A symposium will be held to discuss ways to improve the treatment of freelance workers, and it is requested that the national guidelines include countermeasures, saying that there are a number of cases of losing jobs due to unilateral contract cancellation. confirmed.
This symposium was held in Tokyo on the 5th by labor unions and others, and about 80 people including online participated.
The government has decided to formulate guidelines for protecting freelance workers by the end of this year, and in that proposal, based on the Antimonopoly Act etc., the ordering business operator in a superior position will be a freelancer. It regulates the disadvantages and requires the issuance of a document that clarifies the terms of the transaction.
At the symposium, lawyers familiar with labor issues pointed out that there are a number of cases in which freelance workers are unilaterally canceled and lose their jobs.
Specifically, when a yoga instructor formed a labor union and started activities, the contract was effectively terminated, or a deliveryman was warned that he would suspend his account just by falling on a rainy day. Was introduced.
And the guidelines should state that unilateral termination of contracts can be an abuse of the dominant bargaining position regulated by antitrust law, and that there must be a compelling reason to end a continuous deal. Opinions were given and it was confirmed that the government would be asked to respond.