In South Korea, A
bank employee was found to be playing online games that use crypto as its in game currency. The bank claimed that the employee is a habitual gambler and fired him from his job. The ex-employee naturally raised his concern to HR as he thinks it is unfair dismissal but the HR rejected his appeal which led him to file a lawsuit. In the end, even the court sided with the bank. Even though the ex-employee claims that he never played during work hours and that his habits did not interfere with his work quality, the court rules it to be undignified to be gambling with crypto.
If crypto wasn't involved, do you think this employee would have gotten fired?
According to my personal opinion, I would say that the bank employee should have been charged by the authorities as he is a respectable bank official and it is not right for him to participate in such gambling. If the bank official is involved in crypto currency gambling then he should definitely be charged for violating the bank's policy. If the bank does not approve the transaction in the crypto currency, it is more reasonable to take the side of the court bank in the hearing in the case filed by the authorities. Since the transaction is not valid, the bank employee cannot participate in the game currency in gambling under any circumstances.