A foreign reader writes: "My husband is working for a company that has branches in Shinagawa, Narita and Ibaraki. He used to work at the Shinagawa branch, and then he was forced to move to the Narita branch.
"The owner of the company only gave us two weeks' notice to move to Narita. I lost my teaching job in Tokyo and my son lost his opportunity to go to a nursery there, too. In addition, the company did not pay the expenses for us to move to Narita. However, the company owner told my husband that he would lose his job if he did not move."
It must have been tough to pack up and move house in just two weeks — especially as it seriously affected your job and your child's day care arrangements. That said, the type of order your husband received is very common in Japan. So, the question is: Is the company's order to transfer legal?