Enrollment of Japanese social insurance and labour insurance for a Japan Representative Office.

We can support enrolling the social insurance and labor insurance with English procedures.

Representative offices are also compulsory to enroll in labour insurance (employment insurance and worker's compensation insurance).

If you hire workers, even a representative office of a foreign corporation without corporate registration must enroll in labour insurance (employment insurance and worker's compensation insurance).

(In case the employee is a single representative.)
* According to the Labour Standards Inspection Office, if the representative is also expected to be a worker, "workmen's accident insurance will be established and the representative's occupational accident and commuting accident will be covered." (by our partner social insurance labour consultant.)
However, when an occupational accident or commuting accident actually occurs, unlike the judgment of the Labour Standards Inspection Office, which recognised that there was a worker at the time of initial enrollment and established a notification, the labour standards that determine the certification of the accident. In the view of the person in charge of the inspection station, there is a fear that the concern that the existence of workers will be denied is not zero. For example, if there is a difference from the initial notification situation and the current situation is "no worker". At the time of enrollment, the social insurance labour consultant who is in charge of notification will interview the representative about the worker's nature and confirm "whether or not he is a worker" an then iIt will be submitted.
Anuhow the representative is not covered by the employment insurance.

(When there are two or more employees.)
*If the representative is a worker, he or she can enroll in the national (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare) industrial accident insurance together with the second and subsequent employees. The second and subsequent employees are eligible for the workers' compensation insurance (labour accident insurance + employment insurance), but the representative is not covered by the employment insurance.
*If the representative does not have the nature of a worker, he or she cannot enroll in the National Industrial Accident Insurance (Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare). However, if certain requirements are met, the representative may also be able to join the industrial accident insurance administration association as a special member. Whether or not it is actually applicable will be determined by an interview with a social insurance labour consultant.
In addition, if an occupational accident actually occurs, the concern about whether or not you are a worker at that time is the same as in the case of industrial accident insurance in the above country.
Again, the representatives cannot enroll in the employment insurance.

Representative offices can voluntarily enroll in social insurance (health insurance and welfare pension).

(When there are two or more employees)
A representative office of a foreign corporation that is not registered as a corporation can also enroll in the social insurance by appointing a representative as a deemed business owner. Even in this case, the representative cannot join.

Procedures for enrolling in labour insurance and social insurance for representative offices.

Our partner social insurance labor consultant (English speaking) will support you. For inquiries, please inquire from the orange button below.