Yamato to hire 9,000 more workers to reduce overtime

My friend at Sagawa works from 7 to 7 every day. It'd be nice to have it shortened to 8 hours.

I've lived in quite a few prefectures and I must say nearly ten times out of ten that Kuroneko guys/gals are courteous and polite (and strong! I was astounded when a tall skinny middle-aged gal deftly carried a thirty kilo bag while smiling and chatting.). Disgusted to find out Yamato didn't pay their hardworking employees overtime but good to know they are trying to lessen the load by hiring more. Their peons deserve a good raise and time off!

I think this is great news. I feel like a lot of companies could follow the lead here

Step 1. Get the right number of employees to eliminate over time

Step 2. Establish a workday and work-style that would attract more mothers into the work place

Step 3. Japan solves MANY problems. More women in full time jobs decreases labor shortage, dual income families raise the family income, family spending increases, and fathers begin to spend more time with their children.

BOOM!

The sharp increase over the previous year will lead to substantially greater personnel costs,

My math might be rusty, but overtime is paid at around 1.4x normal rate, so hiring someone else would save the company money, no? Oh, wait... Are we talking about "service" overtime?

This is good news and an example to other Japanese companies, which are so dystopian that when they do the right thing, it sounds like something from "The Onion".

"Overworked company employs more staff"

"Peckish dad makes a sandwich"

"Woman takes frisky dog for a walk" etc. etc.

@Dan Lewis Yamato wasn't paying overtime and I think most of the drivers would for the most part rather work their shift rather than go for an extra hour or two or three for free. It's the time-for-me-to-clock-out-but-I've-still-got-to-deliver-these-parcels-and-my-work-ethic-/-conscious-won't-let-me-leave-it-for-tomorrow mentality that Yamato and other Japanese companies expect from their employees. Even with the overtime pay, I'm thinking most would rather just go home or hit the bars rather than work, work, work.

sell their shares.  without unpaid overtime their margins will decline dramatically.  unless they raise prices.  which will be good for inflation.  hurrah for Abenomics.

Yes, and where are they going to find 9200 workers. They need to start recruiting outside of Japan.

The LDP has known about the current labor shortage crisis for decades now and done little to help resolve it.

Comes from when your focus is on the 1970s and not the 2010s.

A total of 4,200 employees will be hired in permanent and nonpermanent positions, with another 5,000 people hired as part-timers

non permanent isnt part time?

I guess its a step in the right direction.

within its group

as in internal only?

Wage theft is wrong.