The period between October 2008 and this June will see 4,955 employers shed 269,790 nonregular jobs, […]
Being a temp comes with a number of drawbacks: a lack of job security, often low […]
The labor ministry last month asked an advisory body to discuss possible revisions to the law […]
Labor bill loopholes may let manufacturers still have ‘disposable’ ranks The Hatoyama administration is working on […]
The second coming of Haken Mura (dispatched workers’ village), temporary holiday accommodation for Japan’s growing number […]
An advisory panel to the labor minister issued a report Monday recommending that staffing agencies be […]
The global recession that started in autumn last year has dramatically highlighted the vulnerability of temporary […]
To help those most vulnerable in economic downturns, the labor ministry decided to ban, in principle, […]
Japan saw the number of temporary workers rise by 4.6 percent in fiscal 2008, a survey […]
A labor union of foreign workers requested Monday that the Aichi prefectural board of education address […]