Man was on sick leave, fitness app showed he walked 16,000 steps, lost his job


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Technology is making people’s work easier, but sometimes it also spoils the work. This is proved by a case that came to light from China. In fact, here a person was fired by the company because on the day of sick leave, his fitness app showed that he had walked 16,000 steps. The company accused him of taking leave on the pretext of illness. After this the man filed a case against the company and he won. Let us know the whole matter.

This is a case of 2019

This matter is of 2019, but now the Chinese government has posted it on social media, after which it has again come into discussion. Actually, an employee with surname Chen worked in a company in Jiangsu province. He had taken medical leave twice due to a back injury. After about a month, when he came for duty, he started having pain in his leg. Due to this, the doctor again advised him to take rest for a week, but the company was not ready for this and fired Chen from the job.

The company fired me

When the matter reached the court, the company said that Chen was making the excuse of illness. To prove this, the company said that on the day Chen took sick leave, his fitness app was showing that he had walked 16,000 steps. The company also filed chat logs and surveillance footage in the court and said that Chen was running there. In response, Chen said that he has the medical report and the company is violating his privacy by using private data. After this the court ordered the company to pay compensation to the chain. The company appealed against this, but the court once again said that Chen was fired illegally.

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