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W6

HR and employment

Japanese for working in Japan, from either side of the HR desk: job hunting and interviews, contracts, pay and the payslip, hours and leave, social insurance, appraisals and transfers, harassment and leaving a job.

For anyone employed in Japan, and for HR staff who deal with foreign colleagues. You'll be able to get through an interview, check a contract and a payslip, ask for leave the right way, follow what HR says about insurance and transfers, and leave a job without missing a form. It's best after Everyday Japanese 5 or 6. These are language lessons, not legal advice.

Free to use. If these lessons help you, you can support new lessons on Patreon.

This course opens on 19 July 2027.

  1. W601Job hunting and interviewsFrom 19 July 2027Job ads, the CV and career history, interviews, questions to ask and the job offer.
  2. W602Contracts and working conditionsFrom 19 July 2027Permanent, fixed-term and agency work, the written conditions, probation, the work rules, remote work and side jobs.
  3. W603Pay and the payslipFrom 19 July 2027Basic pay, allowances, overtime pay, bonuses, deductions, take-home pay and the year-end adjustment.
  4. W604Hours, overtime and leaveFrom 19 July 2027Overtime and the 36 agreement, substitute holidays, paid leave, and maternity, childcare and family-care leave.
  5. W605Social insurance and benefitsFrom 19 July 2027Health insurance, pension, employment and work-injury insurance, dependants, health checks and company benefits.
  6. W606Appraisals, promotion and transfersFrom 19 July 2027Goals and the appraisal meeting, feedback, promotion, transfers, postings and secondments.
  7. W607Problems at work and leavingFrom 19 July 2027Harassment and where to get help, then resigning, handing over, using up leave and the papers you need.
  8. W608ReviewFrom 19 July 2027The whole course again: 30 sentences for the walking drill.