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Chinese Courts Rule Companies Cannot Fire Workers Simply to Replace Them With AI (www.caixinglobal.com)
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[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm not going to hand my money to that paywall on such an overstimulating website riddled with AI.

China (its court, anyways) is a civil law jurisdiction (i.e. precedent doesn't exist too much) so I'm curious what law's letter is being applied here.

[–] emergencyfood@sh.itjust.works 1 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Firefox -> Reading mode gets past the paywall.

[–] Aatube@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago

thanks! weird that that does it but not blocking JS

AI generated, for reference only

uhhhh

The reader mode text also doesn't seem to match the article text. I think this is on Caixing's side and not Firefox's side though, since "for reference only" (a literal translation of China-specific legal boilerplate) is a common Chinglishism.

  1. Zhou, in a quality-assurance role verifying AI-generated sentences, faced reassignment and a salary cut from 25,000 yuan ($3,655) to 15,000 yuan due to AI impacts; rejecting it led to dismissal.[para. 4]

that's ironic

  1. The Yuhang court ruled that AI cost savings do not qualify as legal termination grounds like business closure or poor performance, nor as an "objective major change" making contracts impossible, deeming the low-pay offer unreasonable and the firing illegal with compensation ordered.[para. 7][para. 8]

  1. The case turned on whether AI job elimination counts as an "objective major change" under Labor Contract Law.[para. 19]

  2. Beijing guidelines define such changes as uncontrollable, unpredictable events like disasters or policies causing ruin, not business decisions.[para. 20]