Recently, the all China Federation of trade unions, the Ministry of justice and the all China Lawyers Association issued the decision on notifying and praising the outstanding collective and individual achievements in “respecting the law and abiding by the law and building a dream together” in serving the public welfare legal services of migrant workers. Guangzhou Legal Aid Office was rated as the “outstanding collective in serving the public welfare legal services of migrant workers”. Not long ago, Guangzhou legal aid office was informed that it was once again awarded the title of “Youth Rights Protection post” by the Ministry of justice and the Youth League Central Committee.
In recent years, focusing on the theme of “I do practical things for the masses”, Guangzhou legal aid office has not only based on the current situation and made great efforts to solve the specific problems of the masses in “urgent difficulties and expectations”, but also focused on the long-term, strengthened the main responsibility and main business, and constantly innovated and explored “full coverage of legal aid in the whole process of criminal proceedings” and “substantiation of legal aid of lawyers on duty in the application of the system of pleading guilty and punishing” “Strengthen the protection of minors’ rights and interests”, “fully implement the notification and commitment system of legal aid certification matters”, “facilitate the verification of applicants’ economic status”, “provide Wuxi Online Offline Communication Information Technology Co.Ltd(300959) legal aid for flexible employment and new workers” and other working mechanisms to serve the masses and maintain judicial fairness and justice. Take multiple measures to promote the implementation of work, and strive to do practical and good things for the masses Do things around you, so that people with difficulties can obtain convenient, high-quality, efficient, inclusive and equal legal services, and many works are at the forefront of the country and the province.
legal aid benefits people’s livelihood and helps migrant workers
Guangzhou legal aid office insists on taking the people as the center, implements the responsibility of people’s livelihood, plays a functional role, takes multiple measures at the same time, and continues to shine the brand of “legal aid benefits people’s livelihood and helps migrant workers”. In the past five years, the Department has provided 27289 legal advice to migrant workers, undertaken 22648 legal aid cases for migrant workers, and recovered about 240 million yuan of economic losses such as wages owed to migrant workers.
Expand the scope of assistance. Promote the revision of the measures for the implementation of legal aid in Guangzhou, and adjust the standard of legal aid for economic difficulties in Guangzhou from 1.5 times that the per capita monthly income of families is lower than the minimum living security standard of local urban and rural residents to 50% of the per capita disposable income of Guangzhou in the previous year, greatly reducing the threshold of legal aid. Applications for legal aid for migrant workers requesting payment of labor remuneration and industrial injury compensation shall be exempted from examination of economic difficulties. We will strengthen legal aid services for key groups such as rural poor households, flexible employment with migrant workers as the main body, and new forms of workers.
Strengthen the publicity of the rule of law. Carry out the activities of “legal aid, benefiting the people’s livelihood and helping migrant workers” to send law to villages, communities, enterprises, construction sites and parks, and the special rights protection action to eradicate unpaid wages in winter. Vigorously publicize the legal aid law, regulations on ensuring the payment of wages of farmers and migrant workers and relevant labor employment laws and regulations by means of case interpretation, legal examination of labor contracts, etc, Guide migrant workers to protect their rights rationally according to law.
Improve the working mechanism. We will improve mechanisms such as assistance and mediation linkage, remote cooperation and free litigation guarantee, implement the notification and commitment system for applying for legal aid certificates, strengthen the data connection of economic verification system, greatly simplify the audit process and materials to be submitted, strengthen the connection between legal aid and people’s mediation, administrative mediation and judicial mediation, and actively solve the problems of cross regional investigation and evidence collection and information query, Promote the rapid settlement of labor disputes by means of reconciliation and mediation, and promote the harmony of labor relations and social stability.
Smooth channels for safeguarding rights. Set up legal aid windows in labor and personnel dispute arbitration, human resources and social security, public legal service centers, assign or arrange lawyers on duty, and provide professional legal advice free of charge; Relying on the three platforms of public legal service entities, hotlines and networks, we will open a “green channel” for legal aid, giving priority to reception, answer, acceptance, review and assignment, so as to improve the well-being of migrant workers.
legal aid preaches truth and cares for teenagers
Focusing on the goal of strengthening the protection of teenagers’ rights and interests and promoting the healthy growth of teenagers, Guangzhou legal aid office has continuously improved the legal aid service network, expanded service fields, innovated service methods, improved service system and mechanism, and improved service quality. From 2019 to 2021, Guangzhou Legal Aid Office handled 91 cases of legal aid for minors and provided 95 legal aid for minor recipients.
Establish linkage mechanism. Cooperate with the Municipal Intermediate People’s court, the municipal procuratorate, the Municipal Youth League Committee and the Municipal Women’s Federation to build a working mechanism for handling cases of infringement of minors’ rights and interests. Send senior lawyers familiar with teenagers’ psychology, laws and regulations to participate in the duty of 12355 hotline. The guidelines for the operation of legal aid for minors and the working procedures for legal aid institutions to handle cases of infringement of minors’ rights and interests were issued, and special personnel were assigned to follow up the implementation of legal aid for minors. Cooperate with the Municipal People’s Procuratorate to carry out the project of “prosecuting children’s behavior” to strengthen the protection of juvenile victims in criminal cases.
Expand the scope of assistance. For orphans, disabled children and minors seeking legal aid from their parents for alimony, there is no need to submit application materials for financial difficulties; In accordance with the notice of the court, procuratorate and public security organ, the defendant is not entrusted to the defender and the case is under the jurisdiction of the juvenile criminal suspect and defendant of Guangzhou. Guide the Municipal Legal Aid Foundation to set up the “legal aid and seedling protection” minors’ rights and interests protection project. Minors who do not meet the conditions of government legal aid can receive assistance through this project to realize the full coverage of minors’ legal aid services.
Strengthen the publicity of law popularization. Shoot a series of publicity programs on legal aid for young people. Carry out the practice activities of the theme month of “legal aid publicity month for minors”, “protection publicity week for minors” and “caring for children”, as well as the activities of sending law to villages, campuses, libraries and children’s palaces with the theme of “love in flower city and law protecting the future”, and promote the formation of a good social atmosphere for minors to learn, understand and abide by the law in the form of law popularization lectures and simulated court.
