Lok Cheng Cheng Wai, 53, a part-time guard who worked at the McDonald’s outlet at Fortune Plaza Arcade in Tai Po for six months, said he was informed on Sunday morning.
The publication was not able to immediately confirm the reason for the move and has reached out to McDonald’s for comment.
Last week, Cheng wrote an open letter to the company’s CEO indicating that the company is restoring mealtime pay for employees, a policy that was rescinded in 2009. He also posted content online to support making the change.
In the open letter published by Ming Pao, he said deducting an hour from pay for meal time during an eight-hour shift would reduce the hourly wage by HK$45 (US$5.8) below the minimum rate.
“Upper management, whom I don’t want to name, told me that I was not fired, but the company had decided to terminate the employment,” he told The Post.
