What's wrong with this lawyer?!

Five minutes later, Tang Fangjing left, and Pang Helin stood up to see him off. On the surface, everyone appeared to be very satisfied.

Walking out of the company's door, the smile on Tang Fangjing's face disappeared. This Pang General Manager's behavior was too strange. One thing was certain—there was absolutely a problem here!

He had just used "Mind Reading" a few times, but didn't obtain much information. He could only confirm one thing: Pang Helin and this company were definitely not merely a professional subcontractor on this project.

The situation was getting more interesting. Really, what a turn of events. Initially, Tang Fangjing had simply wanted to peacefully recover the money. But now, it seemed like things had deviated a bit.

Many issues aren't problems if you don't dig deeper. But if they're brought to the surface, they can become major issues.

For now, the priority was to quickly apply for workplace injury recognition. If Pang Helin's statements were all true, the application could be submitted directly.

Although Lin Youliang was recruited by a labor contractor, it was easy to deduce that Modu Liming Company was engaging in illegal subcontracting, but this was a minor issue.

According to Article 3 of the Notice concerning Rural Migrant Workers' Participation in Work-Related Injury Insurance issued by the former Ministry of Labor and Social Security:

If an employer has not participated in work-related injury insurance in either the registered location or the production and management location, rural migrant workers who suffer accident injury or occupational illness can apply for workplace injury recognition and occupational capacity assessment at the production management location, and the employer is legally required to pay compensation according to production location regulations.

In other words, now it was possible to directly apply for workplace injury recognition and occupational capacity assessment in Xihe City, Hanxi Province.

Chances were high that the company hadn't arranged work-related injury insurance, meaning it would have to bear the costs themselves.

Having sorted all this out, Tang Fangjing didn't hesitate. Early the next morning, he headed to Xihe City directly.

Xihe City was a county-level city. After arriving, Tang began submitting applications step by step.

At the workplace injury recognition counter in Xihe City, the staff recognized Tang Fangjing upon his entry.

"You're saying you've seen me before?" Tang asked, somewhat surprised.

The staffer smiled and replied, "Lawyer Tang, I attended your lecture at Hanxi University of Political Science and Law before. Oh, I was already working at the time but went specifically to listen to your lecture."

Ah well, Tang could only sigh in amazement. It seems that almost everywhere he went, he was recognized.

After chatting casually for a few moments, the staffer added, "Lawyer Tang, you timed your application quite well. I see it's just about to hit the one-year mark."

Tang replied with a touch of helplessness, "No choice. After the incident, no one took responsibility; everyone kept passing the buck. Some even tried to deceive the client. Fortunately, we made it in time."

Indeed, it was just in time; otherwise, the compensation would've been gone.

Personal injury compensation and workplace injury compensation both could be pursued simultaneously as they have dual legal attributes. If the time limit was missed, there would be no recourse later.

Many employers who fail to arrange work-related injury insurance impede claims in various ways after accidents. It's simply because they know the costs would come out of their own pockets.

Once a year passes, the relevant departments would outright refuse to process the application.

"Here's some evidence related to the work activities, yes, and then there's Xiping City's Dezheng Construction Company claiming that the painting labor was subcontracted to Modu Liming Company."

"Correct. I don't have a contract here, so I've requested the arbitration committee to investigate."

These were all standard procedures. The staff collected all the application documents.

"Alright, Lawyer Tang, you can go back for now. This situation is quite complicated and requires investigation into multiple aspects."

Tang nodded, "Alright. I'll probably be around here for the time being. If anything comes up, feel free to call me anytime."

Having made all necessary arrangements, Tang turned and left. As long as the materials were submitted, there was no need to worry about timing for now.

The next task was to take up the issue of the accident report with Hanxi Construction Group Company.

The claim that it's an internal report inaccessible to outsiders was utterly absurd.

What kind of internal report would be concealed even from the injured party?

Or, perhaps, in this production accident, had the injured party somehow become an outsider?

The entire matter exuded an air of mystery from start to finish. Even if Lin Youliang's compensation amount was high, the general contractor would typically have corresponding insurance that should cover such expenses. There was no reason to worry about such a small sum.

Moreover, for a company like this, compensation totaling a few million shouldn't mean anything compared to their project revenues.

Logically, it should've been reported immediately upon occurrence. It wasn't even a major safety incident with fatalities or many severely injured—something that could cause legal troubles.

In this case, only Lin Youliang was injured.

Thus, Tang decided to file a lawsuit against Hanxi Construction Group Company based on the right to knowledge!

At the very least, they needed to allow him access to the investigation findings, didn't they? Otherwise, being unable to know even the cause of the accident felt far too unreasonable.

The commute between Xihe City and Xiping City took nearly four hours by car, primarily because there was no high-speed rail or flight connection, necessitating slow travel by car.

But there was no choice; handling cases was like this. Especially in situations like this one, you had to constantly travel.

Fortunately, national policies had accounted for such issues. Otherwise, if workplace injury recognition was required to be conducted in the company's registered location, what would happen? Completing the process would require traveling back to Modu again, making things even more complicated.

The most critical point was that occupational capacity assessment required the individual to be present in person, meaning Lin Youliang would also need to make the trip here.

Advocating for rights was exactly like this—while others comfortably stayed home, you had to wear yourself out running around.