£d nak£d on plane in front of other passengers including children
Comments are closed, but trackbacks and pingbacks are open.