According to the chat record, after HR informed the woman that the interview failed, the woman took the initiative to ask the other party why she was rejected, but the other party replied, "The main reason is that it is too high, and it will be very tired to bend over and work often."
"My heart is actually very uncomfortable." The client, Ms. Zhang, said that she was tall 185 cm, and the interview was rejected more than once because of her height. "When this company interviewed me, it directly asked me how tall I was. In fact, when they told me to go back and wait for the notice, I had a hunch that it was unlikely to hire me. After all, it is not the first time. "
Ms. Zhang said: "Because I am in contact with children at work, I need to bend over frequently. I have interviewed several times before, but I was rejected because it was too high. An interviewer asked me, do you mind bending over often? And the interviewer even asked me, have you ever been rejected because of your height? "
Despite this, Ms. Zhang said that she loves this business and will continue to stick to it. "I have been engaged in children's art education for three years, and there have been cases of bending over, but I like this industry. It doesn't matter to me whether my back hurts or not. I don't think it will affect my work. They all thought it was their own. "
In this regard, netizens have said, "It's really outrageous!" "Don't worry! If you don't stay here, stay here! " "I really don't understand, people themselves are not too tired, it's too difficult!"
In this regard, on February 2, the person in charge of the company responded that there was no height discrimination. She was not hired because she was too tall to teach, which would make her very tired.
The person in charge said, "She came in alone, and I feel that the child will have a sense of distance." She also said that people who are taller have to bend over for a long time after working for a period of time and choose to resign, which is not conducive to the stable development of the company. Therefore, out of a responsible attitude towards students, Ms. Zhang was not hired.
According to the Beijing News, China's "Regulations on Teacher Qualification" does not specify the height requirement, but the physical examination of some local teachers requires that the height of men should not be less than 155cm and that of women should not be less than 150cm. Applicants for kindergarten teacher qualification can be relaxed to 150cm for men and 145cm for women. It is rare to refuse employment on the grounds that it is too high. Although the employer claims that this is considered from the perspective of professional nature, it is also unfounded and suspected of height discrimination. In the recruitment of teachers, job seekers can be selected from the perspective of teaching needs, but there should be no gender discrimination, health discrimination and height discrimination, and no threshold conditions should be set outside the regulations.
According to the information reported, the employer is a non-disciplinary child training institution. According to China's Private Education Promotion Law, teachers and educatees in private schools have the same legal status as those in public schools. Therefore, the Private Education Promotion Law and the Teachers Law are also applicable to the recruitment management of teachers in children's training institutions.
Refusing to recruit kindergarten teachers on the grounds that the applicant is too high, no matter how the employer explains it, is difficult to be a legitimate reason. China does not have many occupations. Because of the nature of work and the requirements of working environment, the height of practitioners is limited, but height is not the key factor in the career of kindergarten teachers. Employers can communicate this detail with job seekers when recruiting, such as asking her how to deal with the relationship between height and work, but this should not be used as a rejection factor.