Ex-Nova teachers angry over firing by new firm

The Yomiuri Shimbun

About 20 foreign instructors who had worked for Nova Corp. lodged a complaint with labor authorities about their new employer Friday, claiming it had violated the Labor Standards Law by unjustly terminating their contracts.
The instructors claimed to the Osaka Chuo Labor Standards Inspection Office that Nagoya-based G.education Co. failed to clarify its criteria when it refused to renew the contracts.
Meanwhile, G.education stated the termination stemmed from expiration of the contracts, and said it not see the dismissals as unfair.
According to the firm, when it hired the instructors, it took over their contracts with Nova. The firm said it did not renew the contracts of about 60 instructors that began expiring in January on the grounds they did not work enough days to meet the contract renewal standard, or that they refused to be transferred, and the firm could not secure classrooms for them.
(Feb. 16, 2008)