Like many industrialised nations, the current employment trend in Japan centres on the diversification of the labour market with an increased use of temporary labour. Among a wide range of non-regular labour arrangements, haken, or 'dispatched workers' are a newly legalised category of non-regular workers who are typically employed by the employment agency while working at the facilities of and being under the authority of the client firm. In recent years, their numbers have expanded exponentially under the state¿s deregulation policy and assumed considerable symbolic significance in public debate, especially with regard to the nation¿s 'widening gaps¿
- ISBN: 978-0-415-66434-9
- Editorial: Routledge
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 05/08/2011
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés