Some companies have increased the wages of contract employees before the introduction of "equal pay for equal work"

Companies that increased wages of contract employees before the introduction of "equal pay for equal work" also had their wages increased on January 28 at 20:01

"Equal pay for same work", which prohibits unreasonable differences in the treatment of regular and non-regular employees, will begin in April. Some companies have increased the wages of contract employees to the level of full-time employees working on the same terms before the introduction.

Logistics giant Nippon Express has approximately 40,000 employees, including non-regular workers, such as truck drivers and warehouse workers.

Prior to the introduction of the same pay for equal work, the company raised the wage of approximately 6,000 contract employees who have the same work as regular employees full-time from April last year to the same level as regular employees who do not transfer with relocation. Was.

Specifically, contract employees who have been with the company for more than three years will be employed as regular employees, while contract employees who have been with the company for less than three years will have the same salary system as regular employees, with bonuses twice a year in summer and winter. We decided to provide the same standard as regular employees.

As a result of these measures, personnel expenses are expected to increase by 4.8 billion yen from the previous fiscal year, and the company expects profits to decrease in the fiscal year ending March.

According to Takashi Kita, Nippon Express's director of labor, `` In the face of a labor shortage in the logistics industry as a whole, we have set up a system for working positively, both regular and non-regular employees, and we believe that the future growth is the way to go. I think it will be. "

In the manufacturing industry, Bridgestone, a major tire maker, will increase the motivation of its employees by adding about 1,300 contract employees working at 15 factories in Japan from October to 20,000 yen per month, the same level as regular employees. We have started providing night shift allowances.

Experts: "The same treatment is difficult at a stretch"

Regarding the “equal pay for same work” starting in April, Dr. Hisada Yamada of the Japan Research Institute, which is familiar with employment issues, said, “In Japan, regular employees are for people, non-regular employees are for work, It is difficult to get the same treatment at once because the standards are different, such as paying each other. "

He added, `` It is important not only to make non-regular employees pay the same as regular employees, but also to eliminate differences in career, such as raising salaries and appointing regular employees, '' and improving the treatment of non-regular employees. Pointed out that it is important to address not only wages but also education and evaluation mechanisms.