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osakajojo
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 Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 5:26 am Post subject: Shakai Hoken or Kokumin Kenko Hoken? |
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I am on Kokumin Kenko Hoken now but am about to qualify for Shakai Hoken . I have a wife who earns 10,000 a month and a newborn child.
I am confused. Should I take it?? |
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Glenski
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
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Location: Hokkaido, JAPAN
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What do you mean when you say you are "about to qualify" for shakai hoken? Are you going to change jobs (or job situations)?
Your wife earns 10,000 what -- US dollars, Japanese yen, British pounds? What is her current insurance status? |
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Venti
Joined: 19 Oct 2006
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Location: Kanto, Japan
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: Shakai Hoken or Kokumin Kenko Hoken? |
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| osakajojo wrote: |
I am on Kokumin Kenko Hoken now but am about to qualify for Shakai Hoken . I have a wife who earns 10,000 a month and a newborn child.
I am confused. Should I take it?? |
If you are considered a full-time employee, your employer must enroll you in Employee Health Insurance through Shakai Hoken. It should be automatic and you shouldn't have a choice in the matter. If your current contract is written so that you're actually considered part-time, but your employer is asking you to approve a change in your contract that will allow you to attain full-time status, then you actually have a dilemma. Your payment through Shakai Hoken will probably be around ￥30000 per month.
Here's a link to the Social Insurance (Shakai Hoken) website:
www.sia.go.jp/e/ehi.html
This link might be useful as well:
www.eslcafe.com/forums/job/viewtopic.php?t=47010 |
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