The Supreme Court filed a final appeal in a lawsuit filed by a public elementary school teacher in Saitama Prefecture, claiming that it was illegal not to be paid for overtime work despite being forced to work long hours. was dismissed and the teacher's defeat was confirmed.
A male teacher in his 60s who works at a public elementary school in Saitama Prefecture demanded the prefecture to pay the unpaid wages, claiming that it was illegal not to be paid overtime even though he worked overtime.
The salary of public school teachers is stipulated in a law called "Payment Special Law" that 4% of monthly salary is added, but overtime is not paid. I was complaining.
The Saitama District Court in the first trial dismissed the lawsuit, saying, ``It cannot be said that the situation in which work cannot be completed without working overtime has become normal,'' but ``many teachers have no choice but to work overtime. I can't help but think that the law doesn't match the actual situation in the field of education," he said, referring to the need to review the law and salary system.
The Tokyo High Court in the second trial also dismissed the appeal, and the teacher appealed as dissatisfied, but Chief Judge Kazumi Okamura of the Second Petty Court of the Supreme Court decided to dismiss it by the 10th, and the loss was confirmed.
A judicial ruling on the issue of teachers' working styles drew attention, but the complaint was not accepted.
Last year, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology set up an expert panel to discuss the revision of the Special Pay Law.