https://www.scmp.com/rss/500661/feed Jenny Chan is assistant professor of sociology at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and vice president of the International Sociological Association’s Research Committee on Labour Movements en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com By following China’s “996” work culture – working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week – employees will end up in hospital, warn the 996.ICU protesters, whose posts on software development platform Github have sparked widespread debate. The discussion on long working hours may have highlighted practices in the tech industry, but the fight for decent working hours has long been an uphill battle for China’s millions of so-called dispatch workers. Dispatch workers, also known as agency workers, are... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3008120/while-chinas-tech-sector-discusses-996-work-culture-spare?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/3008120/while-chinas-tech-sector-discusses-996-work-culture-spare?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Apr 2019 01:00:06 +0000