Global Outlook

 A Chinese woman, surnamed Tian, created headlines in recent days after claiming her employer let go of her after it could not find a uniform in her size while a plus-size male colleague was allowed to keep working. According to Feidian Video, the woman from Jilin province has alleged body discrimination after being laid off from her job at a dental hospital at the end of her three-month probation period. An unidentified staff member at the hospital could be heard responding to Tian's questions in a recording taken by the woman and later posted online. When Tian asked if she was fired for being "too fat to fit into the work uniform," the staff member could be heard replying that it was only partly the reason and alleged that she had been often late to work. The dental hospital had found a new uniform manufacturer after the regular one couldn't work on a uniform in Tian's size, the staff member further mentioned, adding the new manufacturer was also unable to make ...