![]() ![]() Therefore, you can have a chance of getting a better hourly wage when your contract ends and you start a new one. For example, some places have a policy of reviewing the wage increase each year (for a one year contract). The contract lengths can also be a way to keep track of the workers. This ensures that your work is guaranteed for that period, and employers cannot fire them without reason. The contract period is not actually to prevent already established workers from quitting but to protect newly hired workers. Why do contracts have a set period anyway? (The two-week rule also applies to contracts that do not have a fixed length as well.) Even though the law will protect you, this is simply to respect the workplace. Similarly, you should avoid exploiting this rule by signing up for a long term job if you know that you will quit mid-way. The exception to this is if your contract included a clause about the minimum weeks required to give notice before quitting, in which case you should adhere to the agreed period. Therefore, it is manners to give about a month’s notice before you leave. Your boss needs to rearrange for other people to fill in your spot quickly. ![]() However, if you are quitting for personal reasons before the contract is over, you should make an effort to cause as little disturbance as possible. By law, part-time workers are required to give 2 weeks’ notice in advance before resigning due to such cases. These things are less urgent, and so it is advised to be more considerate towards the workplace. For most students with part-time jobs, the reasons to quit are for milder private reasons, such as busier schedules due to exams, or not liking the workplace atmosphere. Notice that the above are extreme cases, where continuing the job would be harmful to the worker. ![]() For personal reasons, 2 weeks’ notice is the minimum requirement Hence legally speaking, if you feel that you are being exploited/violated, you can decide to not turn up and this will be considered fine. For example, if the job content is totally different from what you have agreed to in the contract (told to do things which do not match the given description), the contract can be terminated. This law is to ensure that workers are not exploited. So, don’t think that you are stuck in an unfair contract because your specified length is not over. Even if it is before the agreed contract length, it is perfectly acceptable for you to resign. You have a legal right to quit at any point of the contractįor unavoidable, urgent cases like harassment, at any point during the contract, you can quit the job – legally. How to Quit Your Job in Japan and What to Know Beforehand Instead of putting yourself in an awkward position with a dragging contract, read on to find out about your rights as a part-time worker, what to do if your employer does not let you quit, and more. There are many times that you have to inevitably drop out. Most jobs have fixed lengths, but what if you want to quit before the contract is over? Unexpected work content/workload, clashes with your private life, harassment, problems with coworkers. ![]()
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