Osaka Forces English Teachers to Reapply for Their Own Jobs shingetsunewsagency.com

But judging by Osaka Prefecture’s grossly inept handling of changes to its Native English Teacher (NET) Program and its treatment of its foreign workers, grave doubts are warranted.
Osaka Prefecture’s NET Program is currently one of the largest-scale direct-hires of Native English Teachers in Japan.
Like its treatment of regular full-time teachers, the Osaka Board of Education never officially acknowledges the “service overtime” teachers put in, but offers similar benefits, such as paid sick leave and special summer leave, in line with other full-time teachers.
Despite OFSET’s consistent efforts since 2018 to get the Osaka Board of Education to be more transparent about their plans for 2020, they have continually postponed negotiations without prior notification.
Only in late December 2019 did the Osaka Board of Education inform its employees that they would need to reapply for their own jobs for the new school year in 2020.