The first time a court in Japan ruled on the issue of sexual harassment was on […]
It’s midnight at the convenience store I often patronize near my home in Tokyo’s central Shinjuku […]
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Full disclosure: I am the president of Tozen Union. Last October we joined the Japanese Trade […]
The Tokyo District Court handed down its verdict in the Fujibi case last February, with the […]
The year 2016 was no walk in the park for workers nationwide. At one extreme, we […]
Venerable site: Students taking part in an anti-war rally file out through the gates of Tohoku University in Sendai in 1950. The storied university recently revealed that it plans not to renew the fixed-term contracts of up to 3,200 employees, thereby ensuring that they will not be able to become regular staff according to a recent revision to the Labor Contract Law. | KYODO
I have discussed the “five-year rule” several times before in this column — the revision of […]
A 24-year-old pressured to work long, hard hours beyond what she could tolerate at the largest […]
Let me apologize up front for tackling an issue that is not purely about labor per se. […]
Pop quiz: Which of these types of government worker has the right to strike — tax inspectors, schoolteachers, firefighters or public health workers? Answer: None of the above, thanks to an Occupation-era law designed to tamp down the influence of communism. | KYODO
I research labor law and teach it to university students. In the first class, I break […]
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年次有給休暇(以下、有休)。それは労働者にとって、「完全なる労働からの解放日」である。心身共に健康に、長く安定して働くためにも、きちんと休暇をとる権利を休むことはとても大切なことだ。しかしながら、有給休暇をとるために不必要に高いハードルを設定したり、チクチクと嫌みをいって、休暇をとることをためらわせたりする職場も、残念ながら存在する。 とくに、学校の先生やスクールの講師など、「お客様=生徒」である場合にそうした傾向が多いようだ。つまり、「お前は生徒のことよりも、自分の休みを優先させるのか?!」といった、自己犠牲を強いるような空気である。先生が充分に休暇をとれないで自己犠牲的に働いたとしても、決して良い授業などできないのに…。 ということで、今回は、「労働者がきちんと夏のバケーションを楽しむことができる」ために、有給休暇の制度について、改めて振り返っておこう。ここからは、よく相談を受ける質問に答える形で進めていく。

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