Shame ~ foreign skills training system in Japan of the world's "modern slavery."

Shame ~ foreign skills training system in Japan of the world's "modern slavery."

According to the Aichi Labor Bureau, two thousand and fifteen years in office in the prefecture to work for foreign technical intern trainees, there has been a violation of law of three hundred ninety-two reviews from the largest past. In violation of the Labor Standards Act and the Occupational Safety and Health Act, year-on-year 81 percent increase. Against the background of the lack of human resources due to the economic recovery, but acceptance of apprentices is growing, there is also a reality that has been forced to work in unfair treatment.

Aichi Labor Bureau one five years, the five hundred sixty-one office that becomes the last year more than doubled to spot inspections, to confirm the violation falls 70 percent three hundred ninety-two office. The person in charge said, "there will be supervision and guidance the office has increased, but the improvement of the working environment is not seen."

The breakdown of the violation is "illegal overtime" is 26, 9%, and the largest. "Safety measures were allowed to use a machine that has not been taken," such as the Occupational Safety and Health Act violation is 23 percent, "wage non-payment (unpaid overtime)," was 12, 5%.

Construction company of Nishio City is driving a forklift in the Vietnamese technical intern trainees who do not have the operation qualification, accident to death by inversion also occurred in June last year. Including this accident, the case that operators be sent papers on suspicion, such as Occupational Safety and Health Act violation is up to eight cases, it was significantly increased from a review of the previous year.

Prefecture of apprentices in the October time last year, the country most of the nineteen thousand two hundred forty-two people (year-on-year 18 percent increase). 70 percent more than is working in the manufacturing industry. According to the Department of Labor, from the poor working environment, that there is also a trouble to escape from the receiving destination.

Takashi Fujiwara and supervising special judicial supervision officer said, "only to supervision of the individual offices there is a limit. Enlightenment activities also increase the law-abiding consciousness, including advance also strict deal, such as sent papers".
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Founded in 1993, three years in the domestic companies and farmers apprentice of developing countries in the status of residence of "skills training", it can be training. Government at the request of industry occupations expanded, but issued a bill to extend to five years, it has been to continue deliberations of 2 degrees. Province to foreign workers who have worked for a certain period in their native finished the technical interns, has proposed providing a new status of residence to "employment of foreigners Special Zone" to the national strategy special zone of the country.