CHINESE WOMAN SACKED FOR TALKING BACK TO BOSS

Oh I am amused! We always take the position that we have it so hard here in SA - well the proof of the pudding is in the eating - so they say!

Anyone care to go and work in China? Mmmmmmm

Chinese woman sacked for talking back to boss
10 September 2007 at 04h00

Beijing - A Chinese woman is suing her former employer after falling victim to the company policy of firing staff who contradict their boss three times. HAW-1 Enterprise, a light industrial manufacturer based in China's port city of Xi amen, sacked a woman, surnamed Ni, for refusing to pay fines she incurred for talking back to superiors, a local newspaper reported. The company's policy held that a "first contradiction of superiors" would incur a fine of 30 yuan (about R30), a second would incur 100 yuan (about R95), and a third would warrant dismissal. Ni incurred a 30 yuan fine after taking umbrage with her factory supervisor for reprimanding her for not filling in a form.

"The factory head told me that, according to company rules, no matter whether management is right or wrong, employees are not allowed to contradict them," said Ni. Ni was threatened with a 100 yuan fine for refusing to pay the first, and was sacked after she threatened to report her supervisor to human resources. The supervisor, surnamed CAI, said: "The company can terminate the contract of employees who seriously breach labour discipline or the company's rules." - Reuters