Nursing facility pays non-payment to foreign students, excess "Volunteer" 16 August, 16:49

A care facility in Kawasaki City allowed foreign students to work beyond the maximum working hours stipulated by law, and the excess was treated as a “volunteer” and paid no wages. I understood that I was receiving.

According to an NPO that provides consultation support for labor issues, the care facility in Nakahara Ward, Kawasaki City, received a correction recommendation from the Kawasaki Kita Labor Standards Inspection Office in March.

In this facility, a Filipino student in his twenties who had worked part-time for three years until last year was allowed to work beyond the upper limit of working hours stipulated by law, 28 hours a week. It was treated as a “volunteer” and did not pay wages.

International student women take bathing, meal assistance, night shifts, etc., and the excess amount is about 10 hours per week, and the unpaid wage has reached about 1 million yen. It means that

The company in Kawasaki City, which operates nursing care facilities, commented, “We are working on improving our business by setting up internal regulations anew.”