Disparity in treatment of non-regular employees at post office Supreme Court to hand down decision next month 5:18 on September 11
The Supreme Court will hand down a ruling next month on a trial in which contract employees working at a post office sued Japan Post that it was unreasonable to have the same duties as regular employees but with disparities in treatment. It was.
The Supreme Court is planning a total of five arguments this month in a trial disputed over the disparity between regular employees and non-regular employees, and is expected to make decisions one after another.
In a court case in which contract employees who deliver and collect goods at post offices in various regions sued Japan Post that it was unreasonable to have disparities in treatment such as allowances and vacations even though they were doing the same work as regular employees, the Tokyo High Court , The Osaka High Court, and the Fukuoka High Court, all of which were judged to be illegal due to unreasonable disparities.
However, the court's decision is divided according to the type of allowance and leave, such as sick leave and New Year's holiday allowance, and both contract employees and Japan Post have appealed.
On the 10th, two court arguments were held in the first small court of the Supreme Court, and a lawyer of Japan Post claimed that "working conditions need to be given preferential treatment in order to secure talented full-time employees in the long term." On the other hand, a lawyer on the contract employee side argued that "it is nothing but unreasonable to make a difference only by the difference between regular employees and contract employees."
The Supreme Court has decided to hand down the two cases on the 15th of next month.
In a trial in which there is a dispute over the disparity between regular employees and non-regular employees, the Supreme Court has made a total of five arguments this month, including a trial over the retirement allowance of a subsidiary of Tokyo Metro and a trial over bonuses at Osaka Medical University. We are planning to open, and are expected to make decisions one after another.