After a year and a half, they suddenly admit the claim and in the next breath present a document requiring the plaintiff to return to work three days later, at a different facility that would require an additional 3 hours commuting each day.
I wonder how many years of this person’s salary were burned in trying to defend this case. Glad they get to return to their job finally.
Strong labour laws implies you can’t just send an employee to work somewhere else without good reason and I’d be surprised to learn you can do that in Japan. (Though Japan does keep surprising me)
Japanese companies do it a lot. I’m not sure how much of a right to refuse there is. Some families live apart because of it (husband usually lives somewhere else). I’ve heard it can be a case to fire with cause in some cases but I don’t know specifics.
Yeah, that’s what I figured and it’s similar in Germany. The original scenario might work in the US with their employee-hostile nonsense laws but this is Japan and Tesla has tried and failed before to apply US law in their international branches.
After a year and a half, they suddenly admit the claim and in the next breath present a document requiring the plaintiff to return to work three days later, at a different facility that would require an additional 3 hours commuting each day.
I wonder how many years of this person’s salary were burned in trying to defend this case. Glad they get to return to their job finally.
Strong labour laws implies you can’t just send an employee to work somewhere else without good reason and I’d be surprised to learn you can do that in Japan. (Though Japan does keep surprising me)
Japanese companies do it a lot. I’m not sure how much of a right to refuse there is. Some families live apart because of it (husband usually lives somewhere else). I’ve heard it can be a case to fire with cause in some cases but I don’t know specifics.
Relocation with advanced notification is legal
Well yes, that’s reasonable. I’m assuming “advanced” does not mean “get packing, mate, you’re moving tomorrow”.
I think it was 3 months of notice (for me). Same as for firing because this is effectively the same
Yeah, that’s what I figured and it’s similar in Germany. The original scenario might work in the US with their employee-hostile nonsense laws but this is Japan and Tesla has tried and failed before to apply US law in their international branches.
Money has nothing to do with it, Elon hates unions and would rather burn a billion dollars than let his peons have a say.