Since there are many cases where foreign technical intern trainees are forced to work long hours or are victims of violence, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has developed an app for smartphones that can be connected to a consultation desk, which has potential. We have decided to strengthen measures against damage and troubles.
The "Foreign Technical Intern Training Program" is a system in which foreigners learn technology while working in Japan, and as of the end of December last year, more than 370,000 people were working.
The Organization for Technical Intern Training for Foreigners, which operates the system, has set up a telephone consultation service in its native language, and in FY2019, there were approximately 7,400 consultations regarding forced long working hours and violence at work. I have.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare distributes a booklet when trainees arrive in Japan, and informs them of the telephone number of this window and calls for consultation.
However, support groups have called for countermeasures for potential damage and troubles, saying that "in many cases, trainees cannot consult with anyone without knowing the existence of a consultation desk."
For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Immigration Bureau of Japan, and the Organization for Technical Intern Training for Foreigners have jointly developed an app for smartphones that can be connected to the consultation desk.
Many technical intern trainees have smartphones, and this app can handle 10 languages such as Vietnamese and Chinese.
The telephone number of the consultation desk set up by the Organization for Technical Intern Training for Foreigners is introduced, and you can connect with the push of a button.
In addition, we will keep you informed in each native language of changes in laws and systems that you need to know in order to work in Japan, such as the status of infection with the new coronavirus, information on weather and disasters, and an increase in the minimum wage.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will promote the dissemination of the app on its website and SNS, and will call for registration when entering Japan.
The "Organization for Technical Intern Training for Foreigners" says, "I want to reduce even one technical intern trainee who cannot consult even if I have a problem."