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.
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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.
It requires its single and divorced employees between the ages of 28 and 58 to “get married and settle down” by the end of September this year.
Those who do not by the end of March need to write a self-criticism letter.
If they do not get married by the end of June, the company will conduct an “evaluation” of them. If they are still single by the end of September, they will be fired.
The company has also endorsed a policy which stresses traditional Chinese values such as loyalty and filial piety.