What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Management goes without saying, Old Tang personally found evidence that was much stronger than what Li Weiwei had found.

Moreover, Li Weiwei had never been to Qinglv County, and remote control is no replacement for presence; losing the case was only natural.

Thus, at the beginning, the two companies were arguing together, but then they directly split up.

There are actually three parties involved in labor dispatch: the laborer, the employer, and the employee unit.

The platform company needs to prove that it has no managerial actions, meaning, it is not an employee unit.

"Not an employee unit?" Lawyer Tang presented several notarized photos and then said, "Not an employee unit, then why do the delivery riders have to strictly follow your delivery times? Late deliveries result in fines, and bad reviews result in fines too. If this isn't management, what is?"

"Not an employee unit, to whom does the customer's money go? Directly to the riders? It doesn't seem so, right?"

Let's not even mention uniforms and helmets, but rather a very substantial reason: the riders have to comply with the platform's designated times, let's not even get into big data, just this timing issue.

Legal affairs just as unwilling to show weakness said, "The delivery rider's app was also developed by an outsourced company, and is not a part of our own company, so the fines and so on are unrelated to our company."

"As for how the customer's delivery fee is handled and who it goes to, sorry, that is considered a trade secret and cannot be disclosed."

Old Tang stood up, his eyes began to redden as he glared at the opposing platform's legal affairs and shouted, "The rider app isn't under your company, right? Well, then I ask you, this, this APP, is it or is it not under your company!"

It was then that Old Tang opened his phone, showing the delivery app that was normally used for ordering takeout to the other party.

If the other party dared to deny it, he would tell the arbitrator that someone was committing perjury in the arbitration tribunal.

The legal affairs' brows furrowed, but he could only say, "This indeed is our company's app."

There was no denying it, as this was the company's core app, and no matter what, it couldn't possibly be from an outsourced company.

Hearing this, Old Tang spoke again, "Then, the customers make their bad reviews here, and as a result, due to bad reviews on this app, the delivery riders are fined."

"According to your claim, there is no relationship between the riders and the platform. Then why, due to bad reviews on your own APP, would another worker who has no legal relation be fined?"

"Tell me, why!!!"

Being too agitated, his originally pale complexion gained a bit of color, making the arbitrator a bit anxious; this guy was in the late stages of cancer, best not let anything happen here.

What Old Tang really wanted to curse out was the Fengyu Company, the true masters of shifting blame.

But no matter how you dress it up with flowery language, or try to evade responsibility through legal relationships, people aren't blind; they see who the delivery riders work for, who actually reaps the largest benefit!

In his previous life, he felt that labor and contract law should include additional content, or that the Supreme People's Court should issue some relevant judicial interpretations, otherwise these internet platforms really act too recklessly.

Day in and day out, working through wind and rain, yet it's not clear for whom the work is being done; this is pure nonsense!

But there's no help for it, he's just a lawyer, without that much power. All he can do are the things before him.

The opposing legal affairs opened his mouth, having been scared by Tang Fangjing's roar that was like a violent storm.

He hadn't been present during the mediation, so he hadn't seen this kind of situation and was somewhat speechless. What was Tang Fangjing so agitated about? It was just an arbitration case.

"I, I, this... this is a trade secret..."

"What kind of ridiculous trade secret? You say there's no relationship, but a bad review here can fine someone over there, what kind of trade secret is that?"

The legal affairs fell silent, and as for the San He company's representative, they were even less inclined to speak.

The lawyer opposite them was a lunatic, no, crazier than a lunatic!

The chief arbitrator spoke at just the right moment, "Please, the attorney for the claimant, calm down a bit, and the representative for the respondent, do not repeat your statements."

It was an utter domination, truly, although the legal relationship was complex, Lawyer Tang's explanation was crystal clear.

Whether management exists or not, it indeed exists, and with the existence of managerial actions, it's impossible to deny the relationship, recognizing it as labor dispatch is not a problem.

Thus, the case becomes clear here, there is an employment relationship between San He Company and Li Fugui, with withheld wages and unlawful termination, San He Company shall return the wrongly deducted salary of more than five thousand six hundred.

This amount is not just the five thousand from the second month, but also the six hundred plus from the previous month that was unlawfully deducted.

In addition, there is also a severance payment of more than twelve thousand and compensation for the deducted wages amounting to more than three thousand.

After accounting for all, the ruling required San He Company to pay Li Fugui a total of twenty thousand, the same as Old Tang had requested.

Additionally, the food delivery platform is obliged to bear Li Fugui's social insurance for two months.

Once the ruling was made, the legal affairs staff of the platform and the attorney for Fengyu Company collected their things and left the arbitration committee; they had to file a lawsuit at Dayuan District Court today!

However, both parties arrived at Dayuan District Court, and before they could steady themselves, they saw a familiar figure.

"Isn't that Tang Fangjing? What is he doing at the court?" the legal service staff said, a bit befuddled.

Just as someone beside him was about to answer, Old Tang in front had already seen the two and chuckled, "Quite a coincidence meeting you here again, I am just about to file a lawsuit against both of your companies."

"After all, defending rights cost so much, now just getting back what's owed seems inadequate."

What the hell? You still have the nerve to sue after all this?

The legal affairs truly didn't know what to say anymore, they had never seen such a shameless person!

Lawyer fees of six hundred thousand, plus other expenses, the court normally wouldn't support this unless there was a prior agreement.
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But this case is special, a labor dispute, and the worker went through so much effort to successfully protect his rights, they must..."use discretion."

Soon, Old Tang had reached the window and turned to call out, "Folks, come on over, our cases will probably be combined for a hearing, come on, let's go together."

Legal affairs: "..." You're quite the character.

...

In Dayuan District detention center, Gao Qingwen was nearly going insane; by all rights, his case wasn't so serious and he could be released on bail pending trial.

But, nobody came to see him...

Bail pending trial either required money or a guarantor, with no one on the outside taking care of it, naturally, you just have to stay inside, waiting to see whether the prosecutor's office will approve the arrest or not.

Before, he was a station manager, all glory and prestige, who would've thought that now he was facing prison, and it was all because of that one matter.

If he could get out, he would never dare to deduct a courier's wages again, he'd do anything just to avoid prison, but the old timers here were seasoned, they paid no heed to his words.

In the old timers' words, everyone who comes in swears by oaths, but what's done is done, and oaths are of no use."

Over at Dayuan District, the case was quickly filed, and the presiding Judge Wang, upon seeing the transferred files, almost went crazy.

He felt that he was quickly developing a "Tang Fangjing PTSD," as this case was yet again extremely complicated, and the company's lawsuit could be dismissed just like that.

However, resolving Tang Fangjing's litigation fees was another story, one misstep, and it would be a public opinion incident.