Zhao Bin now felt like everything was a dream, just like how Principal Mou and Principal Huo still believe they're dreaming to this day.
But Zhao Bin didn't really want the dream to end.
Before he came, he had prepared for everything, if the other party didn't pay up, he would take action and kill those three people!
Damn it, if you won't let me live well, then I'll take your life!
But after being stopped by Lawyer Tang here, reason slowly took the high ground again.
If he went inside, his wife and child would be pitiful, these families would definitely not let his wife and children off.
Old Tang waved his hand and said, "Zhao Bin, let's not stay here, let's find a place to sit down."
This place is now a bit crowded, it's not suitable for speaking.
Leading Zhao Bin back to the noodle shop, the owner served up another bowl of noodles, and then Old Tang smiled and said, "We've met here before, and you even said something at the time."
"You might have forgotten, but I still remember, however, I didn't expect you would directly charge in like that."
Upon hearing this, Zhao Bin said helplessly, "Lawyer Tang, I really had no other choice, I... I had thought of all the methods I could, but none worked."
"They're all in cahoots with those officials, no one cares, I truly had no options left."
Zhao Bin carefully recounted his earlier situation, how the other party was withholding wages and wouldn't pay; he had called the police the first time he went there.
"At the time, actually, four of us went together, all of had our money withheld under various pretexts. The police came just to mediate, but they still refused to pay, insisting it was our fault."
"Then, I got guidance from the labor market's rights protection center, they told me to file a complaint with the Labor Inspection Brigade. After waiting many days following the complaint, they told me that after investigation, it was a labor dispute and told me to seek arbitration."
"I knew nothing about arbitration, they told me I needed evidence, but I didn't have any, and they recommended I find a lawyer, go to the legal aid center..."
As Zhao Bin rambled on, sometimes just speaking one's mind could feel a lot better. Bottling it up, one could start to go crazy from overthinking.
Old Tang silently listened without interrupting. Zhao Bin had sought help from all the institutions he could think of and was met with failure everywhere, so his thoughts turned to extremes.
He believed there was collusion, that he had no alternatives, the only thing left was to gamble with his life.
Legal aid might have been denied, might have been put in the queue, and seeking a lawyer wasn't realistic.
After Zhao Bin finished speaking, Old Tang finally said, "You see, don't think too much about it, it's just a labor agency, what makes you think it can collude with all the departments, right?"
"So, don't worry, I already asked Tengda's team to draft a contract. You just need to sign it electronically, your case is actually quite simple." ᴛʜɪs ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ ɪs ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ʙʏ novelFɪre.net
It was indeed quite simple, but for someone like Zhao Bin, who started working right after junior high, it truly was difficult.
Although the nation repeatedly issues orders and the labor departments have the duty to offer as much help as possible to those who don't understand the law when consulting or seeking arbitration,
But... everyone understands that many grassroots staff, especially those older in age, still have a very serious "official-based" mentality.
Dealing with them felt like causing them trouble, even though the behavior of picking on trivial issues had lessened considerably.
But in these circumstances, if you showed up knowing nothing and unwilling to be a bother, you'd just get brushed off.
Was it compliant? It was, after all, you didn't even have an application, so they just tell you that you need an application, need evidence, and that's that.
To Zhao Bin, though, it felt like they were just kicking the ball around...
"Let me clarify it for you, basically, the factory has already paid the agency, but the agency is holding onto it and not giving it to you, right? Then we get evidence from the factory side, and the matter can be settled."
"It's a little over two thousand, right? Pretty easy to handle, a simple court can resolve this in minutes."
Old Tang didn't believe the other side would dare to directly confront the Arbitration Committee. This type of agency probably just waits to see if you're serious; once you are, they'll pay up.
If you chalk it up to bad luck, they just pocket the money.
This is actually no different from many companies delaying wages; you go through the trouble of arbitration, and in the end, you get the money that was originally yours. For the company, there's actually no loss.
Since it has come to arbitration, it shows that the other party surely has their "reasons" for not paying, even if those reasons aren't valid, rather than arbitrarily delaying payment.
Although Old Tang might not have been a good person in his past life, he had long condemned these regulations.
He truly wished that the punitive damages system could be introduced for such cases, but sadly, it was utterly impossible.
However, if those agencies thought Old Tang only had this much capability, that they would only have to return what they withheld, they were thinking too simply.
What Tang Fangjing excelled at was never just labor law...
At Tengda Law Firm, Old Wang looked at the contract Miss Xiao Yan had brought over and began massaging his temples again.
"What is he planning to do, didn't he say he was going on a trip? Didn't he say he'd be back today? How come he's taking on a case now!" Old Wang felt very tired.
He talked about going on a trip, yet next thing, the principals of a vocational school in Jingzhou were caught, and the news had already reached Jingzhou.
Because everyone was saying it was Tang Fangjing's doing...
Now, without having finished with the vocational school matter, he took on a labor dispute case. What's more, the guy even asked the firm to advance the money!!!