Abstract
Plaintiff X, who had a fixed-term employment contract with defendant company Y1, began working under an additional labor contract with company A and subsequently developed a mental illness. Y1 notified X of the termination of their labor contract. In response, X filed a lawsuit seeking confirmation of the invalidity of the dismissal by Y1, as well as claiming damages on the grounds that the company’s failure to properly address the power harassment they experienced constituted a tort. The court dismissed all of X’s claims (X was certified as having suffered an occupational injury on November 30, 2015). This analysis is based on the Osaka District Court’s written judgment (as published in “Rodo Hanrei” No. 1257).
