It turns out that the Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau received administrative guidance from the Tokyo Labor Bureau, saying that the outsourcing contract for window services at Toei Subway stations could give direct instructions to outsourced workers. I was.
The administrative guidance was given to the Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau and the Toei Transportation Cooperation Association, which is entrusted with tasks such as monitoring windows and platforms at Toei Subway stations.
The Worker Dispatch Law prohibits outsourcers from directly giving work instructions to outsourced workers.
According to the metropolitan government, the contract between the Tokyo Metropolitan Transportation Bureau and the Toei Transportation Cooperation Association, which is a contractor, states that they should cooperate in dealing with abnormalities and emergencies, and specific examples are described.
Although it assumes disasters and accidents, the wording "other accidents" in this is content that may be instructed directly in various situations other than abnormalities and emergencies. It was pointed out that by this month, the Tokyo Labor Bureau had received administrative guidance requesting improvements.
The metropolitan transportation bureau said, "Since there was a flaw in the contract, we would like to revise it and strive to comply with the law."