The possibility of SOFTBANK's conflict of labor standards law also causes mobile phone contracts to be won by job seekers

It became clear that SoftBank has acquired new contracts for mobile phones for college students who wish to get a job.

Moreover, it is said that such acts may conflict with the Labor Standards Law, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is investigating the facts.

Details are as below.
Softbank: Mobile Contract, Job Hunting Student "Sales" Survey by Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare - Everyday jp (Mainichi Newspaper)

According to the Mainichi Shimbun news report, SOFTBANK Group SOFTBANK MOBILE, SOFTBANK BB, SOFTBANK TELECOM will make college students who apply for recruitment of Spring 2010 to judge whether or not to accept the contract acquisition result of mobile phones It seems that it was clarified that it was telling the policy.

In addition to writing and interview, "sales force" was selected as the criterion for selection, and "student who applied for special studies" for students who applied for sales, planning jobs or sales jobs, and students who applied for the special frame If we acquire a new contract to SOFTBANK MOBILE or change contract by MNP by April 12th after conducting sales activities, it will be subject to evaluation as a student's achievement. This achievement is regarded as one of the judgment criteria and it is supposed to select students to call for a special interview to be held after late April.

And since such a selection method may be accepted as seeking "sales activities" without paying wage-earners who have not made a job offer, may the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare conflict with the Labor Standards Law? We are investigating the facts involving anything.

In addition, the Softbank Public Relations Office said to this case, "What is required to promote necessary sales force" and then "After a lot of contracts have been taken, it is not just to adopt it soon, I do not think so. "