'No extramarital affairs or divorce': Chinese firm threatens to fire employees; issues new rule
The Chinese company on June 9 announced the order of “extramarital affairs prohibition". The rule applied to all married staff. The ban on employees having extramarital affairs has fuelled heated discussion on mainland social media, said South China Morning Post.
- Jun 18, 2023,
- Updated Jun 19, 2023 7:23 AM IST
A Zhejiang-based company in China has threatened to terminate its staff if they engage in any extramarital affairs. By this move, the firm aims to "advocate a corporate culture of being loyal to family and love between a husband and wife".
The Chinese company on June 9 announced the order of “extramarital affairs prohibition". The rule applied to all married staff. The ban on employees having extramarital affairs has fuelled heated discussion on mainland social media, said South China Morning Post.
Explaining the rule to staff, a document from the company stated, "To strengthen the company’s inner management, to advocate a corporate culture of being loyal to family and love between a husband and wife, to better protect the family and to focus on work, all employees who are married are barred from vicious behaviours like having an extramarital affair or keeping a mistress.”
The company document added that anyone found violating the rule would be fired. “We hope all staff can have correct love values and try to become good employees with four ‘Nos’ – no illicit relationship, no mistress, no extramarital affair, and no divorce.”
An anonymous staffer from the company told Jimu News the ban was to encourage employees to maintain a “stable and harmonious family” and productivity at work.
It is unknown what caused the company to take this drastic decision or whether any workplace affairs involving staff had been a factor behind this step.
Lawyer Chen Dong from V&T Law Firm in Shanghai said according to China’s Labour Contract Law, employees could only have their role legally terminated if they can no longer work or their capabilities do not match the requirements of their role.
A Zhejiang-based company in China has threatened to terminate its staff if they engage in any extramarital affairs. By this move, the firm aims to "advocate a corporate culture of being loyal to family and love between a husband and wife".
The Chinese company on June 9 announced the order of “extramarital affairs prohibition". The rule applied to all married staff. The ban on employees having extramarital affairs has fuelled heated discussion on mainland social media, said South China Morning Post.
Explaining the rule to staff, a document from the company stated, "To strengthen the company’s inner management, to advocate a corporate culture of being loyal to family and love between a husband and wife, to better protect the family and to focus on work, all employees who are married are barred from vicious behaviours like having an extramarital affair or keeping a mistress.”
The company document added that anyone found violating the rule would be fired. “We hope all staff can have correct love values and try to become good employees with four ‘Nos’ – no illicit relationship, no mistress, no extramarital affair, and no divorce.”
An anonymous staffer from the company told Jimu News the ban was to encourage employees to maintain a “stable and harmonious family” and productivity at work.
It is unknown what caused the company to take this drastic decision or whether any workplace affairs involving staff had been a factor behind this step.
Lawyer Chen Dong from V&T Law Firm in Shanghai said according to China’s Labour Contract Law, employees could only have their role legally terminated if they can no longer work or their capabilities do not match the requirements of their role.