Even when COVID-19 has caused a decrease in business for the company, foreign workers are not allowed to be treated less favorably than Japanese workers just because they are foreigners.
- Company must pay a leave allowance to Japanese as well as foreign workers when they are forced to take days off from work by the company.
- When you take days off from work because your child’s school has been closed, you can use paid annual vacation days just like Japanese workers.
- The subsidy the national government pays companies to protect worker employment can be used for Japanese as well as foreign workers.
- Companies cannot freely fire you at all. When a company wants to fire a foreign workers, the same rules as Japanese workers must be follows.
If you need help, please consult your local labour bureau, labour standards supervision office or Hello Work.
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