<p class="title">Workers at a Chinese home renovation company who failed to complete their tasks had to drink urine, eat cockroaches or get whipped by a belt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Others had to shave their heads or drink water from a toilet bowl and had their salaries withheld by a month, according to images and videos on Chinese social media cited by state media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The punishments were all publicly meted out in the presence of other staff, state media said, citing workers who had quit the company in the southwestern province of Guizhou.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forgetful staff who did not wear leather shoes to work or failed to turn up in formal attire were given 50 yuan ($7.20) fines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Their misdemeanours were duly recorded in little, white slips.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But most staff chose to stay despite the punishments, which started this year, state media said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three managers at the company were jailed from five to 10 days on the charge of humiliating others, according to a social media post by the local public security bureau.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Labour conditions in China have often been described by activists as harsh and unforgiving, with workers having to work excessive hours and live in cramped quarters on meagre wages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the Guizhou company, many of the punished showed little outward sign of unhappiness, according to state media, choosing instead to accept their fate.</p>
<p class="title">Workers at a Chinese home renovation company who failed to complete their tasks had to drink urine, eat cockroaches or get whipped by a belt.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Others had to shave their heads or drink water from a toilet bowl and had their salaries withheld by a month, according to images and videos on Chinese social media cited by state media.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The punishments were all publicly meted out in the presence of other staff, state media said, citing workers who had quit the company in the southwestern province of Guizhou.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Forgetful staff who did not wear leather shoes to work or failed to turn up in formal attire were given 50 yuan ($7.20) fines.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Their misdemeanours were duly recorded in little, white slips.</p>.<p class="bodytext">But most staff chose to stay despite the punishments, which started this year, state media said.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Three managers at the company were jailed from five to 10 days on the charge of humiliating others, according to a social media post by the local public security bureau.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Labour conditions in China have often been described by activists as harsh and unforgiving, with workers having to work excessive hours and live in cramped quarters on meagre wages.</p>.<p class="bodytext">At the Guizhou company, many of the punished showed little outward sign of unhappiness, according to state media, choosing instead to accept their fate.</p>