Employment

If you are in trouble (such as those listed below) at work, then a mediation program for personal labor disputes is available!

• Dismissal without notice
• Reduction in salary without agreement
• Company’s refusal to allow you to return to work after taking leave
• Unacceptable reasons for a transfer order
• No convincing explanation as to why retirement is encouraged
• Demand from the company to change the status from full-time employee to part-timer
• Demand from an employee to pay an expensive settlement package upon leaving the company

etc.

If you are in trouble at work, then a mediation program for personal labor disputes is available!

Aichi Prefectural Labor Relations Commission offers a mediation program for personal labor disputes to resolve issues (concerning working conditions, etc.) between an employee and an employer.

What does the mediation program for personal labor disputes do?

The mediation program for personal labor disputes is designed to help resolve labor issues through negotiations. Three experienced mediators hear the opinions of both parties from a fair and independent perspective, identify and clarify issues, coordinate opinions, and give advice, etc.

Mediators (one public interest commissioner, one employee commissioner, and one employer commissioner) are selected from the members of Aichi Prefectural Labor Relations Commission.

The mediation program is available free of charge for both employees and employers.

Please note! When an application is made, if the other party is unwilling to cooperate, the mediation process cannot start.

How to apply for the mediation program

To apply for the mediation program, please use the designated form.

Application with designated form

To make an application, please come to the office in person. The applicant (person involved in the dispute or an agent who understands the situation) will be interviewed to obtain detailed information needed for the mediation process.

Please note! If the applicant is not proficient in Japanese, please come to the office with an interpreter. Also, please fill in the application form in Japanese.

If you need more information about “mediation”

Please feel free to contact the Adjustment Group, General Affairs and Adjustment Division, Aichi Prefectural Labor Relations Commission.

Please note! Inquiries are accepted in Japanese.
Telephone: 052-954-6833