Amidst the issue of how teachers work, a public elementary school teacher in Saitama Prefecture was forced to work unfairly long hours. In the busy season, the statutory working hours are exceeded, but it cannot be said that the situation has become normal."
The law stipulates that public school teachers are paid 4% of their monthly salary, but no overtime is paid.
A male teacher in his 60s who works at a public elementary school in Saitama Prefecture said, "According to the law, working overtime and on holidays is limited to unavoidable cases such as practical training and school events, but I ordered the principal to do non-urgent work. He claimed that he was taken away," and asked the prefecture to pay wages for overtime work.
In the judgment of the second trial on the 25th, Chief Judge Wataru Yao of the Tokyo High Court said, ``Because teachers' work is voluntarily and based on orders from the principal, they are treated like ordinary workers. I am not familiar with the wage system of
On top of that, ``the principal has never given any specific instructions on how to proceed with classes, and during busy periods such as the end of the semester, he has exceeded the legal working hours, but it cannot be said that this situation has become normal.'' As such, it was judged that it did not go against the purpose of the law to prevent unlimited overtime work, and the appeal was dismissed following the first trial.
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At a press conference after the ruling, a male teacher said, ``In the field, work that cannot be completed within working hours is ordered one after another. It has been judged as a thing.
In addition, the teacher's lawyer clarified his intention to appeal to the Supreme Court, stating, "Although the judgment emphasized the peculiarity of the work of teachers, it was determined that there was no illegality, but it was disadvantageous and unjust for teachers." did.
On the other hand, Saitama Prefecture Superintendent of Education Naoyoshi Takada commented, "We believe that the prefecture's claim has been accepted."