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If a worker uses different apps to do jobs at different sections of the same company, it will be difficult for that company to obtain an accurate grasp of that individual’s working hours.

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Masayuki Numata, a labor law professor at Tokyo’s Hosei University. The increasing popularity of gig work apps, which connect companies with workers for short-term jobs, has created concerns about overwork, inadequate management and labor law violations.

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Or you know, you could have full time employees.

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has created concerns about inadequate management.

HAH, this is a joke right?

Show me a line up of current execs and managers, and I'll point out which ones are inadequate. Immediately start off with the nepos and then go to the useless seniors that are only in top positions because they've been there forever, not because of their skills.

> has created concerns about labor law violations.

really? just check the amount of hours logged and the amount of pay per 60 minutes of any company employee.

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How many gig workers in Japan

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"According to recent data, there are approximately 2.57 million freelancers in Japan, representing nearly 4% of the working population, which can be considered a close estimate to the number of gig workers in the country; with some reports suggesting that around 7-10 million people could be classified as gig workers, making up a significant portion of the "irregular employment" category in Japan. "

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Famous people promoting baito-app are really predators. They're supporting the disintegration of "full-time employment system", promoting unstable employment while they themselves have economic stability only few can have. Worst even, snakes like Takenaka Heizo has his wealth in many of these "job-searching/matching" companies. He's part of the group that wants to destroy full-time employment and make Japan a gig-economy.

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