Category: ALT

  • Concern over use of Japanese language in English conversation classes at high schools

    Less than 20 percent of public high schools have been enforcing an English-only rule in their English conversation classes during the 2010 school year according to a survey, causing alarm at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). Oral communication (OC) classes were introduced for English studies at high schools in 1994…

  • Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union Sues Max Ali For Unfair Labor Practices

    Today at the Tokyo Labor Commission, Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union sued Max Ali (AKA Muhammed Ali Muhammed Mustafa, Japan Advanced Labor Agency, et alii) for Unfair Labor Practices under the Labor Union Act (Act No. 174 of June 1, 1949) for repeatedly refusing collective bargaining with the union and for failing to pay wages…

  • 小学校英語どうなる:打ち合わせは「偽装請負」? 指導助手活用できず 業務委託、派遣で問題

    目の前にALT(外国語指導助手)がいても、教諭は授業の打ち合わせができない。授業中の指示も禁止。すべてALTを派遣している請負業者とファクスなどを使ったやりとりでしか伝えられない--。

  • A less-than-desirable ALTernative

    An increasing number of primary schools are using assistant language teachers to teach English to children ahead of new regulations [making English education at primary schools compulsory] that go into effect in spring. However, most of these ALTs are supplied by third-party businesses, a fact that can lead to less-than-desirable situations in class. In Kashiwa,…

  • Screeners question if benefits outweigh the costs

    Concerns are growing over the future of a public program to dispatch foreign teachers to Japanese public schools as a key administrative reform panel has urged the government-linked body that runs the program to drastically cut its overall budget. But government officials in charge of the operating body told The Japan Times recently the recommendation…

  • ALT「難」山積み 自治体財政、人材確保、労働環境

    教育委員会が「偽装請負」で指導を受ける。そんな事態が後を絶たない。それでも多くの教委が外国語指導助手(ALT)の業務委託(請負)を続ける背景には、自治体の厳しい財政事情や人材確保の難しさがある。一方で外国人の相談を受ける労働組合には、ALTが続々と駆け込む。偽装請負トラブルの火種を抱えたまま、多くの教委が来春、小学校の英語必修化を迎えることになる。

  • 英語助手と先生、授業協力したら違法 契約巡り現場混乱

    英語の授業中、外国語指導助手(ALT)と日本人教員が言葉を交わさない――。ALTを業者への業務委託(請負)で確保する自治体で、奇妙な授業風景が繰り広げられている。2人が協力して授業に取り組むと「偽装請負」(労働者派遣法違反)となってしまうからだ。ルールを守れずに労働局から指導を受ける教育委員会が相次ぎ、教室で混乱が起きている。

  • 自治体財政難、ALT直接雇用激減 労使トラブルも

    小中学校や高校に配置され子供の国際理解を手助けする外国語指導助手(ALT)。厳しい財政事情を背景に、自治体による直接雇用が減り、民間企業を通じた派遣や業務委託が増えている。一方、元ALTの英国人男性が、ALT関連としては県内で初めて県労働委員会に不当労働行為の救済を申し立てて、20日に証人尋問が行われるなど、雇用をめぐるトラブルも表面化。自治体の直接雇用を求める声が上がっている。

  • Tozen ALTs Sue For Unpaid Wages

    Yesterday, seven Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union ALT branch members sued Japan Advanced Labor Agency head (and JALSS Representative Director) Muhammed Ali Muhammed Mustafa (AKA Max Ali) at Tokyo District Court for a combined amount of 1,943,760 yen in unpaid wages and transportation expenses contractually owed the members while they worked for Muhammed Ali Muhammed…

  • RCS ALTs Declared to Management

    Today, RCS members of the Tozen ALT Branch historically declared their union membership to RCS management and submitted a list of nine demands along with a call to the company to begin collective bargaining talks with Zenkoku Ippan Tokyo General Union on June 30, 2010 [rescheduled for July 16th, 2010 at company request]. The demands…