Female vegetable vendors cannot be over 45 years old"? The latest response is here: rectification!

  Recently, a notice on the Shengli Market on Jiqing Street in Wuhan has caused controversy among all parties: the market is undergoing renovation, but the "Instructions for Entry" posted in front of the construction site requires that female vendors be no more than 45 years old and male vendors be no more than 50 years old. What is this? What's going on?

Is this regulation legal and compliant?

  The Shengli Vegetable Market on Jiqing Street in Wuhan has recently undergone an upgrade. Article 2 of the "Instructions for Entry" posted in front of the door stipulates that female vendors cannot be over 45 years old and male vendors cannot be over 50 years old.

In this regard, vendors talked a lot.

Some worry about losing their livelihoods, while others question whether it is reasonable.

  Vendor of Shengli Vegetable Market, Jiqing Street, Wuhan, Hubei: Like we are already 50 years old, we will be 51 years old next year, and we can’t sell vegetables.

  Vendor of Shengli Vegetable Market, Jiqing Street, Wuhan, Hubei: I am 77 years old, and I sold eggs at Shengli Vegetable Market at the age of 39.

  Vendors in Shengli Vegetable Market, Jiqing Street, Wuhan, Hubei: It is impossible for us to leave as soon as they say let us go.

  Regarding these disputes, the person in charge of the upgrading and reconstruction construction party previously responded that the request did not violate the national law. Over-aged traders may not be able to bear the risk of work, and the specific implementation will be handled flexibly.

  Managers of Shengli Market, Jiqing Street, Wuhan, Hubei: Which national law is violated, don't you think you are at risk?

If you move up and down every day, you have to consider your physical strength.

General requirements, flexible, as long as they are over 18 and under 65.

  Managers of Shengli Market in Jiqing Street, Wuhan, Hubei: Don't worry, we will still be responsible for the business owners.

  In response to the controversy, experts said that the behavior of Shengli Market on Jiqing Street in Wuhan not only involved discrimination against women, but was also suspected of violating the Labor Law and the Employment Promotion Law.

  Lin Jia, a professor at Renmin University of China Law School: Setting up such a threshold for employment is against the basic principles of the Labor Law.

As a manager, he should not set such special conditions for gender and women, which involve discrimination.

In addition, according to our country’s Employment Promotion Law, workers are not discriminated against because of ethnicity, race, gender, religion, belief, etc.

For this kind of behavior, I think the government's supervisory department should take timely measures to correct it.

  Regarding the setting of age limits in the vegetable market, Jiang'an District of Wuhan issued a statement yesterday stating that, after preliminary verification on the spot, the "Instructions for Entry" of the vegetable market involved was formulated and posted by the market operator, which is an independent behavior of the enterprise.

  The Jiang'an District Market Supervision Bureau has interviewed operating companies, requiring companies not to set unreasonable conditions in violation of regulations, and ordering companies to make corrections immediately. At present, the company has removed the "Instructions for Entry". In the next step, Jiang'an District will urge the market operators to make rectifications in place. Relevant departments acted in a timely manner to stop the absurd regulations of the market operators, which is a good thing. I hope that there will be fewer such absurd things in the future; the basic labor rights of the people can be effectively guaranteed.