|
Job Discussion Forums
"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!"
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
fujisan
Joined: 24 Jun 2010
Posts: 42
|
 Posted: Sat Aug 21, 2010 8:25 am Post subject: |
 |
|
| Glenski wrote: |
Dispatch law.
Length of Employment
# For the most part dispatch work is limited to up to one year, though certain special conditions may be applied to extend this term for up to three years. After the period of allotted dispatch time is up, the company then must either offer the temporary worker permanent employment or terminate the contract. In most cases, the company chooses to terminate the contract. Recently the government has tried to be seen as cracking down on companies which do not offer permanent employment to long-term temporary workers. |
Where does it say that? I can't find anything in it that says anything about offering permanent employment. |
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
GambateBingBangBOOM
Joined: 04 Nov 2003
Posts: 2021
Location: Japan
|
| Posted: Sun Aug 22, 2010 5:09 am Post subject: |
|
|
The problem is that under ***dispatch law***, it isn't illegal to dispatch to universities.
| Quote: |
On dispatching workers
The Worker Dispatching Law prescribes that an employer has to obtain a license from, or report to the Minister of Welfare and Labour, when the employer dispatches an employee, whom the agent employs as its own company staff, to another company with which a worker dispatching contract has been agreed. The dispatched employee works at the designated company under the order or instruction of that company.
Worker dispatch can be carried out of any types of work except for work related to Port transport, Construction work, Security work, Work related to medical care and Work involving manufacturing articles.
It is illegal to operate a worker dispatch business without obtaining permission or making a notification, or to dispatch workers employed to another company in types of work which are excepted. |
http://www.tfemploy.go.jp/en/spec/spec_1b.html
Note how all of those except medical care are pretty much concerned with areas at risk to organized crime (including sweatshops) in this country.
But as has been pointed out at the beginning of the thread, it was deemed illegal according to MEXT guidleines.
| Quote: |
MEXT changed their �guidance� strategy later in the year, by passing �Article 19 of Daigaku Sechi Kijun,� making the use of dispatched teachers at the college and university level illegal. The new law comes in to effect April 1, 2008.
|
Glenski has already posted two very useful links,
http://alt.150m.com/
and this one which explains it,
http://www.letsjapan.org/category/japan/alt
| Quote: |
| Paragraph 3 in the appendix also contains some noteworthy items. It notes that dispatch contracts can only be made with ministry-approved dispatch companies and that BOEs should make sure they are dealing with approved companies before entering into a contract. It also notes that dispatch contracts are valid for 3 years whereupon the ALT must be made a permanent employee. |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
cafebleu
Joined: 10 Feb 2003
Posts: 404
|
| Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2010 3:07 am Post subject: |
|
|
I saw an ad for teachers with qualifications (at least TESOL) to work at a university in a prefecture not noted for its vibrancy, night life, social capital or population.
Teachers are expected to teach classes of UP TO 50 STUDENTS.  Of course you get no health insurance/pension coverage paid by the University in question. The salary mentioned is 3million per year.
Nothing was mentioned about accommodation and there doesn't seem to be a housing allowance. I know people are desperate to work at unis but come on, are you that hard up?
Can you guess the University I am talking about? It's nowhere near Tokyo but in a relative backwater of a province.
The ad was a direct hire - no dispatch company. But it still is damned exploitative. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
|
This page is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling.
Contact Dave's ESL Cafe
Copyright © 2018 Dave Sperling. All Rights Reserved.
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group
|
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
