1) Growing concerns over labor unrest with the implementation of enterprise-level multiple unions system More confusion with attempts to set up new labor unions led by upper-level unions & Structural change of collective bargaining. With multiple unions allowed on… Continue Reading
Overall industrial relations remain stable except prolonged disputes in some workplaces Industrial relations have been stable recently, but the number of lost work days has increased year-on-year due to prolonged disputes in some workplaces. 【 Table 1 】 Number… Continue Reading
Newspapers and the broadcast media often report senior corporate executives’ remarks, such as “We cannot recognize any trade union” or “It is impossible to do business because of trade unions”. What legal problem is there with such a remark that… Continue Reading
As for problems with in-house subcontracting, MOEL is due to conduct a survey to find out the current state, and labor circles are trying to organize in-house subcontracted workers and expand its legal action. All this would worsen instability in… Continue Reading
Struggle to re-amend Trade Union Act starts in earnest As the Ministry of Employment and Labor (MOEL) sticks to its principle of not accepting any re-amendment to the Trade Union and Labor Relations Adjustment Act (Trade Union Act), the two… Continue Reading
Opposition parties and the two main umbrella unions keep pushing political parties to make an union-biased intervention into industrial relations issues arising in individual companies. Since March five opposition parties have tried to politicize five major labor issues in individual… Continue Reading
Mr. Lim, president of company A, a small ice cream manufacturer, is worried as summer approaches. Every July and August, the company receives so many orders that its employees have to work overtime. However, in October when there are only… Continue Reading