Chinese worker fired for walking 16,000 steps after calling in sick for foot pain

Mansi Agarwal, Published on Nov 9th, 2025

Chinese worker fired for walking 16,000 steps after calling in sick for foot pain

A Chinese employee was fired after he was found to have walked 16,000 steps on a day he called in sick for foot pain. The man, however, later won the unlawful termination case against the company in court and won 118,779 yuan (around ₹15 lakh) in compensation. The 2019 incident has gone viral after China's Justice Ministry shared it online.

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