Japan Post to discuss with union to improve treatment of non-regular employees Supreme Court decision

Japan Post to discuss with union to improve treatment of non-regular employees Supreme Court decision October 16 6:36

Japan Post will proceed with discussions with the labor union to improve treatment in response to the Supreme Court's ruling that there is an unreasonable disparity in treatment between regular employees and non-regular employees and it is illegal. became.

On the 15th, the Supreme Court

said that there was an unreasonable disparity between regular employees and non-regular employees

regarding

Japan Post's allowances and vacations, such as

▽ dependent allowances,

▽ year-end

and

New Year

work allowances, and

▽ Obon and New Year holidays.

I issued a ruling that it was illegal.

In response to this, Japan Post has decided to consult with the labor union to improve the treatment of non-regular employees.

There are more than 180,000 non-regular employees of Japan Post, of

which about 95,000 are fixed-term employees with a contract period

, and 90,000 are permanent employees

with an indefinite

contract period. That is.

There are differences in employment patterns even for non-regular employees, and it is expected that labor costs will increase due to the revision of treatment, but Japan Post will take appropriate measures to revise the necessary systems.