Career International Inc. operates its fee-charging employment placement business in accordance with Japan’s Employment Security Act and other applicable laws and regulations. We disclose the following information regarding our statutory filings and business operations.
| Business operator | Career International Inc. |
|---|---|
| Type of business | Fee-charging employment placement |
| License number | 13-Yu-040264 |
1. Operating Rules
We have established the following rules for the operation of our employment placement business in accordance with the Employment Security Act.
(1) Acceptance of Recruitment Requests
- As a general rule, we accept all recruitment requests from employers. However, we will not accept a request if its terms violate applicable laws or regulations, or if we consider the wages, working hours or other employment conditions to be significantly inappropriate compared with prevailing employment conditions.
- We may decline a recruitment request if the employer does not disclose the employment conditions when submitting the request, or provides employment conditions that differ from the actual terms.
- Recruitment requests are accepted through our designated recruitment request form or an equivalent method, such as email or an online form.
(2) Acceptance of Job Seeker Registrations
- As a general rule, we accept all registrations from job seekers. However, we will not accept a registration if its contents violate applicable laws or regulations.
- Job seekers may register by submitting our designated registration form or through an equivalent method, such as online registration or submission of a résumé and work history. Interviews are conducted in person or online.
(3) Employment Placement
- We seek to introduce job opportunities that best match each job seeker’s preferences, skills, experience and suitability with the employer’s recruitment requirements.
- We do not introduce job seekers to workplaces where a strike or lockout is in progress.
- We disclose the wages, working hours and other employment conditions of each job opportunity to job seekers in writing or by electronic means.
(4) Other Provisions
- We do not discriminate in employment placement on the basis of race, nationality, beliefs, gender, social status, family origin, previous occupation, trade union membership or similar grounds.
- We do not collect fees or any other payments from job seekers, regardless of how such payments are described.
- We handle personal information appropriately in accordance with Section 2, “Handling of Personal Information,” below.
2. Handling of Personal Information
We handle the personal information of job seekers and employers in our employment placement business as follows, in accordance with the Act on the Protection of Personal Information and the Employment Security Act.
- We collect and use personal information only to the extent necessary for employment placement services, including introducing job seekers to employers and job opportunities to job seekers, communicating with them and performing related activities. We do not disclose personal information to third parties without the individual’s consent, except as provided by law.
- Before providing a job seeker’s personal information to an employer, we obtain the individual’s consent and limit disclosure to information necessary for the placement.
- We implement necessary and appropriate security measures, including access controls, to prevent the leakage, loss or damage of personal information.
- We regularly provide employees with education and training on the handling of personal information to ensure its proper management.
- We appoint a person responsible for the handling of personal information to ensure that it is managed appropriately.
- We respond in good faith and in accordance with applicable laws to individuals’ requests for disclosure, correction or suspension of use of their personal information, as well as to related inquiries.
For further details on how we handle personal information, please refer to our Personal Information Protection Policy (Privacy Policy).
3. Placement Fees
The fees for our fee-charging employment placement services are set out below in accordance with Article 32-3 of the Employment Security Act and its Enforcement Regulations.
(1) Fees Charged to Job Seekers
We do not charge job seekers any fees, regardless of how such fees are described.
(2) Fees Charged to Employers
Recruitment request acceptance fee: We do not charge a fee for accepting a recruitment request.
Placement fee (under a filed fee schedule): When a job seeker enters into an employment contract as a result of our introduction, we charge the employer the placement fee set out below.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Fee category | Fees under a filed fee schedule (a schedule of fees filed with the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare) |
| Fee amount | 35% of the remuneration payable to the placed candidate during the first year of employment (Expected Annual Remuneration), excluding consumption tax |
| Applicable occupations | All occupations within the scope of occupations handled by our business |
| Billing date | The placed candidate’s first day of employment |
| Payment deadline | By the end of the month following the month in which employment begins |
(3) Calculation of Expected Annual Remuneration
Expected Annual Remuneration means the anticipated remuneration payable during the first year of employment, as agreed between the employer and the job seeker when the employment contract is concluded. It is calculated as the sum of the following:
- Monthly base salary × 12 months
- Bonuses (based on the previous year’s actual payments or the scheduled payment amount)
- Allowances, including position, job responsibility, housing, family and fixed overtime allowances
Commuting allowances, retirement benefits and similar payments are excluded. Where an annual salary arrangement applies, the agreed annual salary is used as the Expected Annual Remuneration.
(4) Other Provisions
- Placement fees must be paid by bank transfer to our designated bank account. The employer is responsible for bank transfer charges.
- If the employment placement agreement between the employer and our company provides otherwise, the terms of that agreement apply. However, the fee amount stated above remains the maximum.
- Refunds of placement fees are governed by Section 4, “Placement Fee Refund Policy,” below.
4. Placement Fee Refund Policy
We have established the following placement fee refund policy in accordance with Article 32-16, paragraph 3 of the Employment Security Act.
(1) Availability of a Refund Policy
A placement fee refund policy is available.
(2) Refund Terms
If a candidate placed by us leaves employment less than three months after their first day of employment for either of the reasons below, we will refund part of the placement fee received from the employer at the rate shown in the table, according to the length of employment.
- Voluntary resignation for personal reasons
- Dismissal for reasons attributable to the employee
| Period from the first day of employment to the final day of employment | Refund amount |
|---|---|
| Less than 3 months | 50% of the placement fee |
| 3 months or longer | No refund |
(3) Exclusions
No refund will be made in any of the following circumstances:
- The employee leaves due to dismissal for reasons attributable to the employer, a request by the employer to resign, or the employer’s decision not to renew the employment contract.
- The employee leaves because the actual employment conditions differ from those disclosed by the employer when submitting the recruitment request.
- The employee leaves due to unpaid wages, harassment, legal violations or other circumstances attributable to the employer.
- The placement fee has not been paid by the specified payment deadline.
- We have not been notified within the time limit specified in subsection (4), “Refund Procedure,” below.
(4) Refund Procedure
- The employer must notify us using our designated written form or by email within 14 days of becoming aware that the employee has left employment.
- After verifying the notification, we will transfer the refund to the employer’s designated bank account by the end of the month following the month in which we receive the notification. We will bear the bank transfer charges.
- The refund is calculated on the basis of the placement fee received, excluding consumption tax. The corresponding amount of consumption tax is then added to the refund.
(5) Other Provisions
- The refund policy applies only once per placement.
- If the employment placement agreement between the employer and our company provides otherwise, the terms of that agreement apply.
Established: January 7, 2026
Career International Inc.