[Title and summary translation from original Chinese provided by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre] Ling was employed by Guangdong Strong Group, headquartered in Shenzhen. “My performance had been recognized and affirmed by the company all along.” Ling said, but since being detected as a hepatitis B carrier, his career in Strong Group was effectively terminated. “My manager repeatedly expressed hope that I would resign, but I explicitly refused to.” However, the company still asked for his resignation. Responding to Ling’s comments, Strong Group said the dismissal was due to the decline of Ling’s sales figures, and that his annual appraisal was rated a grade “D”, which they said reflects his poor performance. Furthermore, Strong Group said the company had already paid Ling financial compensation. The firm also said that “checking of liver function is part of routine examinations for new hires”. With the help of the Equity & Justice Initiative, Ling submitted a letter of complaint to the Nanshan District Labour Monitoring Group in Shenzhen, but they replied that the case did not involve an unlawful dismissal due to his hepatitis carrier status. Ling was disappointed and therefore filed a civil lawsuit at Nanshan People’s Court, Shenzhen seeking RMB 40,000 from the company, as well as his legal costs amounting to RMB 6,000.