Companies hesitate to convert nonregular workers into regular employees because once they hire them, they have to keep them forever.

Companies hesitate to convert nonregular workers into regular employees because once they hire them, they have to keep them forever.

Sort of like the LDP with their gerontocrats sleeping in the Diet. Why not have stronger labor protections for contract workers and similar benefits to regular staff?

Digital transformation minister Taro Kono, who will run in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, expressing his willingness to ease regulations related to the dismissal of corporate employees.

The more I know about Kono, the worse my opinion gets.

Sort of like the LDP with their gerontocrats sleeping in the Diet. Why not have stronger labor protections for contract workers and similar benefits to regular staff?

Exactly!

The more I know about Kono, the worse my opinion gets.

LDP is LDP. They have been screwing people for decades, and the goldfish in this country keep voting them back in.

That’s true, and it’s putting a big drag on wages, which is the Japanese economy’s biggest problem. I don’t think it happens in any other country. Job-hopping workers can’t move up the career ladder and get better pay, while people can’t quit to use their free time to upgrade their certifications and other qualifications. The result is corporate labor stagnation.

Japan is stuck with a mix of 'job for life, regardless' and 'part time, low wage and disposable'. The result is toxic for all.

It needs fixing. Employees need to be able to seek out better jobs, forcing companies to compete for their skills with better conditions and higher wages, whilst employers need flexibility as their operations change.

Will anything change? Probably not.

empty talk of empty suit.

dono-kono or whoever from LDP-no positive changes in sight

they have to keep them forever.

orrrrrrr, maybe hire and fire people based on work performance?

Get rid of the dead weight when necessary?

maybe not have nepotism?

and definitely don't hire ONLY during the March-April season.

Ohhh, and here I thought it was because they have to pay bonuses and other stuffs to the regular employees...

No that is not the case, it is a question of fully realising the need importance to reform restructure employment law to achieve an even playing field.

That third arrow!!

Remember.

I have always told the bosses what I want and I usual get it. I never take up permanent a position I prefer to be employed as casual. It a higher rate and I take holidays when I want not when the bosses want. I can walk out into a better paying position at any time. I give the bosses till the end of the day to respond if they want to pay better than the new job offer.

That third arrow!!

It's mostly up to the private sector. But most don't want to make the changes.