Engineer Wins Overtime Pay for After-Work Training in China

Imagine you have a job, and after your work day, your boss makes you attend extra online classes.

This happened to a man in China.

He had to go to training sessions after his regular work hours, but he wasn't paid extra.

If he skipped, he had to pay a fine.

He sued his company and said these classes were really work and he should be paid more.

The company argued they weren't real work and that the classes weren't mandatory.

The court agreed with the man.

Even though he just had to log in, the classes used his free time.

The court ordered the company to pay him extra money for the time he spent in training.