Oidashi-beya (追い出し部屋): the chasing-out room. The common name for a department where a company gathers employees targeted for cuts who have not accepted early retirement, which is said to push them to resign of their own accord. The term spread after an Asahi Shimbun feature dated December 31, 2012.
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare first examined five companies, Panasonic, Sharp, Sony, NEC and Asahi Mutual Life. In its report of January 29, 2013, it found no case that was clearly an illegal forced resignation. It warned all companies that pressing employees persistently to resign can be a tort under the Civil Code.