violations in unpaid wages

 According to media reports, a 77-year-old female director who was responsible for paying wages at the company, failed to pay the wages for May 2023 to 12 employees by the appointed deadline.There was also information that the were underpaid by the the minimum wage set in Kagawa Prefecture. In response, on January 8 the Marugame Labor Standards Inspection Office referred the company and the female director to the Takamatsu District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of violating the Minimum Wage Act. The total amount of unpaid wages for May 2023 is said to be approximately 2.3 million yen. It has also been pointed out that there may have been unpaid wages over a long period, which could be estimated around to several month period, which is beyond this case.                                                                                            

As of 2026, the company reportedly has no employees and is no longer in function although it is said to have not went bankrupt. The reason I chose this article was that recently I saw a short video about the monthly wage for a being year blue collar worker and I was concerned of about the few wages the worker was earning, including the physical fatigue that comes with the job. I think that there are many firms that are violating the law that haven't got caught. apa January 16 cited from https://www.corporate-legal.jp/news/6201