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A Chinese company has instructed its employees to seek approval to get pregnant and also plans to fine those who conceive a child without permission, according to news portal The Paper.
“Only married female workers who have worked for the company for more than one year can apply for a place on the birth planning schedule,” read a policy distributed by a credit cooperative in Jiaozuo, in the central province of Henan.
“The employee must strictly stick to the birth plan once it is approved,” it added. “Those who get pregnant in violation of the plan such that their work is affected will be fined 1,000 yuan ($161),” it said.
Violators will not be considered for promotion or awards and their incentives and year-end bonuses will be cancelled “if their pregnancy severely hindered their work”, the policy said.
The circular triggered scathing criticism from Chinese media, with the state-run China Youth Daily lambasting it as bizarre.
The company “does not regard its employees as living human beings, instead it treats them as working tools on the production line”, it said in a commentary.
“Only married female workers who have worked for the company for more than one year can apply for a place on the birth planning schedule,” read a policy distributed by a credit cooperative in Jiaozuo, in the central province of Henan.
“The employee must strictly stick to the birth plan once it is approved,” it added. “Those who get pregnant in violation of the plan such that their work is affected will be fined 1,000 yuan ($161),” it said.
Violators will not be considered for promotion or awards and their incentives and year-end bonuses will be cancelled “if their pregnancy severely hindered their work”, the policy said.
The circular triggered scathing criticism from Chinese media, with the state-run China Youth Daily lambasting it as bizarre.
The company “does not regard its employees as living human beings, instead it treats them as working tools on the production line”, it said in a commentary.
