Me! A disgraced celebrity! Starting by seeking justice for impoverished students.
Chapter 245 Pregnant woman forcibly reassigned?
The morning's live stream is still ongoing.
Viewers in the live stream were still asking about the law firm's experiences.
[Attorney Jiang, the Pei Group won't just let this go, will they? What if they continue to cause you trouble?]
[Yes, they have a lot of connections in the area. If they keep sending people to their door every few days, it will really affect their business.]
I have a feeling that yesterday was deliberately targeted by the Pei Group!
Although Attorney Jiang neither confirmed nor denied it!
How dare such a large corporation bully a small law firm?
Don't worry, Attorney Jiang knows people in the military; how badly can they be bullied?
What if someone deliberately causes trouble?
Jiang Chen picked up his water glass, took a sip, smiled at the microphone, and appeared nonchalant.
"What should I do? I'll just go to work and handle cases as usual."
"As long as we practice in compliance with regulations, keep clear accounts, and handle cases in a standardized manner, and keep every step within the legal line, no one can find any fault with us."
"If you can't find the problem the first time, and you can't find the problem every time, then naturally no one will want to bother with the troubleshooting."
"True gold fears no fire, no need to panic."
He spoke casually, but the fans in the live chat were still worried for him.
Just then, there was a gentle knock on the office door.
Chen Qiaowei pushed open the door, poked half her body in, her expression somewhat solemn, and lowered her voice: "Jiang Lu, a lady has come looking for you, specifically requesting to see you."
"She seemed to be in a bad mood, like something urgent had happened."
"Let her in!"
Jiang Chen added into the microphone, "Please wait a moment, everyone. A client is here for a consultation."
Soon, a woman followed Chen Qiaowei in.
She looked to be only about twenty-six or twenty-seven years old, wearing a loose navy blue coat that couldn't hide her slightly protruding pregnant belly, making her appear to be five or six months pregnant.
Her eyes were red, as if she had just been crying.
Clutching a crumpled file folder tightly in his hand, he stood awkwardly at the door.
"Sit down, don't stand."
Jiang Chen quickly got up, gestured for her to sit on the sofa, and poured her a glass of warm water.
"Don't rush, tell me slowly, what happened?"
It's better not to ask.
Upon hearing Jiang Chen's question, the woman's tears streamed down her face.
Clutching the paper cup, her voice choked with emotion, she said, "Attorney Jiang... my name is Zhou Min, I... I really had no other choice but to come to you."
Jiang Chen sat back in his seat and patiently comforted her.
"It's nothing. Tell me everything that happened."
"If I can help, I definitely will."
Pregnant women often experience emotional instability.
This is normal.
Zhou Min took a deep breath to calm herself down.
"I work in administration at a trading company, and I've been doing it for almost three years."
"I found out I was pregnant a few months ago. I was planning to tell the company after things stabilized, but my pregnancy started to show recently and my manager saw it."
She sniffed, becoming more and more aggrieved as she spoke.
"The results were not released for three days. HR notified me of a job transfer, saying that administrative staff were being optimized and that I would be transferred to the logistics warehouse."
"When I got there, I realized it wasn't logistics work at all. It was all manual labor: moving goods, taking inventory, and cleaning toilets every day!"
Hearing this, Jiang Chen frowned.
"Moreover... the base salary has been reduced by three thousand, which is almost a 30% reduction."
"They also make me work overtime every day, and they're extremely strict about attendance. If I'm even a minute late, they deduct my full attendance bonus. Even going for a prenatal checkup is considered personal leave and my salary is docked!"
"It's obvious... they're forcing me to resign voluntarily."
At this point, her tears fell even harder.
"When I went to HR to appeal, they produced a job adjustment notice and last month's 'unsatisfactory performance review form,' saying that this was a normal business management adjustment by the company, and that my abilities were not up to the requirements of the administrative position, so the job adjustment was reasonable!"
"My performance review was always satisfactory every month... I'd never seen that form before; they must have added it later!"
"Attorney Jiang, I really don't know what to do... If I resign, my social security will be interrupted, I won't be able to receive maternity allowance, and I won't have any money to have a baby..."
She became more and more agitated as she spoke, and her body trembled slightly.
Because the microphone was still on during the live stream, these words were transmitted verbatim into the live stream room.
The live chat exploded instantly.
[Holy crap! This is outrageous! Deliberately bullying a pregnant woman!]
[A classic case of forcing someone to leave during pregnancy! They don't want to provide maternity leave or compensation, so they resort to these underhanded tactics to force people to leave!]
[This is so true! Many companies do this, and pregnant women simply can't afford to wait.]
[The so-called unsatisfactory performance reviews were all made up afterward! It was all intentional!]
[Attorney Jiang, please help her! This is outrageous!]
Jiang Chen's previously calm expression darkened, and his tone revealed barely suppressed anger.
"Listen to me."
"This isn't a normal job adjustment at all; the company is deliberately bullying you, a pregnant employee!"
He held up his finger and explained each point in detail.
"First, according to the Special Provisions on Labor Protection for Female Employees, employers shall not assign female employees to work with the third level of physical labor intensity as stipulated by the state or to work that is prohibited during pregnancy."
"Moving goods, standing for long periods to clean, and frequently bending over and squatting are all prohibited activities during pregnancy!"
"The company knew you were pregnant and still deliberately transferred you to these jobs, which is illegal in itself."
"Second, job reassignment is considered a change to the employment contract, which requires mutual agreement between the employer and the employee, and a written amendment agreement must be signed."
"The company unilaterally and forcibly transferred me to a different position without any consultation; this is an illegal alteration of the employment contract!"
"Third, the wage standard is a core clause of the labor contract, and the wages of female employees shall not be reduced due to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding."
"They've cut your base salary by 30%, which is blatantly illegal!"
"Fourth, the reason they don't fire you directly is because the law stipulates that female employees who are pregnant, on maternity leave, or breastfeeding cannot be dismissed by their employers at will. If they are dismissed illegally, they will have to pay double compensation and bear the loss of maternity leave benefits."
"That's why they use tactics like job reassignment, pay cuts, overtime, and attendance restrictions to force you to resign voluntarily, so they don't have to pay a penny in compensation!"
Every word revealed the company's purpose.
"As for that so-called 'unsatisfactory performance' evaluation form, it lacks your signature and confirmation, and there are no corresponding evaluation standards or work records to corroborate it. It's fabricated evidence added after the fact, and neither the arbitration tribunal nor the court will recognize it!"
Zhou Min was stunned, forgetting to wipe away her tears.
She only knew that the company was bullying people, but she didn't know there were so many reasons behind it.
"Then...if I sue the company, can I win?"
Her voice trembled as she asked softly.
Jiang Chen looked at her reddened eyes and spoke with certainty.
"able!"
"Not only can we win, but we can also get back the reduced salary and demand that the company restore our original position and benefits."
"If the company refuses to rectify the situation, you can be forced to terminate your employment contract, claim severance pay for illegal job reassignment and salary reduction, and even claim compensation for losses incurred during pregnancy, maternity leave, and breastfeeding period!"
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