Chinese tech employee fired for taking medical leave on tropical island instead of at home.

A Chinese tech company located in Beijing fired an employee after he spent his two-week sick leave on a tropical island. The employee had applied for two weeks of paid leave earlier but was rejected by his manager. The employee was fired after a co-worker spotted him at the Hainan airport. The company appealed the ruling at a higher-level court, which overturned the decision, and the district court upheld its decision because it deemed Xu had gone against the doctor's advice of bed rest.