I recently stopped working for a company. I requested that they pay me my remaining salary early because I’ll be leaving Japan soon and need the money urgently to pay my residence tax and other obligations since I’m returning to my home country due to an emergency.
However, the company is refusing to pay me until the next regular payday, but this is a problem because I need the money urgently and will have returned back to my home country by then.
I found that under Article 23 of the Japanese Labor Standards Act (労働基準法第23条), when an employee leaves and requests payment, the employer must pay all outstanding wages within seven days of that request. I’ve already made a formal request referencing this law, but they’re still refusing.
I plan to go to the Labour Standards Inspection Office (労働基準監督署) to see what they can do, but I’m scared and really need this money soon.
Has anyone gone through this before? How did you get them to pay you? Is there anything I should bring to the labour office or say specifically?
Any advice or experience would really help.
by Jealous_Egg5774
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I believe you have posted this topic before, both here and on other subs. Could you perhaps be explicit about that and what exactly you are trying to get out of this new post compared to the previous ones? This will help folks give focused advice.
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