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<p>The Japan Times</p>
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<p>Suit over dismissal to tackle thorny issue of language teachers’ employment status</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>But those were happier times.</p>
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<p>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.</p>
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<p>Full story:<br>
<a href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/14/issues/suit-over-dismissal-to-tackle-thorny-issue-of-language-teachers-employment-status/#.U2Ckd-9ZodU">http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2014/04/14/issues/suit-over-dismissal-to-tackle-thorny-issue-of-language-teachers-employment-status/#.U2Ckd-9ZodU</a></p>
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