Lawyer: Send the Judge to Prison-Chapter 290: Gu Chen Takes Action

The Little Fairies in the live stream were all defending Zhou Xiaoyan.

Isn’t it normal for a pregnant woman like Zhou Xiaoyan to take leave and rest at home?

In the end, the company dismissed a pregnant woman, does the company bear no fault at all?

At this time, Zhou Xiaoyan’s defense lawyer, Zhang Yao, spoke up.

Zhang Yao stood up, "Your Honor, my client, Zhou Xiaoyan, is pregnant, she is a pregnant woman."

"I want to educate everyone on how difficult it is to go through pregnancy and childbirth. Being pregnant for ten months, every woman is great."

"After becoming pregnant, Zhou Xiaoyan experienced all sorts of unusual conditions in her body, which is very normal."

"I believe that Zhou Xiaoyan frequently taking sick leave is not an issue."

"A woman in early pregnancy is very prone to morning sickness, her body feels very uncomfortable."

"And Zhou Xiaoyan’s situation is special, this is her first pregnancy, combined with psychological stress and other factors, making her feel very unwell, necessitating rest at home, and going to the hospital for check-ups, all of which are entirely normal."

"This company of yours blames women for getting pregnant, you dismissed a pregnant woman, does that mean your company bears absolutely no issue? I heard your law firm is newly established, less than a year old, and that newcomers face heavy work pressures and busy schedules, posing an even more severe challenge to a pregnant woman."

"So, because Zhou Xiaoyan took a few extra days off, your company wants to dismiss her? On what grounds? Huh?"

"In the current environment, you business owners and entrepreneurs aren’t focusing on serving the people, on serving pregnant women, protecting their rights, protecting women’s rights. Instead, you are thinking about making money, is this reasonable? When you encounter a pregnant female employee, you dismiss them, is this reasonable?"

"Therefore, your company must compensate and reinstate the employment relationship, as Zhou Xiaoyan is already a pregnant woman, she cannot find a job at the moment."

"If your company is adamant about dismissing Zhou Xiaoyan and unwilling to reinstate the employment relationship, then you need to compensate Zhou Xiaoyan with a year’s salary, a total of 180,000 yuan. Additionally, the company should apologize to her and compensate her 100,000 yuan for mental distress, amounting to 280,000 yuan in total," said Zhang Yao.

Zhou Xiaoyan nodded.

This is indeed the lawyer I hired.

Reliable!

She is originally a pregnant woman, a vulnerable group.

But Gu Chen’s company openly bullied and dismissed her, which she cannot accept.

The company must apologize and compensate her, otherwise, she absolutely cannot accept it.

Live stream viewers were also posting bullet comments.

[Yeah, what’s wrong with taking a few days off? Can’t pregnant women take a few days off?]

[Haha, a few days off and now these capitalists are in trouble. I thought Gu Chen was a good boss, but now it seems Gu Chen is just like those capitalists.]

[If the rights of pregnant women cannot be protected, then this law firm is no good, may as well just shut down!!]

[Which company dares to dismiss a pregnant woman like this? Pregnant women can be dismissed? A few days off and it’s the end for you?]

[This company simply doesn’t want to pay more wages to pregnant women! It’s discrimination against pregnant women!]

[I may be a fan of Gu Chen, but what Gu Chen did is truly wrong.]

There were too many Little Fairies in the live stream.

Many, many Little Fairies were reporting Gu Chen’s law firm via various online channels...

And all sorts of people were posting online to tarnish Gu Chen’s company.

Zhang Yao said, "According to Article 4 of the ’Special Provisions on Labor Protection of Women Workers’, the basic salary of female employees must not be reduced during pregnancy, childbirth, or lactation, nor can their labor contracts be terminated."

"According to Article 27 of the ’Law on the Protection of Women’s Rights and Interests’: No entity may reduce female workers’ wages, dismiss them, or unilaterally terminate labor (employment) contracts or service agreements due to marriage, pregnancy, maternity leave, or breastfeeding."

"However, Gu Chen’s company, because Zhou Xiaoyan took a few more days off, reduced her originally set salary from 30,000 to 20,000 yuan, this 10,000 yuan loss should also be compensated to Zhou Xiaoyan."

Zhang Yao directly cited legal articles!

Zhang Yao continued, "Article 29 of the ’Labor Law’: The employment contract cannot be terminated during the pregnancy, childbirth, or lactation period of female employees."

"The Labor Law clearly stipulates the protection of the rights and interests of pregnant women, yet Gu Chen’s law firm openly violated the law! This law firm is full of lawyers, knowing and breaking the law, which makes the crime even more serious! Therefore... Gu Chen’s law firm should be fined! Ordered to rectify!"

"Moreover, Article 62 of the ’Labor Law’ stipulates that female employees are entitled to not less than 98 days of maternity leave, and during pregnancy, women can apply for leave and must receive permission from the company. All of Zhou Xiaoyan’s leaves were approved by the company, yet now, for no reason, the company decided to dismiss her? Is this reasonable?"

"Zhou Xiaoyan is entitled to 98 days of leave, what’s wrong with her resting two months before childbirth? Besides, Zhou Xiaoyan also worked five days, and she is protected by the state-stipulated public holidays! She can take leave!!"

"In summary, Gu Chen’s law firm must apologize and compensate for dismissing a pregnant woman!"

"Your Honor, my statement is complete."

Zhang Yao finished speaking.

Male viewers in the live stream: "???"

Many male viewers were speechless.

There were too many Little Fairies in the live stream, they couldn’t even argue with them.

Anyone who dared to argue would be labeled as discriminating against pregnant women.

Gu Chen looked at what Zhang Yao said with an indifferent expression.

His forte is criminal cases.

But that doesn’t mean Gu Chen can’t handle civil cases!

He can manage criminal cases with ease.

What’s more, this is just a civil case?

Gu Chen came out to handle this case, he doesn’t care about those tens of thousands.

Gu Chen just doesn’t want these gold-diggers, who get pregnant right after joining the company, making money from it... then leave after getting a year’s salary?

So much money, Gu Chen would rather donate it all than give it to these Little Fairies.

Judge Shen Jiarui struck the gavel.

The judge looked at Gu Chen.

"What does the plaintiff’s lawyer have to argue?"

Gu Chen said, "Your Honor, my argument is simple."

"According to the ’Special Provisions for Labor Protection of Female Employees’, female employees are entitled to 98 days of maternity leave, 15 of which can be taken before childbirth."

"Female employees undergoing pre-natal checkups during pregnancy count as work time and should be paid normally. If a female employee is pregnant, they can go to the hospital for pre-natal check-ups, which is reasonable."

"Here, I want to clarify to everyone."

"My law firm is number one in the entire lawyer industry when it comes to treatment; there is absolutely no discrimination against pregnant women."