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23 سبتمبر 2021

الكاتب:
The Japan Times

Japan: Uber Eats halts hiring of foreign students for food delivery after alleged illegal employment of overstayers

"Uber Eats Japan halts new hires of foreign students for food delivery" 2 September 2021

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The hiring freeze, effective Aug. 25, will likely affect many foreign students looking for work amid the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic.

A decline in the number of employees could also reduce service quality, despite growing demand for food deliveries amid government stay-at-home requests.

An Uber Eats Japan Inc. representative said it had stopped new recruitment of foreign students because checking their visa status every half year in person and confirming their attendance at schools “requires a lot of human resources,” making it difficult for the company to ensure compliance.

In June police referred Uber Japan Co. and two of its former employees to prosecutors for allegedly hiring two Vietnamese overstayers as food delivery staff, in violation of the country’s immigration control law.

Foreign students are allowed to work for up to 28 hours per week once granted permission by the immigration agency. As the pandemic has forced restaurants and other providers of part-time jobs to suspend operations or shorten opening hours, many students from overseas are now switching to food delivery jobs to make a living.

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