(Translated by Google)
The salary slip of an employee surnamed Zheng of Alibaba's fresh food retail platform “Hema Xiansheng” was peeked by a colleague. As a result, the company fired Zheng Nan for “leakage of wages”, causing controversy.
According to The Paper, on February 10, Xiao Zheng, a clerk of Hema Xiansheng Jinan Impression City in Jinan, Shandong Province, was sneaked at by a colleague when he checked his personal payslip on the company's payday. On February 12, Xiao Zheng was told by the company to fire him on the grounds of leaking secrets, which led to two colleagues in the department wanting to leave.
The relevant staff of the Hema store where Xiao Zheng works responded that the employee salary information is a company secret, and it has been clearly mentioned in the induction training and employee handbook. After investigation and verification, Xiao Zheng violated the company's regulations during his tenure in office, which is a type of violation.
Alibaba’s Hema Fresh retail stores have been hugely popular in recent years. (Visual China)
Xiao Zheng, an employee of Hema Xiansheng, broke the news a few days ago, saying that his salary slip was spy on him and he was fired. (File photo/Photo by Ma Jianzhang)
Xiao Zheng said that after graduating last November, he went to work at the Hema Xiansheng Jinan Impression City store where his girlfriend is located in Jinan, Shandong Province, and was responsible for the sales, cashier and other related work of the aquatic seafood department of the store. The trial period is now (2022). On February 25, he was fired on February 12.
Xiao Zheng said that in addition to his own work in Hema Xiansheng, he will also do other work, such as killing fish. He has also been at work during the Spring Festival, so this month's performance salary and comprehensive salary will be higher than other colleagues. When he was fired, his boss told him that one of his colleagues who wanted to leave had sent a voice message to Xiao Zheng admitting to “taking a peek” at his salary. The chat records between Xiao Zheng and his former colleague show that a colleague did send a message to Xiao Zheng saying “a sneak peek at you”.
He mentioned that although he was puzzled by the result of the company's punishment, “but under pressure from the leadership, I signed the punishment letter and left the company.” He has reported the situation to the labor department of Licheng District, Jinan City, and decided to apply for labor arbitration. to protect their legal rights.
Xiao Zheng believes that his salary situation was “sneaked” by his colleagues, and it does not apply to the company's “Class 1 violation”. It is understood that the “Class 1 violation” referred to by Hema Xiansheng stipulates that any sensitive data is obtained, used, leaked, disseminated, sold or attempted to engage in the aforementioned acts for improper purposes such as profit-seeking and disrupting company operations, regardless of whether it is achieved or not. In the event of consequences, dismissal will be made, and may also be dealt with never to be hired.
Xiao Zheng has made four demands so far, one is to revoke the punishment; the other is for the company to apologize; the third is to make financial compensation based on the time he worked in the company; the fourth is to compensate him for his personal reputation and psychological spirit. Yuan Renminbi.
Lawyer: If the payslip is leaked by voyeurism, the employee is not at fault
The report quoted Zhao Liangshan, a senior partner of Shaanxi Hengda Law Firm and a well-known public welfare lawyer, as saying that employee wages are not a matter of confidentiality, but if the company stipulates in the employee handbook or the confidentiality agreement signed with employees that employee wages are business secrets, it can be It is determined that the employee's salary is a commercial secret, and the employee shall not disclose it to the outside world.
However, Zhao Liangshan also said that employees leaked wages, referring to employees “deliberately doing it.” In this incident, Xiao Zheng's salary slip was leaked by a colleague, and the employee Xiao Zheng was not at fault. Therefore, Hema Xiansheng cannot fire Xiao Zheng on this ground.
Zhao Liangshan said that Hema Xiansheng’s dismissal of Xiao Zheng is illegal and an illegal act. He can first report to the labor inspection department where Hema Xiansheng belongs, and the labor inspection department will mediate; he can also file a labor dispute with the labor dispute arbitration committee of Hema Xiansheng’s place. Arbitration shall be judged impartially by the Labor Dispute Arbitration Committee. If you are not satisfied with the arbitral award, you may file a lawsuit with the court where Hema Xiansheng belongs to protect its legitimate rights and interests.