Japan revises foreign trainee rules to allow job transfers over abuse

Japan revised its guidelines for the foreign trainee program on Friday, permitting trainees who experience harassment and abuse to change workplaces as it seeks to address the issue of trainees quitting without notice over poor working conditions.Under the program, which prohibits trainees from switching jobs for the first three years in principle, the number of interns fleeing workplaces hit a record high of 9,753 in 2023.While the previous guidelines stated switching workplaces was permitted when there were "unavoidable circumstances," the new guidelines specifically stipulate that job tr…READ FULL ARTICLE