"James Annan" <still_the_same_me@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> No, not a philosophical question about the work/non-work divide...more
> of a practical and legal one.
>
> What responsibility/authority does an employer in Japan have over an
> employee, outside of their time at work? And in particular, does the
> commute to work come under the authority and responsibility of the
> employer? In the UK, it certainly does not, and (with some limited
> exceptions) what the employee does in his own time - including time
> spent commuting - is his personal business.
>
> However, in Japan, it is common for commuting expenses to be paid (in
> the UK this is very rare) so maybe the situation is rther different -
> does anyone know for sure?

IANAL but I believe that commuting falls under "on the employer's time"

I believe a few months ago, we had an English school owner who got hit with
an insurance claim for an employee's car accident on the way to work.

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Regards,
Ryan Ginstrom