My vlog this week will be about a new law in Japan that aims to improve the working conditions for public school teachers. On June 11, the Diet passed a bill that will finally raise the “teaching adjustment allowance,” which has stayed at 4 percent since 1972. Starting in 2026, it will increase by 1percent each year until it reaches 10 percent in 2031. This allowance is meant to compensate teachers for their long overtime hours, which have became a huge problem over these few years. 

Some people might think this isn’t a big deal, but it could actually help change the image of schools being “black workplaces.” The law also sets a goal to reduce teachers’ overtime to around 30 hours a month by 2029. Local education boards will now have to publish plans to manage teacher workloads and protect their health, and new “supervising teacher” positions can be created to support younger staff and share responsibilities.

I thought that this article was important to me, my teachers in my previous schools tend to look very tired and would drink coffee 24/7. I thought that this could effect
students due to teachers  not being able to take enough rest leading to low quality classes. 

extra One of the reasons that teachers have to overwork is Japans club activity systems. But recently there have been discussions to abolition them.Although doing this might cause other problems too. 

The Mainichi. (2025, June 11). Teachers will get higher pay and less overtime under revised law. The Mainichi. https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20250611/p2a/00m/0na/016000c

My vlog

welcome to my blog I will post weekly about laws that are related to workplaces and employment

I hope you find this interesting!!

my vlog this week will be about a worker from a staffing agency application sues a company for 14000yen for canceling his schedule for him to work for a short period of time. This might not sound mush of a problem and some people might think that this isn't worthy of being on the news, but the truth is that if the worker wins this case this ill mean that the total unpaid salaries from the past will sum up to 300 billion yen due to the plaintiffs lawyer. 

I thought that this article was interesting because I think that many workers in the society don't care to look at their contracts, thinking that if the company tells me so it must not be illegal. This worker who was  just a normal student working part time might impact the whole working society. I though that this workers ability to doubt something and even if its possible to do was something that more people need to do weather your a worker or not. 

 extras The MHLW which appears many times in this article is one of Japans central government ministries, responsible for protecting citizens ,livelihoods, health, and working environments. 

 

Fujie, H. (2025, November 11). [First lawsuit over last-minute cancellation by restaurants in spot-work: What to know about when a labor contract is formed]. \ https://www.inshokuten.com/foodist/article/8121/