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[luckbox]

Wondering if in Japan e-mail is considered legally binding in the context of contractual discussions between worker and company. Does an e-mail sent to worker by company carry any legal weight before a Labour Standards board? Same question regarding documents sent via e-mail from worker to company. As a person who predates the Internet, my natural inclination is to get everything of import on paper, in writing, and with a real signature.

Yes or no will suffice. If the answer is "depends" or "maybe" - feel free to PM me.

Cheers in advance.

[Like a Rolling Stone]

Get it on paper!

wait...what is yes or no an answer to?

[seanmcginty]

It depends....

If you have a written contract seperate from those emails, then whatever is contained in the emails probably won't be of any value, especially if they contain terms related to your employment that are different from those contained in the main contract.

If on the other hand you don't have a written contract and the emails in question constitute the actual agreement between you and your employer, then they might be of some value.

[canuck]

I thought all contracts, to be legally binding, have to be in Japanese.

[yamanote senbei]

Contracts can be in any language. If there's a dispute, you'll have to translate them to Japanese however.