Sounds like gyomu-itaku. That's the sort of contract I work under. And yes, totally impossible, but not illegal. Just like when the school hires a plumber to fix a toilet. Said plumber gets his work order, and if the principle decides, "Oh, while you're here, could you fix these leaky taps in the other bathrooms?" The plumber says, "Uh, sorry. You'll have to put in an order with my boss."Colonel Voss wrote:I was given a contract as a self-employed instructor. That means I cannot have any interaction with people at the school I work with in the performance of my job. That is completely impossible. A dispatch worker contract is what is needed. But that requires shakaihoken and cuts into their profits.
So the contract is illegal.
As for the school, the principal has changed his story so many times that I cannot keep them straight. The gakuincho is in my corner. I will talk to the sister tomorrow.
And as long as your schedule shows you work 29,5 hours or less a week or Global Partners has less than 50 employees they don't even have to kick in for shakaihoken. The law was recently changed, giving "small" companies an out. I put "small" in quotations, as for example Inter-ack, is now Interack/North/South/East/West/North-by-Northwest/etc./etc...... all "separate" companies. Just like magic.
When Inter-ack started using gyomu-itaku, you should have heard our head teacher/trainer laying down the law. In effect, ...." all changes in schedule, lesson plans etc. have to come through the company. No team teaching. If they ask you do do something not on the plan get the school to get in touch with the company so one of our overworked office ladies can tell you to do what the school wants you to do...... blah, blah and if YOU don't follow the terms of YOUR contract YOU are may very well be held responsible. " At least he was straight up with us in that he also said, "Look. Maybe, maybe 10% of the jobs out there are direct hire. No one is a slave, go for it. I sincerely wish you well. That leaves hakken contracts, which include a 3 month cooling-off period. We still have some of those and we are really looking hard for people who can afford 3 month unpaid spring breaks to fill them. That leaves gyomu itaku. Suck it up." Okay, he did not say, "Suck it up." Not even under his breath. Man was all business.
The only real service dispatch co. provide is to thread these legal shakaihoken avoidance loopholes for the schools and provides insurance (someone to blame) if the foreign teacher is an embarrassment or nutcase.
Anyhow, it sounds like they have been working you like a hakken employee, while neglecting to inform you of your contract's real type. Dodgy as hell, and I very seriously doubt if they will come after anyone for not following the post-contract clauses. In all fairness, the school might not have know they were doing anything wrong. Maybe try to sell it as a chance for a clean break. You've passed your trial period, now time to leave the dispatch company complications behind and just do things straight-up.
And hey, if you have a sister in your corner, what could go wrong.
