A tech worker in China is laid off and replaced by AI. Is it legal?

Artificial Intelligence robots demonstrate working on power grid control units during a media organized tour at Guangdong Power Grid Robotics Laboratory in Guangzhou, in southern China's Guangdong province, Thursday, April 16, 2026. Andy Wong/AP hide caption toggle caption Andy Wong/AP A court in eastern China's Hangzhou city, an AI hub, has ruled in favor of a senior tech worker whose company replaced him with artificial intelligence (AI). …