Gov't eyes banning dispatch of temp staff for jobs of 30 days or less

Monday 28th July, 05:21 AM JST

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tkoind2 at 09:57 AM JST - 28th July

The whole Temp worker situation is long term harmful for workers. They need to do more to protect the welfare of temp workers who work for long periods too.
westurn at 10:11 AM JST - 28th July

This idea sucks rocks ! Why punish the workers, many of whom would gladly do dispatch work for a few weeks or so ? This is not the solution ! The solution is to simply uphold the law that clearly states that anyone dispatched to the same place/position for more than a year must be hired on as a full time employee ! In short, if the company likes your work ethic... they should offer you a job !
gogogo at 11:34 AM JST - 28th July

Temp workers are everywhere in Japan, it's a way to have staff and not pay them all their needs like medical etc.

I've seen staff working for companies for 10+ years as "temp staff", It might hurt business but people need to become before profit, the government should really shake this up.
thepro at 12:10 PM JST - 28th July

Yeah, it's pretty bad over here and there needs to be a lot more done.
Apsara at 01:21 PM JST - 28th July

What about short term jobs, like for events etc. that only last a few days or less? Are they covered under a different law? I have done that kind of thing as extra work, I would be annoyed if it was banned. What they need to ban is long-term work with temp conditions, not short-term work- they've got it the wrong way around.
cleo at 01:29 PM JST - 28th July

People working for a living obviously need more job security than the temp agencies offer at present, but banning short-term work would have a bad effect on people such as students whose schedules don't allow them to stick with a regular baito job. I know several students who use these agencies - they call in whenever they're free, and take whatever work is available that day.
noborito at 02:48 PM JST - 28th July

Apsara, yes temp workers and day workers are very different.
some14some at 03:07 PM JST - 28th July

Make it alteast 90 days, 30 days too short. It is a pity, Japanese workers are sincere and hard working, they should be hired on permanent basis.
PepinGalarga at 03:12 PM JST - 28th July

if day workers and temp workers are different, then its okay. but if not, then j-gov is really shooting themselves in the foot.

i do agree with enforcing the 1 year rule to become full-time.

in Japan, there's no unions as far as I know, and employers have all the power. There is lifetime employment, but still that system has been proven to suck big time, and lead to stagnation.
Zen_Builder at 03:18 PM JST - 28th July

I agree with the 30 days limit, 30 days = 1 month. We are talking here temp-staff not day-laborers. I think the distinction got lost in the translation again.

In short what the goverment is trying to prevent is using agencies from claiming day-laborers as temp-staff. Very different tax and employment brackets for the agencies. Send a guy of on a 30 day contract = big bucks not matter if he only was 17 days on site.

Also very different for unemployment/tax benefits.

Yeah, some will get hurt and some will benefit by the new ruling.
Zen_Builder at 03:41 PM JST - 28th July

Actually quiet a few unions in japan.

Like the one for salaried employees, etc. But most are fairly small and thus wield little power. Most people don't know about them though.

Wasn't there a Union for english teachers(Nova, etc) too.
WMD at 09:17 PM JST - 28th July

How about the J government doing something about enforcing existing labor laws re shakai hoken which I've heard many companies wangle out of playing. And forcing companies to pay for every minute of overtime. But they won't do that will they?? "Unions" in japan are a total joke. They are just pathetic.
westurn at 01:28 AM JST - 29th July

WMD... I totally agree !

"How about the J government doing something about enforcing existing labor laws"

Lets start by insisting that all sponsoring companies here at Japantoday abide by Japanese labor law ! Including... paying shakai hoken and allowing part timers to be hired by companies after one year of service. So how about it Geos ! Interac ! Gaba !!! According to union websites these are all in violation of various labor laws ! Why doesn't the J gov shut em down like they did Nova ??? No secret here... the eikaiwa industry is the least regulated in Japan. And I for one am ashamed that Japantoday accepts their money for advertising... please stop ! Try McDonalds ! At least they "try" to follow the laws !