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Anyone knows if the verdict says what would be legal? The article only says 996 is illegal.

• rfoo 5y ago
  "Normal" working hours (i.e. 40-hours a week), according to the Labor Law? China, as a country ruled by communist, do have a Labor Law favoring employees. They just don't enforce it strictly before. For example, you may refuse to work long hours, and if you get fired as a result, you can raise a "labor dispute" and you'll almost always win. The catch is it would take months to resolve and after that, the employer simply pays some severance and nothing more.
  • enkid 5y ago
    Is there any reason to think they will start strictly enforcing it? One ruling confirm an already existing law doesn't seem like a watershed moment to me until we see it changing the way companies are prosecuted for their behavior.
    • p_l 5y ago
      There is apparently a recent push to go after exploitative practices of big giants, including also in terms of labour policies (including treatment of delivery workers). And if you want a cynical reading - the companies that are famous for 996 are also the kind of companies that are recently getting reminders that they do not guide the policy in the country, so it's beneficial for the party to actually prosecute them.
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