I don't know how much I can contribute because I am not an employer and don't have any legal knowledge/experience.
However, reading this to me it looks like the conflict/disagreement is not so much over the technicalities of whether or not China should consult his employees etc (because at the end of the day that has already been discussed in length with legislation links posted) but whether China should follow ONLY the letter of the law or 'go above and beyond' to make his employees feel valued/respected and this comes down to personal opinion/experience.
He has stated he has difficulty managing his employees and Geoff was giving him suggestions on how to do that so that 1) trust is rebuilt and the employees don't feel like they are being spied on 2) employee/employer relationships because they are key in staff retention, quality of work by staff.
Speaking as someone who has been employed in many different environments the ones where employers were considerate and treated me with respect by letting me know of changes made and genuinely listening to my opinion (whether or not they were going to take it on board) meant that as an employee I was happier and the quality of my work was better. It was in environments were I was treated as a second class citizen that I would work slowly and ineffectively etc.
However, reading this to me it looks like the conflict/disagreement is not so much over the technicalities of whether or not China should consult his employees etc (because at the end of the day that has already been discussed in length with legislation links posted) but whether China should follow ONLY the letter of the law or 'go above and beyond' to make his employees feel valued/respected and this comes down to personal opinion/experience.
He has stated he has difficulty managing his employees and Geoff was giving him suggestions on how to do that so that 1) trust is rebuilt and the employees don't feel like they are being spied on 2) employee/employer relationships because they are key in staff retention, quality of work by staff.
Speaking as someone who has been employed in many different environments the ones where employers were considerate and treated me with respect by letting me know of changes made and genuinely listening to my opinion (whether or not they were going to take it on board) meant that as an employee I was happier and the quality of my work was better. It was in environments were I was treated as a second class citizen that I would work slowly and ineffectively etc.