A firm in Guangzhou fined workers 0.01 yuan ($0.0015) for every step they missed from their monthly target.
A company in China has come under fire for fining employees who didn’t walk at least 180,000 steps a month, according to reports.
The unnamed real estate firm in the southern city of Guangzhou said it would fine workers 0.01 yuan ($0.0015) for every step missed from their monthly target.
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The company reportedly tracked the worker’s steps using the messaging app WeChat, which allows users to share with friends how many steps they have walked in a day, according to the South China Morning Post.
One human resources officer who works at the firm said she was deducted 100 yuan ($14.
