This doesn’t affect me because my previous contract didn’t have Shakai Hoken, but it affects a lot of other people.
At a recent meeting all the ALTs in my company were told that everyone was unenrolled from Shakai Hoken in March and needed to enroll in Kokuminkenkou Hoken for one month and then with their new contract they get Shakai Hoken again in April and then need to disenroll themselves.
Is this legal?
Does this make any sense?
It seems like it’s some obvious loophole so they can pretend to the government that they didn’t have so many employees in March, right?
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Unfortunately it is a contract term employment game more than employee game. Since you are not working a “full” time period they basically say you are not fulfilling the need for Shakai Hoken that month of employment. So they can give their shareholders some more money in revenue that month.
I would advise you to go to the ward office where you live and tell them all this, and ask them what you should do.
I don’t understand this logic at all, but I would imagine it has something to do with your contract ending, one month off with no contract, and then a new contract so back on their employee insurance?
I’ve never been an ALT, and don’t know anything about your contract, but one point emphasized is that you always have to be on some kind of insurance – so if your contracts ends, you are not an employee on employee’s insurance, and must take up insurance on your own. But for ONE MONTH? Da fuck?
If that is the case, then WTF are they thinking? Fuckery of the highest order just to get out of paying one month of half of your insurance??
But I could be wrong here – so go to the union; go to the ward office; don’t depend on your company to follow the law or to tell you the truth – you have to find out for yourself from people in the know.
And that may not really include asking Reddit, either.
ps. If you find that this is indeed what they are doing, then JFC – find a new job, or at least join the union. These pricks need to face consequences for treating people this way.
That seems really impractical for everyone involved.
A pain in the ass to so your company can save money ..
what company is this with?
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So… are employees receiving the proper paperwork to even do that? When I needed to sign up at the ward office, they wanted proof of termination paperwork from my previous employer before they would let me sign up.
This is a subreddit for teaching, not insurance premiums. This would be better off in /r/japanlife or as others have said, please go to the ward office and speak with a professional there.
Not sure whether or not it’s legal, but definitely sounds unethical. It’s wild that people are willing to work for them.
[Contact the complaints office at the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare.](https://www.check-roudou.mhlw.go.jp/soudan/foreigner_eng.html)
Also, join a union and fight this crap. Borderlink is vile.
Join Tozen if you are in Tokyo.
[https://tozenunion.org/](https://tozenunion.org/)
Join General Union if you are in Osaka.
[https://generalunion.org/](https://generalunion.org/)
Do you make more than 1.3 million yen per year with this company? If the answer is yes, I don’t think they can do that, and you should contact the Labor Standards Inspection Office.