Chinese cat has its day in court: teacher fired for kitty’s on-camera cameo in online class wins unfair dismissal case


By Liya Su

The art teacher had been told just before the cat incident that the company was happy with her performance. The court ruled the company overreached, inventing new rules that did not previously exist to justify firing the teacher as they were angry about the cat. — Photo by Catherine Heath on Unsplash

A teacher in China who was fired for having her cat present in the background during online classes has received 41,236 yuan (RM27,048) in compensation from her former employer.

The art teacher, surnamed Luo, from Guangzhou in Guangdong province, southern China, received the compensation after she took the local education company she had worked for since 2019 to court, Bailu Video reported.

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