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How Japanese black companies oppress workers (2014)

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178 points rawgabbit | 1 comments | 18 Nov 24 04:02 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | source
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infotainment ◴[18 Nov 24 04:44 UTC] No.42169771[source]▶
> "I can't quit the job. If I say I'm going to quit, I'll be threatened that I will have to pay damages for quitting."

Interestingly, this is actually possible under Japanese law/legal precedent. If an employee, for example, decides to put in notice and then half-ass their job until their departure date, a company could actually sue the employee and win.

Other Japan-labor-law fun fact: if you are a contract worker, it is literally illegal for you to quit prior to your contract expiry date. Hope you like that job you signed onto!

Obligatory disclaimer: IANAL

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pif ◴[18 Nov 24 09:17 UTC] No.42170924[source]▶
> If an employee, for example, decides to put in notice and then half-ass their job until their departure date,

Suppose you are fired, and the company decides unilaterally to halve your salary during the notice period, wouldn't you get nasty about it?

> if you are a contract worker, it is literally illegal for you to quit prior to your contract expiry date

As long as it is illegal for the company to fire you as well, I don't see any problem. Why should a party of a contract be free to breach it at will while the other remains constrained?

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