9: Are you suing us because you were bullied by the human resources company?

Dai Xinrong finally understood why the Arbitration Committee had directly let the deadline pass without any feedback.

Normally, within five working days, you either accept the case or tell the person it won't be accepted.

However, this time, the Arbitration Committee chose "or" in the "is or is not" option, directly feigning ignorance.

It was because this matter was too thorny.

Theoretically, they should indeed manage it, but the Court is one type of unit, and the Arbitration Committee is another; the gap is a bit too large.

"Lawyer Zhou, but it's not right for you to file a lawsuit here, is it? Are you asking us to judge ourselves?" Dai Xinrong spoke again.

Zhou Yun smiled upon hearing this and said, "But according to the principle of the plaintiff suing the defendant and the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Law, I must file the lawsuit here."

For a labor dispute case, the amount in dispute is not very high, so the basic Court in the defendant's location must be chosen for jurisdiction, and that naturally means coming here.

As for the matter of not being able to judge oneself and needing to recuse, Fengxian County Court needs to report to the Intermediate Court and request that the Intermediate Court designate jurisdiction.

This was the principle for handling this type of case in his previous life.

Of course, if Fengxian County Court doesn't take this matter seriously at all, and just drags it out like the Arbitration Committee, then that would be good; he could directly go to the Intermediate Court in seven natural days.

Dai Xinrong was a bit troubled; this young Lawyer Zhou in front of her spoke only of law, and precisely here, at the Court, was arguably the place where law was most needed.

"But Lawyer Zhou..."

This time, before she could finish her sentence, Zhou Yun directly interrupted, "I don't understand what the problem is. If you're not accepting it, just give me a notice of non-acceptance."

"I promise I'll leave right now and won't say another word to you, alright?"

Dai Xinrong had no choice; the other party's move directly hit the Court's pain point.

Currently, it's generally difficult to file a case. For other cases, the Court can directly throw them into pre-litigation mediation and just drag them out.

But this case cannot be handled that way. The pre-litigation mediation center is a subordinate agency of the Court, and dragging it out like this would only further indicate that you are doing it intentionally...

So, after thinking for a long time, she had no other option and could only say, "Alright, alright, Lawyer Zhou, I'll accept your materials for now. As for what happens next, it's not something I can decide."

Whether to drag it out or do something else, let the leaders worry about it.

Zhou Yun nodded, seemingly casually saying, "Actually, if there were any other way, I wouldn't want to get involved with the Court either; I truly had no other choice."

"Tell me, my client, he worked at the Court for so many years, and suddenly he's being fired by that company, with the reason being that his cooking isn't clean."

"He's been cooking at the Court for almost twenty years, and now you're saying his cooking isn't clean and firing him? Does that make sense?"

"They even argued with my client and even wanted to resort to violence, threatening to let him sue however he wanted. So what could we do? We had no choice but to sue at the Court."

"What can we do to such an arrogant company? Alas, the common people are pitiful..."

After speaking, Zhou Yun started to walk out. Dai Xinrong quickly said, "Wait, wait, wait, Lawyer Zhou, do you mean..."

Zhou Yun looked surprised upon hearing this and said, "My meaning? I have no meaning. This is all the client's meaning. The client feels this is a bit too bullying."

"So, we can only seek redress from the Court."

"Well, I won't say more for now; I still have things to do."

After saying that, Zhou Yun turned and walked directly out of the Court's main gate. Everything that needed to be said had been said; it was now up to the Court.

For now, there was nothing to do. It would take a few days for the Arbitration Committee to issue a result, and the Court would be just as slow.

So, it was better to return to Jinghai first; he still had several cases to follow up on there.

While on the bus, Zhou Yun had an idea: he really needed a car now. After all, constantly traveling back and forth for business trips, always taking the bus was not a solution.

After the case was completed and the reward was in place, he would buy a car!

Meanwhile, at the Court, Dai Xinrong had already reported the case to the Head of the Case Filing Division.

"What? Our Court is being sued? What exactly is going on, Xiao Dai?" The Head asked, very puzzled, "We are the Court, how can we be sued?"

Dai Xinrong handed over the complaint and other materials upon hearing this: "Please take a look. It's a case we received this morning. The plaintiff is our Court's former chef, named Liu Fusheng."

The Head took the complaint and began to read it, saying, "Our former chef is suing us? Why is he suing us? Aren't those people in our Court's cafeteria all dispatched workers?"

"Even if there's a problem, they should find that third-party company, why come to us?"

This was also the Head's initial reaction. Third-party dispatching was like having a wall in between, so how could it come to them?

Dai Xinrong said, "Head, looking at this complaint, it seems that Liu Fusheng has been working as a chef at our Court for a long time."

At this point, the Head had finally finished reading the complaint, and his brows were furrowed: "This, isn't this just causing trouble? It's been so many years!"

The Head was naturally a professional, so he knew very well that the opponent's strike had hit them right where it hurt.

In the past, departments in various places were not very standardized in this regard, basically finding people themselves.

New ways of playing, such as complete third-party dispatch, complete labor outsourcing, or bidding for service-type outsourcing, only appeared in recent years.

Or it could be said that after those private enterprises perfected these methods, government departments also found that it indeed saved trouble, so they gradually made changes.

However, this also led to a problem: what exactly was the relationship of these former "temporary workers"?

Normally, it was nothing, but if you put this in legal terms, there was something to discuss, because legally, you must define these forms of employment.

Labor service relationship? Obviously not. They worked as chefs here and were managed by you, and their wages were paid by you. So what kind of relationship is this?

It was clearly an employment relationship!

It's just that no one had brought it up before, so the Head hadn't thought of it. Now that someone had suddenly raised this issue and directly thrown it at them, it was a very serious problem.

The Head's brows furrowed even deeper. Precisely because he was a professional, he knew that the other party, like this... seemed like they could actually succeed!

Especially the most serious issue of social security. In the past, these chefs, cleaners, and so on were all referred to as temporary workers.

How could temporary workers be required to pay social security?

Now, they were using this as a point of contention.

Other things might be overlooked, but social security could not be denied. A quick check with the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau would reveal whether it had been paid or not.

The Labor Contract Law explicitly stipulates that employers must pay social security for their employees. Yet, an institution like the Court actually violated the law by not paying. Although it was a historical issue, if it were to be exposed, it would be extremely serious!

The Head was still frowning and pondering, and just then, Dai Xinrong recounted what Zhou Yun had said earlier.

"You mean, this case is actually because Liu Fusheng was fired by that HR company?"

Dai Xinrong nodded: "Head, according to what that Lawyer Zhou said earlier, it should be like that."

"Then the problem with that HR company, they're coming to us..."

The Head stopped speaking before finishing his sentence; he himself realized the problem.

All the HR companies doing these things now have connections. Even if Liu Fusheng really sued them, it wouldn't be very useful.

So the other party directly came to their Court... What a mess!

"Alright, you don't need to worry about this case."

After watching Dai Xinrong leave, the Head took the case materials directly to the Court President's office.

This case should not alarm the Intermediate Court if possible. It's best if they handle it themselves, otherwise, if it gets exposed, they will lose face.

Soon, the President was informed of the situation.

"Our Court is being sued because this HR company is bullying people?" The President asked with a frown.

The Head nodded: "President, from what we know so far, that indeed seems to be the case."

The President stood up with his hands behind his back, walked around the office twice, and then said, "The case absolutely cannot be exposed. So, you find someone to talk to the plaintiff and see what exactly their intentions are!"

"If it's truly just dissatisfaction because the HR company bullied people, then you tell me, and I'll handle it directly. In short, if it can be mediated, it must be mediated!"

The Head nodded, indicating that he understood. This was also the best way to handle it now.

If it were really exposed, God knows what would happen.