Hello Work

[13] An investigation had found that at least 41 percent of job advertisers were misleading job-seekers by listing exaggerated pay and conditions.

Applicants reported being forced to work longer hours than described, and for less pay, and being told to sacrifice holidays they were entitled to by law.

[14] In March 2005, a study published in the Japanese Communist Party’s agency newspaper Shimbun Akahata found that recruitment of Japanese workers working in Iraq as construction contractors with high salaries were undertaken in Japan and published as Job Openings on Hello Work.

At the time, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had issued a recommendation for the evacuation of Japanese citizens in Iraq.

According to Hello Work Nagasaki, although they had introduced two people, the company in question asked for a withdrawal of the job offer around March 10 of the same year.

Tsuchiura Public Employment Security Office
Airin Hello Work Office (Specialized in day laborers)