Gov't to disclose names of firms canceling job offers this spring

Thursday 08th January, 07:00 AM JST

TOKYO —

The government is expected to disclose the names of companies that cancel job offers to students as early as this spring, providing the companies meet certain criteria, officials said Wednesday. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will revise relevant ordinances within this month to publish the names of companies that have already canceled job offers for this spring and meet one of five conditions, as approved by the ministry’s advisory Labor Policy Council on Wednesday, they said.

Names of firms would be published as a form of punishment if they cancel job offers for a second straight year, rescind 10 or more offers in a year, fail to indicate their business difficulties, specify no reason for cancellation or provide no help for affected students to find alternative employment, they said. A company that has retracted 10 or more job offers in a year may not be liable for such disclosure if it secures alternative jobs for affected students.

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13 Comments

some14some at 08:26 AM JST - 8th January

That will be good free advertisement for such firms and bad ad for LDP for siding with those firms. Govt seems least concerned about jobless/homeless people.
NeoJamal at 08:49 AM JST - 8th January

Govt seems least concerned about jobless/homeless people.

Cheap and superficial solutions. If many people like you can vote, their missions is complete.
cracaphat at 10:19 AM JST - 8th January

The point of the name dropping is.... ?
medievaltimes at 10:45 AM JST - 8th January

Names of firms would be published as a form of punishment

Can we stop with all the child-like behaviors?

How about financial penalties? Wouldn't that bring about the desired behaviors more effectively? Or how about hiring people a few months before they start their jobs instead of a year or more before?
medievaltimes at 10:45 AM JST - 8th January

Names of firms would be published as a form of punishment

Can we stop with all the child-like behaviors?

How about financial penalties? Wouldn't that bring about the desired behaviors more effectively? Or how about hiring people a few months before they start their jobs instead of a year or more before?
Scrote at 11:06 AM JST - 8th January

It's a good idea to name the companies so that future students won't waste their time applying to them for jobs.
soldave at 11:09 AM JST - 8th January

Is there any reasoning at all to them doing this?
pointofview at 11:55 AM JST - 8th January

This idea is ok. Imagine an individual cancelling something or changing their ideas without any reason...They would be hung out to dry. Let`s finally hear some legitimacy for corporations actions. They should do their best to keep their word and not just say see you later.
pointofview at 11:55 AM JST - 8th January

oops! I meant changing their decisions.
GW at 02:57 PM JST - 8th January

Wonder if the same govt will publish a list of their employees that got caught stealing my tax yen setting up slush funds, eating/boozing etc etc, yeahhhhhhhhhhhhh thought not
pointofview at 03:59 PM JST - 8th January

GW

That would be good too.
sharky1 at 07:09 PM JST - 8th January

Wow...I wonder if I can get in on some of this free advertising?
Englishesquire at 12:43 PM JST - 13th January

I think it is a good start. How about naming firms that try to offshore jobs for people in wheelchairs to countries they could not possibly survive in and when they refuse they get coerced into resigning.