Is it reasonable for the company to choose a princess in the name of recruitment?

Two days ago, Ms. Chen, a female job seeker in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, applied for a job online and found a more suitable position, but the position has a rigid requirement: the employee must be single.

When talking with Ms. Chen, HR of the company first asked Ms. Chen's height and weight, and then asked whether Ms. Chen was single. Ms. Chen asked, does this have anything to do with work? HR replied: The company assistant is single because of hard work.

Ms. Chen feels that HR's request is inexplicable. She has worked for so many years, and this is the first time she has encountered such a situation. She subconsciously suspected that the company chose concubines in the name of recruiting assistants, which was obscene and vulgar, so she reported the company.

The boss of this company is very dissatisfied, because in his mind, it is normal to ask job seekers to be single. If employees have a partner, it is difficult to devote all their energy to their work.

Moreover, HR is not suspected of sexual harassment in the process of communicating with job seekers. After all, assistant work needs a certain value, and it is normal to ask about height and weight.

The boss of the company said: our company is a regular company, and the employees recruited must be single, regardless of gender. The company will pursue legal responsibility for Ms. Chen and sue Ms. Chen.

Ms. Chen reported the company on the grounds that the company's concubine was suspected of being pornographic and vulgar, which led to the company being banned on the recruitment website, which really caused losses to the company. So is it reasonable for Ms. Chen to report this company? Is it reasonable for the company to sue Ms. Chen?

Is it reasonable for Ms. Chen to report this company?

First of all, we should know that reporting is the right given to job seekers by recruitment websites. If the company thinks that the job seeker is suspected of being pornographic and vulgar, it can also report the job seeker.

In Ms. Chen's eyes, it is very uncomfortable for the company to ask about height and weight and whether it is single. Especially now, many companies that sell dog meat on the recruitment platform are ostensibly recruiting female assistants, but in fact they are engaging in pornography and vulgarity.

Ms. Chen has the right to doubt the purpose of this company's recruitment of assistants and to report this company. As for the title, it has nothing to do with her, because the specific title needs to be decided by the recruitment website. If the recruitment website investigates that the company is suspected of being pornographic and vulgar, the title is taken for granted.

Is it reasonable for the company to sue Ms. Chen?

The title is the decision made after the review of the recruitment website, which has no direct relationship with Ms. Chen. If the company has any dissatisfaction, it can communicate with the recruitment platform and even sue the recruitment platform. The company sued Ms. Chen without evidence, and in the end it just drew water with a sieve.

The company requires job seekers to be single. Is it illegal to ask job seekers about their height and weight?

It is not illegal to require the height and weight of job seekers, but it is not necessarily related to the "inherent requirements of work" to require job seekers to be single. In other words, assistant job seekers can complete it regardless of whether they are single or not. The company requires job seekers to be single, which constitutes employment discrimination, discriminates against job seekers and infringes on their equal employment rights.

The fact that the company requires employees to be single in recruitment has caused an uproar on the Internet. Netizens are mainly divided into two factions. Look at their messages.

Some netizens, from the company's point of view, think that who to recruit is the company's own freedom. Ms. Chen reported that this company belongs to "the dog meddles with the mouse".

Some people go deeper and think that Ms. Chen's practice is actually self-interested behavior that harms women's employment opportunities.

Most netizens think that there is no problem with the company's practice, because if there is no recruitment requirement, how can the company operate?

Of course, some people understand Ms. Chen and think that it is a bad habit for this company to require job seekers to be single, which needs to be banned as soon as possible. Whether a job seeker is qualified for the job depends on his ability, not his appearance and marital status.

This kind of thing is reasonable, but according to our current labor law, Ms. Chen's behavior should be encouraged. Only when there are more and more serious people like Ms. Chen Can can the legitimate rights and interests of job seekers be better protected.