On Friday, September 30th 20011, Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union and its Tozen ALTs Branch declared the existence of its Borderlink Shop to management and submitted a slate of 34 collective bargaining demands.
NHK found that a substantial portion of the recipients are able-bodied males between the ages of 20 and 60. The number of unemployed in Japan hovers just under the 5 million mark, and as one case worker explained, most of the new additions to the welfare rolls are men who were employed as haken (contract workers), non-regular employees who could be laid off easily.
When female nonregular workers become pregnant, employers often refuse to renew their contracts. However, a Japanese-Brazilian woman in the Tokai region stood up and joined a local labor union to protest the practice.
Men born in the latter half of the 1970s tend to be mired in nonregular jobs […]
"If the expenses for (going to China to) recruit and train are added to their wages, Chinese interns now cost more than Japanese workers," the president said. "I intend to do away with accepting interns over the next three to five years."
However, many ALTs have not stayed behind. According to the Council of Local Authorities for International […]
Compulsory foreign language lessons start next month for all 10- to 12-year-olds, raising hopes among educators […]
Who tells workers what to do, therefore, is a critical starting point for a great deal […]
柏市立の小中学校で英語を教える外国語指導助手（ＡＬＴ）について、厚生労働省千葉労働局が違法な「偽装請負」と認定した問題を受け、柏市教委は新年度の４月から、日本人教師が外国人講師に直接指示しても法的な問題が起きないよう派遣契約と直接雇用に切り替える方針を決めた。
Enhancing employee English-language skills has become a high-priority management challenge for Japanese corporations, regardless of their […]