‘Issue own currency’: China firm probed for paying staff consumer vouchers instead of money

A company in China is paying its staff in vouchers instead of cash, sparking outrage online. -- Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/QQ.com

BEIJING: A Chinese company has been placed under official investigation after it gave consumer vouchers instead of money as salary to its employees, triggering online backlash.

A person from northeastern China’s Jilin province posted that the shopping centre he worked for, Motian Vitality City, gave its staff consumer vouchers as their salary.