January 15, 2015
Nearly half of the workers in public childcare centers in Tokyo are non-regular workers, a recently released survey showed.
Meisei University Professor Kakiuchi Kunimitsu in 2013 sent questionnaires to all 62 municipalities in Tokyo and received responses from 31 of them.
According to the survey results, the ratio of non-regular workers to all workers in childcare facilities stood at 44.7%. The ratio exceeded 50% in 12 municipalities and the highest reported was 70.8%.
Regarding wages, only two municipalities offered pay raises to non-regular employees and only four municipalities granted bonuses.
Kakiuchi also surveyed 5,510 non-regular workers in public childcare centers in nine wards and two cities with the help of a municipal workers’ union in Tokyo and 3,632 of them responded. The survey results showed that 81.6% of the respondents earned less than two million yen in 2012.
Kakiuchi Kunimitsu pointed out that most non-regular workers in local governments are working under unstable employment conditions with low wages, which may be a major factor in the increase of the category of working poor. Better working conditions for these workers are essential to provide better care services for children, he added.
Meisei University Professor Kakiuchi Kunimitsu in 2013 sent questionnaires to all 62 municipalities in Tokyo and received responses from 31 of them.
According to the survey results, the ratio of non-regular workers to all workers in childcare facilities stood at 44.7%. The ratio exceeded 50% in 12 municipalities and the highest reported was 70.8%.
Regarding wages, only two municipalities offered pay raises to non-regular employees and only four municipalities granted bonuses.
Kakiuchi also surveyed 5,510 non-regular workers in public childcare centers in nine wards and two cities with the help of a municipal workers’ union in Tokyo and 3,632 of them responded. The survey results showed that 81.6% of the respondents earned less than two million yen in 2012.
Kakiuchi Kunimitsu pointed out that most non-regular workers in local governments are working under unstable employment conditions with low wages, which may be a major factor in the increase of the category of working poor. Better working conditions for these workers are essential to provide better care services for children, he added.
