`Gensen Choshu Hyo` from national tax agency

[sumimasen]

hola forum, senior members et al,

i am in deep shxxte. my old employer is not giving me my Gensen Choshu hyo. i have no idea why they are not co-operating. i have received payslips from them and salary payments into my bank a/c (in japan). i need to submit gensen to my current employer who has god-like patience. has anyone ever contact NTA (national tax agency) directly for their gensen choshu hyo ? i have a clean track record, i have paid all my taxes so far, i have my old gensen choshu sho`s past 5 years straight so i am sure nta has all my records (that every employer in japan has to submit to nta every year). what i do not know and i have never done is contact the tax authorities asking for a copy of my gensen choshu hyo. any tips or advice would be very helpful from sempais or ex-Novaites.

- sumimasen

[Harp]

You'll probably want to mention to your ex-employer that they have a legal responsibility to provide you with a 'gensen' and then direct them to check Article 22 of the Labour Standards Law.
Get your new company to tell them as well, and if that fails then make a complaint to the tax office that your old company is refusing to provide the information.
Any which way you go with it your old company cannot refuse to provide the information. The fact that they are balking suggests they were doing something dodgy, like deducting your social insurance premiums and the pocketing the cash rather than pay it to the govt.

[sumimasen]

Harp, Thanks. I might just try what you said. how can i see article 22 of labour laws ?

- sumimasen

[Sterling]

Harp, Thanks. I might just try what you said. how can i see article 22 of labour laws ?

- sumimasen

http://www.jil.go.jp/english/laborin...j_law1-rev.pdf

[Harp]

No problem - also, to speed things along, it would probably be worth talking to your local Labour Standards Office, they will contact your former employer on your behalf. A call from the LSO tends to get things moving.