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柏のＡＬＴ偽装請負：英語授業７月再開 役割分担明確化 ／千葉
柏市立の小中学校全６１校で英語を教えていた外国人指導助手（ＡＬＴ）について厚生労働省千葉労働局が違法な「偽装請負」と認定した問題で、是正を指導された柏市教委は２８日、英語の授業を７月初旬に再開すると発表した。従来通りの業務委託契約だが、授業で外国人講師と日本人教師の受け持ち時間を区切り、教師からの指示命令をなくすことで違法状態とならないようにするという。
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７月上旬に授業再開 柏ＡＬＴ是正指導 業務委託、厳密に運用
外国語指導助手（ＡＬＴ）の業務請負契約をめぐり、柏市が千葉労働局から「偽装請負」に当たるとして是正指導を受けた問題で、市は二十八日、業務委託方式によって暫定的に七月上旬から授業を再開すると発表した。
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授業時間を外国人と分離 柏市の指導助手事業再開へ
柏市立小中学校の外国語指導助手（ＡＬＴ）事業が千葉労働局から是正指導を受け、中断している問題で、市教育委員会は２８日、日本人の教員と外国人で担当の授業時間を分ける方法を導入し、７月から業務委託方式で事業を再開すると明らかにした。
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Still waiting for that last paycheck
Reader TS writes: “I return to the U.S. next week and I was supposed to receive my final pay check from a really bad ALT company . . . last week, but did not receive payment. I’ve called them but the secretaries say that the people in charge are not in the office. I called…
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Education ministry planning to improve quality of teachers
The education ministry plans to improve the quality of teachers by drastically overhauling the current licensing system and lengthening the time required for teacher training, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. The Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Ministry will seek advice on the matter as early as June from the Central Council for Education, an…
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英語指導助手：千葉県柏市で「偽装請負」認定 授業できず
千葉県柏市の市立小中学校全６１校で３月末まで英語を教えていた外国人の指導助手（ＡＬＴ）２３人について、厚生労働省千葉労働局が、業務請負契約なのに学校の指揮下で働いていたとして１３日付で違法な「偽装請負」と認定した。是正指導を受けた市教委が１６日発表した。これにより、学校はＡＬＴの授業が新年度始められない事態に直面。同様の実態は全国的に多数あるとみられ、影響が広がる可能性がある。
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Chiba city’s native speaker English classes canceled after ALT contracts found illegal
Public schools here have been unable to start their native speaker-taught English classes this school year after the city’s board of education was accused of violating labor laws with foreign language teachers. According to the Kashiwa Municipal Board of Education, it has been instructed by the local labor office to change its labor relationship with…
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40% of school boards test English of new recruits
Focusing on efforts to employ [Japanese] teachers with a high degree of English proficiency, the Saitama prefectural government set up a special application category on its academic 2009 recruitment exam for prospective [Japanese] teachers with English qualifications– such as a Grade Pre-1 on the Eiken English proficiency test. Applicants in the category are exempted from…
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Attention ALTs!
If Interac tries to pressure you into signing up for Kokumin Kenko Hoken, don’t do it! Kokumin Kenko Hoken is for people that are self-employed or unemployed. If you sign up for Kokumin Kenko Hoken, you may be forced to back enroll into the system up to the time that you started working in Japan…
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An open letter to Interac concerning health insurance
An open letter to the management of Interac (as well as Maxceed and Selnate) November 5th, 2009 To whom it may concern (including Kevin Salthouse and Denis Cusack), I am an executive of the ALT branch of Tokyo Nambu’s Foreign Workers Caucus. I worked for Interac from September of 2005 until February 2008, under the…