If crypto wasn't involved, do you think this employee would have gotten fired?
yes of course… banks and financial institutions have strict policies against gambling since they handle money, and it’s generally against their rules. Plus, it’s pretty unethical...employees are paid to focus on their job, so work hours should be for company tasks only, no personal activities mixed in. Employees have handbooks for a reason, and if it says that gambling during work hours could lead to termination, then the employee really can’t do anything about it. This guy even took it to court, thinking he could dodge the illegal dismissal, but nope, he still lost. It’s definitely a lesson for everyone.
We actually had a thread here before about gambling at work. A lot of users admitted to it, though I’m not sure if anyone ever got caught.
I don’t know about such laws in banking system, first time i heard it, whatever is it laws only apply in south korea or other many countries?, in workplace such activities is really worst, because normally people’s take gambling as negatively, so we should keep it secret. Since I don't know about the laws of that country, i can't say whether there is such punishment due to gambling in office hours.