毎日新聞 The Mainichi – Japan city suspends day care worker for having side job at sex shop ‘to repay student loan’

毎日新聞 The Mainichi – Japan city suspends day care worker for having side job at sex shop ‘to repay student loan’
市が保育士を停職処分 風俗店で副業「学生ローン返済のため」

UTSUNOMIYA — A day care worker here was suspended on Feb. 1 for having a second job at a sex shop “to repay a student loan.”

The Utsunomiya Municipal Government suspended the woman in her 20s from her job at a municipal day care center for three months. She resigned the same day.

According to the municipal government, the woman worked the side job for a total of 69 days in the city and outside Tochigi Prefecture by taking paid leave, earning some 1.55 million yen (about $10,600) in total between April 2021 and December 2023.

An anonymous tip was provided to the city, and she admitted the fact in an interview. She apparently explained that she used the money to repay student debt and for living expenses.

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suspend ～を停職（処分）にする、
repay 返金する
resigne 退職する
paid leave 有給休暇
an anonymous tip 匿名(で提供された)情報、密告
apparently 聞いた情報によると〕どうも～らしい、どうやら～らしい

宇都宮市役所はこの20代の女性を市立保育所の職員から3ヶ月の停職処分にした。同日付で退職した。

同市によると、女性は有給休暇を取得して市内や栃木県外で計69日間副業し、2021年4月から2023年12月までに計約155万円を得ていた。

匿名のタレコミが市に寄せられ、本人は取材に事実を認めた。学生時代の借金返済や生活費に充てたと説明しているようだ。