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Hundreds of English schools probed over foreigner benefits exploitation
Government inspectors have begun a nationwide inspection of about 750 operators of mostly English language schools amid speculation that it…
GU wins insurance at Riseisha High School
Our members enquired at their school about Shakai Hoken and were offered two options for their 2005 contract: one with…
Small Schools Matter Too
Even though the General Union has won many well noted changes in the big eikaiwa chains, we are less well…
WHY今の働きかたに満足していますか？
専任職員のみなさん 学校の拡大路線に応じて，仕事が際限なく広がり，超過密労働を強いられていませんか？ 専任職員だから，過剰な労働は当然で，人らしく働けなくてもしかたないと思いますか？
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Government agency to investigate illegal non-enrollment of teachers in health, pension schemes
The Social Insurance Agency is to investigate Japan's largest English-language teaching companies over a suspected failure to enroll their full-time…
Kyoto Seika Daigaku
In the last issue of the e-news we reported on a University in Kyoto which was planning to arbitrarily change…
Kun’ei High School teachers win Health and Pension Rights
The non-renewal of a teacher at Kunei High School gave the union an organizing opportunity which has led to the…
Two Teacher School – Joining before the problem helps secure victory.
A teacher, recognizing that his contract had strange conditions regarding termination, contacted the union and decided to join. The contract…
英会話「ノヴァ」、外国人講師を社会保険に加入させず
大手英会話学校「ノヴァ」（統括本部・大阪市）が、外国人講師を法律で義務づけられている健康保険や厚生年金に加入させていないことが３日わかった。ノヴァは未加入者がいることを認めた上で「母国に帰る外国人は加入しても将来的に年金はもらえず、現制度には問題がある」などと主張しているが、社会保険庁は「現行の法律に違反しているなら問題」として調査する方針だ。外国人講師らが加盟する労働組合「ゼネラルユニオン」（大阪市）が同日、大阪市北区の大阪司法記者クラブで記者会見して明らかにした。
NOVA not enrolling foreign instructors on social insurance
(Translation of Asahi Shimbun report on Nova breaking Shakai Hoken Law)
Big Brother is Watching
Video cameras installed in classrooms at Shin Aoyama Language Center are causing members of management some confusion as they attempt…
Kid’s English – A city community centre run English class
Kids'English recently announced an arbitrary pay cut of 20% upon a member.