Man sues company he worked at for 20 years after he was fired for sleeping at desk
Hindustan TimesA Chinese man was fired for napping for an hour at work after he worked late the previous day. According to the South China Morning Post, Zhang, worked for a chemical company in China's Jiangsu Province for 20 years and headed an entire department. Fired for violating company rules Two weeks later, the company's human resources department informed Zhang's superiors that he was caught sleeping at work. "Zhang joined the company in 2004 and signed an indefinite employment contract but your actions sleeping at work seriously violate the company's zero tolerance principle," the notice said. ‘Sleeping at work is illegal’ Upset over the sudden termination, Zhang filed a lawsuit against the company claiming that he was unfairly dismissed from his post.
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