INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Employees who fail to complete their tasks have to drink urine, eat cockroaches
cockroaches or get whipped by a belt.Others had to shave their heads or drink water from a toilet bowl and had their salaries withheld by a
month, according to images and videos on Chinese social media cited by state media.The punishments were all publicly meted out in the
presence of other staff, state media said, citing workers who had quit the company in the southwestern province of Guizhou.Forgetful staff
who did not wear leather shoes to work or failed to turn up in formal attire were given 50 yuan ($7.20) fines.Their misdemeanours were duly
recorded in little, white slips.But most staff chose to stay despite the punishments, which started this year, state media said.Three
managers at the company were jailed from five to 10 days on the charge of humiliating others, according to a social media post by the local
public security bureau.Labour conditions in China have often been described by activists as harsh and unforgiving, with workers having to
work excessive hours and live in cramped quarters on meagre wages.At the Guizhou company, many of the punished showed little outward sign of
unhappiness, according to state media, choosing instead to accept their fate.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by
TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
