Hi,
I work for NOVA, they sponsored my visa and I came to Japan about 5 months ago. Work is fine and everything but I am an Independent Contractor and I therefore choose my own schedule. I’m getting regular enough work but some days are thinner on lessons than others, so I decided to switch to ALT.
I’ve been hired and I’ll start sometime in June but I’m not sure exactly when yet as the company can’t tell me since it’s a first come first served kinda thing and I’m just waiting in limbo til then.
My question is this (for anyone familiar with how IC works at NOVA) if I submit my schedule for June, get lessons booked by customers, then have to leave all of a sudden when my ALT company calls me and tells me it’s time to start, can NOVA legally still charge me the instructor cancellation fee for all of the lessons I will therefore no longer be teaching since I’m abruptly switching jobs?
Like if I leave the company outright, can they still deduct these ‘closed lesson fees’ from my June remuneration? If they do, I could have half of my months paycheck taken away and that would really make things difficult for me.
Any advice is greatly appreciated, I’m just trying to stay afloat as I switch jobs. Honestly, if I could give NOVA notice I totally would, but it’s impossible when I don’t know when I’ll be starting my new ALT job.
by jimmyneutron9999