Company tries to block media coverage of involuntary transfer of heavily pregnant employee

SICHUAN – Attempts were made to block media coverage of a seven-month pregnant woman being transferred to a position 37km from her home without her consent, a news portal reports.

The unnamed graphic designer was notified by the Chengdu Yifeng Rongxing Packing Company earlier this month that she was being transferred from her current post in Chenghua District, Chengdu, to Jintang county, news portal Huaxi100.com reported. The new position would entail a commute of three hours using three different buses.

The Chenghua site was only 800 meters from her home, and she could walk there in 15 minutes.

When the woman refused the transfer, she said the company took back the her keys to all buildings and deleted her staff profile. She then called the police, the report said.

A staff member from the human resources department would not at first confirm that the woman worked for the company and said the company was not afraid of a lawsuit.