November 11, 2009
Japanese Communist Party representative Nihi Sohei in the Diet demanded that the government take tougher measures against companies that refuse to directly hire temporary workers by ending their illegal use, including disclosure of the names of such firms.
At the House of Councilors Budget Committee meeting on November 10, Nihi said to Prime Minister Hatoyama Yukio that the government should be tough on companies that are destroying the job market.
A Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare survey shows that 244,000 non-regular workers are expected to be forced out of work by the end of this year, a sharp increase from about 5,000 in October 2008.
Temporary workers who have been illegally treated as independent contractors are demanding that the Labor Bureau instruct companies to end such illegal labor practices and place them under direct employment. But many companies are defiantly refusing to admit to wrongdoing.
Nihi cited HARISON TOSHIBA LIGHTING Corporation based in Imabari City in Ehime Prefecture and NEC Semiconductors Kyushu-Yamaguchi based in Kumamoto Prefecture as examples of corporations that have rejected the Labor Bureau reccomendations.
The government should direct such corporations to reemploy workers without a term of employment and disclose their names unless they do so, Nihi stated.
Asked by Nihi to take the initiative to force companies to end the illegal use of temporary workers and drastically revise the Worker Dispatch Law, Hatoyama answered that his government will further instruct corporations to increase direct employment of workers to help ameliorate the deteriorating employment situation.
Nihi also demanded that the budget committee summon representatives of major corporations and business circles to hold meaningful discussions regarding their social responsibilities.
- Akahata, November 11, 2009
A Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare survey shows that 244,000 non-regular workers are expected to be forced out of work by the end of this year, a sharp increase from about 5,000 in October 2008.
Temporary workers who have been illegally treated as independent contractors are demanding that the Labor Bureau instruct companies to end such illegal labor practices and place them under direct employment. But many companies are defiantly refusing to admit to wrongdoing.
Nihi cited HARISON TOSHIBA LIGHTING Corporation based in Imabari City in Ehime Prefecture and NEC Semiconductors Kyushu-Yamaguchi based in Kumamoto Prefecture as examples of corporations that have rejected the Labor Bureau reccomendations.
The government should direct such corporations to reemploy workers without a term of employment and disclose their names unless they do so, Nihi stated.
Asked by Nihi to take the initiative to force companies to end the illegal use of temporary workers and drastically revise the Worker Dispatch Law, Hatoyama answered that his government will further instruct corporations to increase direct employment of workers to help ameliorate the deteriorating employment situation.
Nihi also demanded that the budget committee summon representatives of major corporations and business circles to hold meaningful discussions regarding their social responsibilities.
- Akahata, November 11, 2009
