A Company in Baicheng, Jilin Prohibits Employees from Using Apple Devices, Faces Legal Doubts

TapTechNews September 27th news, according to the report of Jiupai News, a company named 'Jilin Shengxin Construction Engineering Co., Ltd.' in Baicheng City, Jilin Province, released a notice on September 20th stating that 'employees are prohibited from bringing Apple brand devices into the company, and those who violate will be fired.' The relevant 'Notice' also advocated that employees use Huawei brand electronic products, and provided subsidy support to employees who promptly replaced with Huawei products.

On September 25th, the staff of the Laws and Policies Section of the Baicheng Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau said that this is the regulation of the relevant company and has no right to manage. If any employee is fired because of this, they can file a complaint and report to the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.

TapTechNews noted that Fu Jian, the director of Henan Zejin Law Firm, believes that 'this regulation is not legal.' 'Workers have the right to decide what brand of mobile phone to use. Just firing because of using an Apple mobile phone is suspected of infringing on others' right of independent choice and is illegal dismissal, which is suspected of being illegal, and the company may suffer certain administrative penalties.'