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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…
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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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More nonregular workers out of jobs: ministry
A total of 277,674 nonregular workers at 5,252 businesses will have lost or are expected to lose their jobs from October 2008 to this June, a labor ministry survey indicated Friday. The figure, including people whose contracts with manpower agencies were not renewed, is up 2,660 from the previous survey taken in April, the Health,…
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The role of labor unions
Japanese workers mark this year’s May Day amid continued hard economic times and a harsh employment situation. This is an opportune time for serious discussion on the role labor unions can play to create a society where people can toil with hope for the future. Japan’s unemployment rate in February remained stuck at relatively high…
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First May Day in Post-LDP Japan: Workers Say, “Nothing Has Changed”
Over the last ten years, wages in Japan declined 10% even as the profits of big corporations doubled. The average manufacturing worker saw a month’s pay disappear from his annual earning last year. Meanwhile, none of the Democratic Party’s electoral promises — the removal of the Futenma base, health care reform to relieve the hardship…
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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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Woman to sue Casio for wrongful dismissal after claiming harassment by boss
A former temporary employee of Casio Computer Co. is set to file a lawsuit against the company over wrongful termination after she protested a series of harassment incidents by her superior, it has been learned. The 33-year-old former temporary worker with the Tokyo-based electronic device manufacturer will file a case against the company and its…