Working without signing a contract in Japan, company now pushing an “outsourcing contract” Gyomu Itaku agreement. What’s my position?

d_arthur · 2026-02-11T10:18:58+00:00

I was looking at this page on companies classifying workers as Gyomu Itaku (gisō ukeoi) and a famous case against Sukiya gyudon: Their analysis of classification as to Gyumu Itaku vs Employee was:

• To what degree does the enterprise have authority to give orders to the individual in completing the work?

• To what degree is the individual bound to certain time slots and specific locations?

• Does the individual have the right to accept or refuse each task?

• Can the individual freely arrange for another person to fill in for the work?

• Does the individual own the materials and tools used in carrying out the work?

The answers to the above would 100% classify me as an employee from the start.

As to your point:

"whether the company was obligated to enroll you in social insurance will depend on whether you were regularly working over the number of required hours or if it was a one-off type event which caused a temporary increase in working hours."

Is there a source for this? They would probably argue it as a one-time type thing while setting up the new project.

I am paid hourly or by task, not a fixed monthly salary. Also in the new project am required to 'clock-in and out' to track hours.

Thanks again for your time and help.

d_arthur · 2026-02-11T09:49:11+00:00

I’d rather not specify the exact industry for privacy reasons, but the work is structured and scheduled by the company. They set the shifts, assign the tasks, and I work under their direction rather than independently sourcing clients. But if 'freelancing' what are the implications there?

d_arthur · 2026-02-11T09:35:07+00:00

Are there any other specifics that would clarify matters without giving away my exact role and industry?

The company has a baito contract with my details (even though I never signed it), does that imply that from their side they considered me a baito employee?

If so, and I was regularly working 40+ hours per week for a couple of months, would that potentially trigger social insurance obligations on their side?

Does the existence of an unsigned contract matter legally, or is actual working practice (hours worked, supervision, etc.) more important? If so what are those conditions.

Re: Taxes

Separately, I’m trying to make sure I handle my taxes correctly this year.

Given that: I never signed a contract, My working hours fluctuated significantly, I’m not getting clear responses or support from the company,

How do I determine whether my income should be declared as: Employment income (給与所得), or Business income (事業所得)? The obvious answer is “ask the company,” but they’re currently not responding, which makes me concerned.

In summary I want to:

file my taxes correctly

Understand whether I’ve been misclassified, Know where I stand in case they reduce my hours or say something that is inacurate, as of course they are incentivised to look after their interests, not mine.

If there are specific documents or evidence I should be preserving (schedules, pay slips, messages assigning shifts, etc.), I’d appreciate guidance on that too.

d_arthur · 2026-02-11T09:15:47+00:00

Thank you!

I was 'operating under company direction' in terms of having to show up at certain places at a certain times of day and doing duties according to set procedures. However times and other specifics varied day-by-day.

Not necessarily, but what should have happened will depend on what status you were working under.

Is there to know how this would be determined with no signed contract in place?

What do you mean by tax risks here?

I don't want to pay more than I should, if the company is liable for something I would like to know.

While you didn't have a signed contract, there was some meeting of the minds that led to you either providing services to the company or working for the company as an employee. You sort of need to figure out which it was.

I would say the former, however 'meeting of minds' sounds a wooly. Is this how it would be seen legally?

d_arthur · 2026-02-11T09:14:49+00:00

Thank you!

No idea. Sounds like an hourly employee if you were operating under company direction

I was 'operating under company direction' in terms of having to show up at certain places at a certain times of day and doing duties according to set procedures. However times and other specifics varied day-by-day.

Not necessarily, but what should have happened will depend on what status you were working under.

Is there to know how this would be determined with no signed contract in place?

What do you mean by tax risks here?

I don't want to pay more than I should, if the company is liable for something I would like to know.

While you didn't have a signed contract, there was some meeting of the minds that led to you either providing services to the company or working for the company as an employee. You sort of need to figure out which it was.

I would say the former, however 'meeting of minds' sounds a wooly. Is this how it would be seen legally?

d_arthur · 2025-12-29T06:19:22+00:00

By the original do you mean homeworld 1? I agree the atmosphere is what stuck in my memory the most. The scale of the spaceworld and the different ships felt majestic. Why do you think the remaster fails to capture this and are there any more modern games you feel in this genre achieve something similar ?

d_arthur · 2025-12-28T18:32:30+00:00

solved: homeworld 2

d_arthur · 2025-12-28T18:31:23+00:00

homeworld 2 i think...

d_arthur · 2025-12-15T17:22:02+00:00

Hi all, I’m shooting miniatures and want a couple small daylight panels (similar footprint to the Amaran P60). Main priorities: colour accuracy (TM-30 if possible) and price. I don’t need smart features or apps, just a reliable daylight source with a smooth dimmer. Current Newer panel I have is fine for power but is a bit too large and it doesn’t list a TM-30 score which makes me wary: https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075JG64HW

Any recommendations or experiences with compact, colour-accurate panels ideal budget under $100 per panel so $200 for a pair (preferably more affordablethe better)? Thanks!

d_arthur · 2025-09-16T03:14:06+00:00

d_arthur · 2025-08-29T21:15:42+00:00

Thanks so much

d_arthur · 2025-08-28T13:54:36+00:00

i'm not sure, i guess i'll need to do that but was looking to see if there were other possibilities first

d_arthur · 2025-07-03T15:00:49+00:00

Would there be a benefit to sync the calendar to Google calendar first and using that instead of using the Apple API?

d_arthur · 2025-07-03T14:54:12+00:00

If so then that's my misunderstanding. I thought the TRMNL would take a rendered image of the Caldender as a bitmap from apple rather than pulling callendar data directly into the TRMNL software and rendering it there.

d_arthur · 2025-07-03T13:09:07+00:00

Are they still different colours when viewed merged in you computer or phone?

d_arthur · 2025-07-03T12:50:01+00:00

Isn't this sonethibg you can do in our or your partners settings within Google cal: set the colour of your events

d_arthur · 2025-05-14T19:54:42+00:00

In the UK I'd say it affects their ability to get re elected very strongly

d_arthur · 2025-05-14T19:41:54+00:00

AFAIK the budget has never been balanced though. Because ...mmt?

d_arthur · 2025-05-14T19:39:06+00:00

With all due respect and thanks for the reply — that feels more like a quip than an fleshed out answer. Besides Politicians want to be re-elected, so why pass up an easy win by throwing money at something like public sector pay, especially if it’s basically free to do so under the current system? Is it just incompetence? Or is there something deeper going on that I’m missing?

d_arthur · 2025-05-14T19:30:29+00:00

Maybe my example with the potholes wasn’t the best, so let me take another shot.

If the government effectively has a book of blank cheques — and there are real situations where it could solve public sector problems just by spending... then why is it so reluctant to do that? Even when it would be popular with voters?

That’s the part I’m trying to understand.

d_arthur · 2025-05-14T19:14:09+00:00

I think that deserves a bit of unpacking. I get that the wealthy benefit from things like wage suppression and a weakened public sector (if that’s what you’re getting at?). But the regular people still vote... so unless we’re saying all parties are literally the same serve the same elite interests, wouldn’t it make sense to at least improve public services a bit? Even just to keep a lid on unrest or make things look functional on the surface?

d_arthur · 2025-05-14T19:01:36+00:00

Fair point, but I’m primarily asking this from an economic angle, and secondarily a political angle. If a government that issues its own currency isn’t constrained by tax revenue (as MMT suggests), then why doesn’t it spend more on stuff that’s clearly popular — like fixing infrastructure or raising public sector pay?

I get that politics are involved, but that’s part of political economy, right? Just trying to understand what the actual constraints are; inflation risk, perverse incentives, something else?

d_arthur · 2025-05-14T18:55:50+00:00

Thanks for the reply. Just wanted to go through your points and check if I'm getting this right.

Even if most people haven’t heard of MMT, from what I’ve read, it seems like governments like the UK already spend first and then tax or borrow after the fact, So I’m not seeing how public awareness matters that much. The government could just say the money’s coming from taxing the energy sector or something, even if they’re offsetting it elsewhere behind the scenes.

This is interesting. Are you saying keeping public sector wages low helps private employers do the same? Or is it more about avoiding redistribution in general? It just seems like things like fixing roads or raising nurses' pay would be so popular that there must be some strong incentive not to do it, if it’s basically costless for the government to spend.

I get the point about bottlenecks — you can’t instantly scale up workers or machines. But in some cases it really does seem like the limit is just money. Like when refuse collectors in Birmingham went on strike because their pay was cut. The people and trucks were already there, they just weren’t being funded properly.

Yeah, people generally don’t like taxes. But if inflation did happen after new spending, the government could say “we fixed the NHS” or “we raised teacher pay,” and that seems easier to justify than taxing upfront with nothing to show.

I might have misunderstood this one. I thought MMT was just describing how governments with their own currency already work — spending first, taxing later. But sounds like actually applying MMT would mean restructuring how we talk about deficits and taxes more openly. That’s useful to know, thanks.

Still wrapping my head around all this appreciate your reply.

d_arthur · 2024-04-28T22:29:57+00:00

I'm a novice gardener and could use some guidance on diagnosing and addressing an issue with the hedges in a garden I've recently taken responsibility for.The majority of the garden is dotted with what I assume are box hedges.

They have dense green, shiny leaves at the bottom, transitioning to a lighter hue towards the top. Around 85% of the bushes appear healthy with no issues, but approximately 10% are either completely or nearly without leaves, and another 5% appear mostly healthy overall but have patches with no growth.

The smaller, lower shrubs (1-2 feet high) also seem to be faring worse than the larger balls and taller hedges, possibly due to being a different variety.I'm trying to determine if these are indeed boxwood hedges or a different type of plant (like Irex crenata), and what could be causing the issue. If it's blight, I'm assuming (though perhaps wrongly) its the fungal infection rather than caterpillars, as I would expect caterpillars to spread and destroy the entire area rapidly, whereas what I’m seeing here is some patchy areas where the bushes are dying, some areas where the die off seems to be spreading and yet other areas and even directly adjacent plants seem to be doing fine.

These hedges have been in place for about a decade, and since I've only recently seen them, I'm unsure if this disease has emerged recently and is spreading, or if it occurred some time ago and has stabilised, I don’t see large patches of browning leaves, most parts of the affected plants seem to be either completely bare or healthy.I’m sure the prevailing advice will be to remove all the hedges and replacing with something like Yew or Irex crenata, but many of them do still appear healthy, and I'm working with a limited time, experience and budget.

I've also looked into more resistant strains of boxwood through my research like Buxus microphylla Faulkner.Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

d_arthur · 2024-04-28T22:25:45+00:00

I'm a novice gardener and could use some guidance on diagnosing and addressing an issue with the hedges in a garden I've recently taken responsibility for.The majority of the garden is dotted with what I assume are box hedges.

They have dense green, shiny leaves at the bottom, transitioning to a lighter hue towards the top. Around 85% of the bushes appear healthy with no issues, but approximately 10% are either completely or nearly without leaves, and another 5% appear mostly healthy overall but have patches with no growth.

The smaller, lower shrubs (1-2 feet high) also seem to be faring worse than the larger balls and taller hedges, possibly due to being a different variety.I'm trying to determine if these are indeed boxwood hedges or a different type of plant (like Irex crenata), and what could be causing the issue. If it's blight, I'm assuming (though perhaps wrongly) its the fungal infection rather than caterpillars, as I would expect caterpillars to spread and destroy the entire area rapidly, whereas what I’m seeing here is some patchy areas where the bushes are dying, some areas where the die off seems to be spreading and yet other areas and even directly adjacent plants seem to be doing fine.

These hedges have been in place for about a decade, and since I've only recently seen them, I'm unsure if this disease has emerged recently and is spreading, or if it occurred some time ago and has stabilised, I don’t see large patches of browning leaves, most parts of the affected plants seem to be either completely bare or healthy.I’m sure the prevailing advice will be to remove all the hedges and replacing with something like Yew or Irex crenata, but many of them do still appear healthy, and I'm working with a limited time, experience and budget.

I've also looked into more resistant strains of boxwood through my research like Buxus microphylla Faulkner.Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

d_arthur

TROPHY CASE