No Placement Fee for Workers to be Deployed to Japan

December 2, 2019POEA MEMORANDUM CIRCULAR NO. 019-19TO : All Concerned   SUBJECT : No Placement Fee for Workers to be Deployed to Japan Pursuant to Article 32-3 of the Employment Security Act of Japan, there shall be no charging of placement fees to jobseekers who want to work in Japan except for the following cases as specified by the Ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare (Ordinance for Enforcement of the Employment Security Act):Fees for employment placement servicesa. Certain occupations may be charged fees for employment placement services as follows: ETHIDai. Entertainers (musician, theater actor, performance art in broadcasting programs, movies, vaudeville, theaters, etc.)ii. Models (fashion shows or other events, commercial modeling, art modeling)iii. Scientists (research, planning, management, instruction of technical matters for business activities)iv. Management Executivesv. Skilled Workers (passed the technical skill test provided by Article 44, paragraph 1 of the Human Resources Development Promotion Act {Act No. 64 of 1969} for the special grade or the first grade or any corresponding skill, and provides businesses utilizing such skill for production or other...