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OneJoelFifty · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 463

I've been reading about this on Let's Japan, and it backs up your advice Ryu:

Inflames · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 486

I worked at Nova when it went bankrupt, so I feel my experiences and advice is probably more relevant than anyone else's here.

For one thing, don't quit your job yet. That is horrible advice. Feel free to spend a lot of time looking for other jobs and having people look over your resume. It doesn't take that long to look for jobs, so I question the wisdom of people who tell you to call in sick and look for other jobs instead.

In Japan, there is a form of wage insurance that basically covers 80% of your unpaid wages if your company goes bankrupt. It takes about 6 months to get the money. Some people think I was a sucker for going into work until the very end at Nova, but I got paid 80% of what I was owed (actually, because of what happened, I got paid more than I would have for the time I had actually worked). Compare that to the people who suggest staying home and surfing the internet and their zero (actually, it hurt them with unemployment insurance too). If you're owed less than 20,000 yen you get nothing.

For anyone at Geos, get your unemployment insurance card (雇用保険被保険者証 - koyohokenhihokenshashou - http://www.hyougo-roudoukyoku.go.jp/seido/koyou_hoken/koyou_tetuduki.htm - has an example). If you don't have it, call personnel / payroll until they give you your number. Quitting now automatically makes you wait 3 months before you can claim unemployment. If the company goes bankrupt or you aren't paid on time twice, you can go and claim unemployment after waiting a week. Unemployment is calculated based on your last 6 months of earnings, so if you call in sick to sit around at home, your earnings, and therefore unemployment, decrease.

ShioriEigoKyoushi · Joined: 21 Aug 2009 Posts: 364 Location: Japan

Inflames · Joined: 02 Apr 2006 Posts: 486

Angelfish · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 131

Pay slips arrived today stating Oct 30th as pay day. Also this year's Year-end tax adjustment form.

Head office email still not working (3 days now).

Nerima school is being closed (no date though).

flyer · Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 539 Location: Sapporo Japan

boy, it does seem as if there are serious problems then

(not just a rumour)

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

flyer · Joined: 16 May 2003 Posts: 539 Location: Sapporo Japan

well, with the NOVA situation fresh in everyones minds; hopefully they will make the right (hard) decisions at the necessary time and not fall into the Nova mistakes (although their situations are quite different)

.... stay tuned

OneJoelFifty · Joined: 06 Oct 2009 Posts: 463

I'd have to say that although the situations are different, it's because of what happened to Nova that GEOS is going to find things even more difficult. At the slightest hint of anything going wrong (and what we've heard already is more than just a hint), speculation is rife; this means students have started not to renew, and teachers have started looking for new jobs. If there wasn't a major threat to the company's financial health to begin with, there is now. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

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

fat_chris · Joined: 10 Sep 2003 Posts: 3198 Location: Beijing

norwalkesl · Joined: 22 Oct 2009 Posts: 366 Location: Ch-Ch-Ch-Ch-China

Cool Teacher · Posted: Fri Oct 30, 2009 9:17 am Post subject:

ShioriEigoKyoushi · Joined: 21 Aug 2009 Posts: 364 Location: Japan

Angelfish · Joined: 18 Jan 2006 Posts: 131

Don't know what time it went in, but I had been paid by 12:30pm today.