In a trial in which a JR West driver complained that it was illegal for the company not to pay the wage of 56 yen for one minute when work was delayed due to a mistake, the Okayama District Court granted the complaint and paid the wage to JR. I handed down a judgment ordering.
In June, JR West Okayama branch driver Hirofumi Wada made a mistake when moving the forwarding train to the garage at Okayama station, and the work was delayed by one minute from the schedule. I reduced the wage of 56 yen for 1 minute from the salary.
Regarding this, Mr. Wada filed a lawsuit in the Okayama District Court in March last year, claiming that it was an "illegal wage cut" and demanding approximately 2.2 million yen including unpaid wages and compensation.
After the complaint, JR West reviewed the standards from last month so that employees who made mistakes would not be subject to disciplinary action, and even presented a settlement proposal in the trial, but the plaintiffs did not accept it as "not admitting illegality" and Mr. Wada Died of illness earlier this month, just before the decision.
In a ruling on the 19th, Okayama District Court Judge Toshinori Okuno said, "The plaintiff notices the mistake and heads to the correct boarding place and can claim wages because he is working to realize the instructed work." He pointed out and admitted the complaint, and ordered JR West to pay the unpaid one-minute wage of 56 yen.
On the other hand, I rejected the request for compensation.
Regarding the ruling, Atsushi Susuki, Vice President of JR West Okayama Branch, said, "We take it seriously. We have already reviewed the disciplinary standards since last month and will not dispute in the trial in the future."
Driver who joined the company at the same time "I want to tell Wada that I did my best"
Mr. Terai, who was a driver who joined the company at the same time as Mr. Wada and has supported the trial as a member of the labor union, said, "I did it, I want to tell Mr. Wada that I did my best."
He said, "I think there are other systems that are strange even if they take it for granted. Following Mr. Wada, we would like to speak up and make improvements to aim for a safe railway." ..