Showing posts with label Labor Contract Act. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Labor Contract Act. Show all posts

Monday, October 31, 2016

3,200 non-permanent employees at Tohoku University in danger of being terminated




Some 3,200 non-permanent employees at Tohoku University are facing a crisis: Their contract may be terminated.
 By the Amendments to the Labor Contract Law, in effect as of April in 2018, a worker who will have worked five years on the contract of fixed-term employment will have a right to apply for a permanent employment. The university authority that is reluctant to comply with the revised law has modified its working regulations and has made the rule unfairly more severe by imposing the 5-year limit and setting up renewal conditions as “the same level or more than full-time staffers.” If this keeps on, the 3,200 non-permanent employees will be terminated successively starting spring 2018. On Oct. 11, to put a stop to this, an urgent gathering was held at the congressional office building of the House of Councilors. Organizers of the gathering were non-permanent teachers’ union in Tohoku University,  Tokyo Part-time lLecturers Union  and Faculty and Staff Union of Japan Universities (Zendaikyo). Some 60 people, lawmakers, members of university unions and others, participated in it. (SASAKI Yumi)



東北大学・非正規職員3200人が雇い止 めの危機!~緊急集会開かれる

東北大学の非正規職員3200人が雇い止めの不安にさらされてい る。改正労働契約法により、2018年4月以降、有期雇用契約が5年 を超えた労働者には、本人の申し出だけで、無期雇用に転換する 権利が与えられることになった。これを嫌った東北大学は、就業 規則を変更して、労働契約の更新上限を5年に定め、これ以上の雇 用更新の条件を「常勤職員と同等以上」などと不当に厳格にし た。このままでは、非正規職員3200人が2018年春から順次雇い止 めに直面してしまう。こうした状況を阻止しようと、10月11日、 参議院議員会館で緊急集会が開かれた。主催は、東北非正規教職 員組合・首都圏大学非常勤講師組合・全国大学高専教職員組合 (全大教)。国会議員、大学労組関係者など60名が参加した。 (佐々木有美)
 *写真=報告する東北非正規教職員組合 メンバー

Sunday, May 22, 2016

Epoch-making decision! – Wage gap for workers reemployed after age of retirement unlawful




On May 13, 2016, the Tokyo District Court handed down an epoch-making decision favorable to working people who are reemployed after the age of retirement. Regulations and agreements to reduce their wages after the reemployment were judged to violate Article 20 of the Labor Contract Act. In addition, the court confirmed that the reemployed workers are in a position eligible for wage and employment regulations that apply to full-time employees, and ordered the company management to pay the amount of the wage gap to them. This decision is the first to confirm that the Labor Contract Act applies to fixed-term workers employed after the age of retirement. YAMAGUCHI Osamu, the plaintiff, said, “Now I can get a bonus. Enough is enough. I am very happy with the great decision. We can win if we become courageous. This victory will be the example”. (TSUCHIYA Tokachi)



胸のすく画期的判決!~定年後再雇用の賃金格差は「労働契約法20条」違反

5月13日東京地裁で、定年後再雇用された労働者にとって、希望となる画期的な判決が出た。定年後再雇用者の正社員との賃金規定・契約は「労働契約法20 条」違反するとして無効。その上で、正社員に適用される賃金規定及び就業規則が適用される地位にあることを確認し、賃金格差の差額の支払を命じた。定年後再雇用の有期契約労働者にも労働契約法が適用されることが確認された初めての判決だ。原告の山口修さんは「これで一時金がもらえる(笑)。賃金カットされて、こんな理不尽な目にあうのはコリゴリ。素敵な判決がもらえてほんとうに嬉しかった。勇気をもってたたかえば勝てる。その一例になったと思う」と語った。(土屋トカチ)