• 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.
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.
It’s not clear what position she held at the hospital.
A recording taken by Tian and later posted online showed her discussing her termination with an unidentified staff member at the hospital.
“Am I dismissed for being too fat to fit into the work uniform?” Tian asked.
“It’s not exactly the reason, and a second reason is that you are often late for work,” the staff member replied.
“The fact that I’m fat is nothing new, but I’ve never suffered discrimination because of it,” Tian retorted.
“We don’t have any bias against you,” the staff member said.
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By Liya Su for South China Morning Post
