Tokyo Metropolitan University has been ordered by the Adachi Labor Standards Inspection Office to correct its failure to pay overtime to a specially appointed teacher, people familiar with the matter said.
The university, based in Hachioji, western Tokyo, received a second correction order in September, this time from the Hachioji Labor Standards Inspection Office, over its failure to properly track the working hours of part-time lecturers, according to the same people. That order was issued under the Industrial Safety and Health Act.
A contract that did not match the hours worked
The teacher began work in April as a temporary staff member at the university's Arakawa campus in Arakawa Ward, working three days a week in a laboratory, the people said. From May the teacher signed a contract as a specially appointed teacher for four days a week, but the actual working arrangement went beyond that, according to the same accounts.
The article does not give the amount of unpaid overtime, the period it covers, or the university's response to either order. It also does not say whether the teacher is still employed there.
Labor standards inspection offices issue correction orders when they find an employer in violation of the Labor Standards Act or related laws. Employers are required to report back on what they have done to comply.