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A group of users of Timee's short-term job app are suing the Japanese staffing service over last-minute cancellations of "spot work" contracts, which they argue are illegal. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/22/japan/crime-legal/spot-work-app-lawsuit/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #crimelegal #japanesecourts #timee #nonregularworkers #jobs #apps

President Lee Jae-myung criticizes South Korea's two-year fixed-term employment law as effectively becoming an employment ban, calling for practical alternatives while proposing collective bargaining rights for small business owners at KCTU meeting
#YonhapInfomax #FixedTermEmploymentLaw #LaborMarketReform #NonRegularWorkers #CollectiveBargaining #SmallBusinessOwners #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=114863

President Lee Jae-myung criticizes South Korea's two-year fixed-term employment law as effectively becoming an employment ban, calling for practical alternatives while proposing collective bargaining rights for small business owners at KCTU meeting
#YonhapInfomax #FixedTermEmploymentLaw #LaborMarketReform #NonRegularWorkers #CollectiveBargaining #SmallBusinessOwners #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=114863

President Lee Jae-myung criticizes South Korea's two-year fixed-term employment law as effectively becoming an employment ban, calling for practical alternatives while proposing collective bargaining rights for small business owners at KCTU meeting
#YonhapInfomax #FixedTermEmploymentLaw #LaborMarketReform #NonRegularWorkers #CollectiveBargaining #SmallBusinessOwners #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=114863

President Lee Jae-myung criticizes South Korea's two-year fixed-term employment law as effectively becoming an employment ban, calling for practical alternatives while proposing collective bargaining rights for small business owners at KCTU meeting
#YonhapInfomax #FixedTermEmploymentLaw #LaborMarketReform #NonRegularWorkers #CollectiveBargaining #SmallBusinessOwners #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=114863

The government Friday adopted a support program for the so-called employment "ice age" generation, planning to implement assistance measures intensively over three years through fiscal 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/10/japan/ice-age-generation-support-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japaneseeconomy #nonregularworkers #poverty #retirement #socialwelfare #jobs

The government Friday adopted a support program for the so-called employment "ice age" generation, planning to implement assistance measures intensively over three years through fiscal 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/10/japan/ice-age-generation-support-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japaneseeconomy #nonregularworkers #poverty #retirement #socialwelfare #jobs

The government Friday adopted a support program for the so-called employment "ice age" generation, planning to implement assistance measures intensively over three years through fiscal 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/10/japan/ice-age-generation-support-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japaneseeconomy #nonregularworkers #poverty #retirement #socialwelfare #jobs

The government Friday adopted a support program for the so-called employment "ice age" generation, planning to implement assistance measures intensively over three years through fiscal 2028. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/10/japan/ice-age-generation-support-program/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #japaneseeconomy #nonregularworkers #poverty #retirement #socialwelfare #jobs

More and more older people in Japan are taking up short-term resort jobs, particularly those with accommodation included, as they embark on their "second life" post-retirement. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/30/japan/society/older-people-resort-jobs/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #jobs #elderly #tourism #nonregularworkers

President Lee Jae-myung called for public institutions to pay non-regular workers fair wages above the minimum, stressing the government's role in setting a standard for equitable compensation.
#YonhapInfomax #MinimumWage #PresidentLee #PublicInstitutions #NonRegularWorkers #FairPay #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=94552

President Lee Jae-myung called for public institutions to pay non-regular workers fair wages above the minimum, stressing the government's role in setting a standard for equitable compensation.
#YonhapInfomax #MinimumWage #PresidentLee #PublicInstitutions #NonRegularWorkers #FairPay #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=94552

President Lee Jae-myung called for public institutions to pay non-regular workers fair wages above the minimum, stressing the government's role in setting a standard for equitable compensation.
#YonhapInfomax #MinimumWage #PresidentLee #PublicInstitutions #NonRegularWorkers #FairPay #Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=94552

Japan’s tight labor market has led more companies to relax their rules, such as those concerning employees' hair and nail polish color, in order to attract and retain workers. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/11/17/companies/japan-workers-rules-relaxed/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jobs #hairdressing #nonregularworkers

South Korea's non-regular workforce hit a record 8.57 million in August, with the wage gap versus regular employees widening to an all-time high of 1.81 million won ($1,330) per month, according to official data.
#YonhapInfomax
#NonRegularWorkers #WageGap #NationalDataOffice #EmploymentStatistics #MonthlyWage
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=86717

South Korea's non-regular workforce hit a record 8.57 million in August, with the wage gap versus regular employees widening to an all-time high of 1.81 million won ($1,330) per month, according to official data.
#YonhapInfomax
#NonRegularWorkers #WageGap #NationalDataOffice #EmploymentStatistics #MonthlyWage
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=86717

South Korea's non-regular workforce hit a record 8.57 million in August, with the wage gap versus regular employees widening to an all-time high of 1.81 million won ($1,330) per month, according to official data.
#YonhapInfomax
#NonRegularWorkers #WageGap #NationalDataOffice #EmploymentStatistics #MonthlyWage
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=86717

South Korea's non-regular workforce hit a record 8.57 million in August, with the wage gap versus regular employees widening to an all-time high of 1.81 million won ($1,330) per month, according to official data.
#YonhapInfomax
#NonRegularWorkers #WageGap #NationalDataOffice #EmploymentStatistics #MonthlyWage
#Economics #FinancialMarkets #Banking #Securities #Bonds #StockMarket
https://en.infomaxai.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=86717

Japanese companies are tackling the difficult task of hiring more disabled people as the statutory minimum employment rate for the disabled will be lifted to 2.7% next July from 2.5% at present. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/09/12/companies/companies-disability-employment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #disability #kirin #fastretailing #nomura #jobs #nonregularworkers

Miho Koshiba, cofounder of Midori.so, wants to create a more enjoyable environment for today’s creatives and professionals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/06/28/our-lives/miho-koshiba-midoriso/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #coworkingspace #jobs #workstylereform #nonregularworkers #freelance #freelanceemployment

Parliament on Friday enacted a revised pension reform bill that calls for a measure to shore up basic pension benefits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/13/japan/politics/pension-reform-bill-enactment/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #pensions #socialwelfare #diet #nonregularworkers

The government adopted a basic framework for measures to support members of what is known as the “Employment Ice Age” generation, who had trouble finding work after graduating from school between around 1993 and 2004. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/06/03/japan/politics/ice-age-boost-support/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #jobs #socialwelfare #nonregularworkers #poverty #retirement #hikikomori

Japan's "employment ice age generation," who entered the job market from around 1993 to 2004 when it was difficult to find jobs, might end up in poverty in retirement even if they fully receive basic pension benefits. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/05/07/japan/society/ice-age-generation-pensions/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #jobs #pensions #socialwelfare #nonregularworkers #poverty

Faced with economic hardship, "time poverty" and social isolation, single parents in Japan are struggling to raise their kids, according to a survey by a nonprofit that provides financial aid to children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/society/ashinaga-survey-poverty-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #highschools #poverty #children #ashinaga #wages #nonregularworkers #parenthood

Faced with economic hardship, "time poverty" and social isolation, single parents in Japan are struggling to raise their kids, according to a survey by a nonprofit that provides financial aid to children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/society/ashinaga-survey-poverty-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #highschools #poverty #children #ashinaga #wages #nonregularworkers #parenthood

Faced with economic hardship, "time poverty" and social isolation, single parents in Japan are struggling to raise their kids, according to a survey by a nonprofit that provides financial aid to children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/society/ashinaga-survey-poverty-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #highschools #poverty #children #ashinaga #wages #nonregularworkers #parenthood

Faced with economic hardship, "time poverty" and social isolation, single parents in Japan are struggling to raise their kids, according to a survey by a nonprofit that provides financial aid to children. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/society/ashinaga-survey-poverty-orphan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #highschools #poverty #children #ashinaga #wages #nonregularworkers #parenthood

Customer harassment is driving Japan’s part-time workers to quit fast, with 34.2% of companies surveyed seeing employees leaving within a month of starting work. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/23/japan/customer-harassment-quit-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #customerharassment #surveys #nonregularworkers #jobs

Japan plans to have a wider range of part-time workers join the employee pension program by changing some rules. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/21/japan/pension-part-timers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #nonregularworkers #pensions

The government is preparing to scrap the ¥1.06 million annual income threshold for part-timers to join the kosei nenkin employee pension program in October 2026. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/08/japan/society/japan-pension-reform-talks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #pensions #socialwelfare #nonregularworkers #wages #jobs

Japan isn't unique in having a thick glass ceiling, with women earning 25% less than men, but some factors don't apply to other countries the same way. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2024/03/06/japan/women-work-glass-ceiling-japan-us/ #commentary #japan #women #women039sissues #us #japaneseeconomy #jobs #nonregularworkers #laborlaws #maternityleave #children #parenthood

The ranks of "spot workers" — who engage in work during their free time, balancing it with their primary jobs and household responsibilities — are increasing rapidly in Japan. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2023/12/04/japan-spot-workers-increase/?utm_content=bufferdca0c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #business #jobs #hotels #restaurants #nonregularworkers

The government wants to promote reskilling, but this won't help nonregular workers get better jobs if hiring practices don't change. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2023/11/29/japan/reskilling-economic-stimulus-package/?utm_content=buffer59d6f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #commentary #japan #jobs #nonregularworkers #japaneseeconomy #women039sissues #parenthood #wages

The income gap among households in Japan has remained close to the record-high disparity logged in 2014, a government survey conducted in 2021 showed Tuesday, with the pandemic likely having hit temporary workers hard. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/23/japan/households-income-gap/?utm_content=buffer7a0d5&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #japan #surveys #wages #elderly #nonregularworkers