China Broker Pressured Hong Kong Staff on Virus Test, Union Says
- H.K. Chief Executive Lam makes appeal for more participants
- Less than 10% of population registered for tests as of Tuesday
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China’s Founder Securities Co. drew criticism from a labor union for pressuring its staff in Hong Kong to participate in the government’s campaign to get everyone in the financial hub tested for the coronavirus.
Founder Securities went as far as telling employees to present their test results to the broker’s human resources department, the Hong Kong Financial Industry Employees General Union said in a letter to the Beijing-based firm’s Hong Kong office on Monday. The union, which posted the letter on its Facebook page, criticized the move in light of the testing program’s voluntary nature and said employees should be free to get tested based on their actual needs and wishes.