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In an unusual incident, a court has decreed that a company reinstate a senior manager, who was dismissed after allegations of inappropriate conduct with a female colleague. Lin, accused of sexual misconduct after hugging and kissing a colleague named Shi on the office premises, challenged his dismissal in court.

In an unexpected turn, the court ruled in Lin's favour, requiring his reinstatement and compensation for lost wages, calculated at around Rs 1.34 crore (1.13 million yuan) per annum. This decision came as the court observed that the company's moral guidelines were not sufficiently binding and that Lin had not misused his autho...