Tokyo (VNA) – Authoritiesof Japan on February 18 withdrawn the licence to receive foreign interns of aconstruction company where a Vietnamese apprentice was mistreated.
The company, named “SixCreate” and headquartered in Okayama prefecture, will be banned from receivingforeign interns in five years, according to the administrative penalty decisionissued by the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISAJ) and the country’s Ministryof Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW).
The Japanese Government willstrictly deal with any future similar cases, Japanese Minister of JusticeYoshihisa Furukawa told a press meeting in Tokyo.
Earlier, Japanese mediareported that last month, a technical intern from Vietnam denounced that he hadbeen mistreated by his colleagues while working at a construction company inOkayama prefecture, and that he was demanding his company appologise and makecompensation.
The Fukuyama Union Tanpopo, alabour union based in Hiroshima prefecture, said they had reported this case tothe Organisation for Technical Intern Training (OTIT), a Tokyo-based agency specialisedin monitoring training programmes for foreign workers.
According to the Fukuyama UnionTanpopo, the 41-year-old intern of Vietnamese nationality arrived in Japan inautumn of 2019, when he started working at the abovementioned constructioncompany. However, after about one month, three Japanese colleagues beganmistreating him, making this intern suffer from three broken ribs.
The company has admitted themistreatment and said it will apologise and compensate the Vietnamese intern,according to Mitsugu Muto, Chairman of the Fukuyama Union Tanpopo.
In response to this case, the ISAJ, MHLW, and OTIT on January 24 appealed to thecompanies receiving interns and broker organisations to monitor mistreatment inthe workplace./.
The company, named “SixCreate” and headquartered in Okayama prefecture, will be banned from receivingforeign interns in five years, according to the administrative penalty decisionissued by the Immigration Services Agency of Japan (ISAJ) and the country’s Ministryof Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW).
The Japanese Government willstrictly deal with any future similar cases, Japanese Minister of JusticeYoshihisa Furukawa told a press meeting in Tokyo.
Earlier, Japanese mediareported that last month, a technical intern from Vietnam denounced that he hadbeen mistreated by his colleagues while working at a construction company inOkayama prefecture, and that he was demanding his company appologise and makecompensation.
The Fukuyama Union Tanpopo, alabour union based in Hiroshima prefecture, said they had reported this case tothe Organisation for Technical Intern Training (OTIT), a Tokyo-based agency specialisedin monitoring training programmes for foreign workers.
According to the Fukuyama UnionTanpopo, the 41-year-old intern of Vietnamese nationality arrived in Japan inautumn of 2019, when he started working at the abovementioned constructioncompany. However, after about one month, three Japanese colleagues beganmistreating him, making this intern suffer from three broken ribs.
The company has admitted themistreatment and said it will apologise and compensate the Vietnamese intern,according to Mitsugu Muto, Chairman of the Fukuyama Union Tanpopo.
In response to this case, the ISAJ, MHLW, and OTIT on January 24 appealed to thecompanies receiving interns and broker organisations to monitor mistreatment inthe workplace./.
VNA
