Company tells employees to run miles each month if they want their bonuses - eviltoast
  • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I also can’t see how this doesn’t open them up to lawsuits for any injuries incurred from a sprained ankle to a blown out knee or a heart attack. I’m a manager in a large company, and I got a bit nervous at some of the offsite activities, and those were mild things like dunk tanks. Plus I bet the entertainment company or venue carries that insurance. This is literally making the run part of the job, and it’s a relatively dangerous activity.

    • jimbolauski@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      It’s in China… You might end up in a work camp for getting injured and speaking up about it.

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      11 months ago

      You and most people in this thread are right but I’m sure that can’t be a concern in their legal framework, otherwise they wouldn’t have come up with the idea.

      • PrinceWith999Enemies@lemmy.world
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        11 months ago

        I know a number of companies that have introduced exercise programs. In every case it’s clearly done on the employee’s own time, is made accommodating, and the reward for completing your 4000 steps per day or whatever is a tee shirt or something. It’s not that these things can’t be done.

        Plus companies do stupid things that get them sued all the time. Look at Elon.