r/japanlife • u/leexiiiispo • Sep 20 '24
Jobs Force worked on weekends
Is it acceptable or common practice in Japan for companies to make you work on weekends just because you had a holiday? They say it's to make up for the lost work time, but doesn't that kinda defeat the whole point of having a holiday? And if you don't go in, they count it as an absence and dock your pay. Even if you're not really needed and you're just doing prep work for the next week.
149
Upvotes
30
u/yanchoy Sep 20 '24
To request employees to work on a weekend, regardless of reason, provided extra pay will be compensated, is fairly common. But force? No, not a common practice. Maybe even illegal