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[Francis Hult]

The Japan Times



Suit over dismissal to tackle thorny issue of language teachers’ employment status



In the picture, Brkic is a fresh-faced young man in his early 30s (he is 44 now), immaculately dressed in a well-pressed suit and tie — a poster boy, almost, for foreign language-school teachers in Japan.



But those were happier times.



Now the idea of being part of the “ICC family” has taken on a dark, bitter irony for Brkic, whose employment at the company was suddenly terminated after 22 years of service.



Full story:
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/14/issues/suit-over-dismissal-to-tackle-thorny-issue-of-language-teachers-employment-status/#.U2Ckd-9ZodU
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