Zhongxin Finance, February 17 (Reporter Song Yusheng) Recently, a screenshot of a chat in which an employee was fined for not returning to a group message circulated online.

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If the information is not returned, the entire company will be fined

　　The chat information shows that after the company issued a holiday notice in the group, all staff did not reply within 2 hours, and it was judged to be "violating the management measures for the use of corporate WeChat", and the company therefore "fines all staff 200 yuan".

　　On the 16th, a reporter from Zhongxin Finance and Economics called the company several times, but no one answered.

According to Jimu News, the company’s staff confirmed that this was the case, and the punishment was based on company regulations and rules and regulations.

　　Such a corporate system has caused a lot of complaints on social media.

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　　Some people think that such a company is somewhat "formalistic"; some people complain, this company should not take the opportunity to "corrupt" employees' money; some people have already started to check their own company group...

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Is it legal to pay such a fine?

　　So, are such company internal regulations and penalties legal?

The reporter consulted a lawyer.

　　An Xiang, director of Beijing Dexiang Law Firm and deputy director of the Civil Law Committee of Beijing Lawyers Association, told reporters that companies do have the right to formulate internal management rules and regulations, but they must be released in legal procedures and at the same time not be too harsh.

　　An Xiang believes that an enterprise is not an administrative organ, nor a law enforcement department, so it has no power to impose administrative penalties, and the internal processing norms of the enterprise must consider legality and rationality.

　　"At the same time, the employee's violation should match the consequences of the damage caused by the behavior and the severity of the punishment." In his view, the holiday notice in the screenshot is not an important notice for the company's work.

"The employee did not reply, which did not hinder the normal operation of the company, nor did it cause losses to the company."

　　An Xiang said that in this case, everyone in the WeChat group has to pay a fine of 200 yuan, which obviously does not match the consequences of the employee's behavior itself.

　　"If some employees have disputes with the company and resort to the law because of this, I am afraid that they will support the demands of the workers with a high probability, and the punishment of the company is judged to be too harsh."

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'Company Group' is not for fines

　　In fact, this is not the first time that similar instant messaging tools have been criticized for their work.

　　Previously, there was an incident in which employees were fined by the company for grabbing red envelopes in WeChat groups during work hours, causing concern.

　　When instant communication tools have been deeply involved in people's daily life, how to deal with the relationship between work and life has become a problem that every employee and manager has to face.

　　The establishment of the so-called "company group" is also to improve work efficiency and reduce communication costs.

　　On this basis, the "internal regulations" of units and companies should naturally work in the direction that is conducive to stimulating the enthusiasm of employees within the legal framework, rather than harshly imposing fines on trivial matters.

　　So, will you reply to the news of the company group as soon as possible?

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