Overtime work, work on days off
- Japanese
- 時間外労働/休日労働
Overtime work is classed as working extra hours exceeding the working hours contracted with the business operator.
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Rules
If you have a contract that states 8 hours a day, you will be paid an extra hourly wage when you exceed 8 hours.
If you work overtime for 1 hour with a contract that states 7 hours a day, you will be paid a normal hourly wage as legal overtime.
Late night working
Work between 10 pm and 5 am will incur a wage increase, even if it is not overtime.
Working on days off
Working on legal holidays incur a wage increase.
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Eligible People
When it isn't recognize as overtime
Working at late night is applied.
Employees to whom the regulations for overtime work and work on days off do not apply
Working at late night is applied.
- Persons engaged in agriculture (excluding forestry) or taking care of animals
- Managers and Supervisors, a person who is in the position of supervision or management regardless of the type of business or who handles confidential office work
- Persons engaged in monitoring or intermittent labor, whose business operator has obtained permission from the Labor Standards Inspection Office.
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Calculation Method
Extra rate for overtime work, etc.
| In principle | 1 hour wage x 1.25 |
| Part of overtime over 60 hours in a month | 1 hour wage x 1.5 |
| Late night work (work from 10 pm to 5 am) | 1 hour wage x 1.25 |
| Work on days off | 1 hour wage x 1.35 |
| Principle + late night work | 1 hour wage x 1.5 |
| Overtime over 60 hours in a month x late night work | 1 hour wage x 1.75 |
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Procedure (Method, Place, What You Need)
Claiming unpaid overtime wages
You can claim anytime within a 3 year period from the day after the salary payment for the calculation period that the unpaid overtime wage is incurred.
You can extend this period by 6 months by sending content certification mail. It is necessary to prepare related materials such as a time card when making a complaint.
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Others (Note,important Points, Points)
A 'day off' refers to one day off per week that must be given as stipulated by law. For example, if Saturdays and Sundays are days off, one of them will be classed as a legal holiday.