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wyclef32 · Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 7

I work(ed) for Cosmo Ltd. as dispatch ALT to an Eikaiwa.

They always paid on time (I was more than a little pissed though that they took 70,000 out of my pay each month) and I worked 40 hours a week unenrolled in Shakai Hoken or even the pension system. When I asked them why I did not have either - they said it was because the contract I was enrolled in was different, and under law I was not required to enter in either - does anyone know anything about this?

Secondly, I came to work 30 minutes early over the last year and was never paid for it. When you ask "why", its because I was told to be there, but when I was asked wether or not it was paid - the answer was no. The company I was dispatched to refused to sign if I listed the actual time, and so of course there is no paper trail, and Cosmo refuses to pay. I worked approximately 115 hours out that year... I would like to be paid for that but with no proof...

Lastly, now that we have established that I had my head up my ass (to not just stop working for both of these pricks - the dispatch is Dolphin English in Suita, Osaka-Fu - be warned). I was also never aware that I had to give 30 days notice to the apartment complex. My "handlers" (ever silent) at Cosmo never told me I needed to pay, I cannot read the Japanese contract. Now, I have to pay the apartment company for a fee I was unaware of - is there anything I can do? Embarassed

Glenski · Joined: 15 Jan 2003 Posts: 12844 Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN

By law if you work 30 or more hours per week, your employer is required to make copayments into shakai hoken. There is no "different contract" that can nullify such a legal requirement.

Why did they "take" 70,000 yen out of your paycheck?

earthmonkey · Joined: 18 Feb 2005 Posts: 188 Location: Meguro-Ku Tokyo

wyclef32 · Joined: 13 Feb 2006 Posts: 7

Chris21 · Joined: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 366 Location: Japan

Giving a month's notice before leaving an apartment is fairly standard, even in Western countries. You can file a complaint, but I doubt you'll be given much sympathy.

Showing up 30 minutes before work is also not an unusual request. I've worked at schools that had the same policy, to make sure teachers weren't late or unprepared for their lessons.

And if you had been covered under pension or health insurance, your 70,000 deduction would have been even bigger.

As an aside, didn't they explain the deductions to you before you signed your contract? 70,000 is a lot... what were these deductions? Are you referring to a 70,000 deduction from what the client school paid to the dispatch company? If so, that's not a deduction... your salary is what you receive from the dispatch company, not the client school.