India, Feb. 17 -- A JPMorgan Chase employee was fired-albeit briefly-after publicly questioning CEO Jamie Dimon about the bank's return-to-office (RTO) policy during a town hall meeting on February 12. The employee, Nicolas Welch, later had his termination rescinded following intervention from higher management, according to a report by Fortune.

Welch, an analyst in tech operations who has worked for JPMorgan Chase since 2017, was among those affected by the bank's new mandate requiring all 317,000 employees to return to the office five days a week starting next month. Until now, about 40% of the workforce had been allowed to work from home two days a week. Welch, who is going through a divorce and cited family and childcare responsibili...