Posted on 06/14/2006 9:41:19 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
Short-staffed companies want workers who quit to pay compensation
Short-staffed companies are requesting that employees who quit pay damages as the resurgence of Japan's economy is placing a strain on labor levels, Tokyo's Labor Consultation Center said.
Officials of the non-profit organization in Katsushika-ku said that the number of consultations over "dismissals" and "wages" peaked in 2001. Recently, workers have complained of trouble when trying to leave their companies.
The center handled 559 disputes over resigning from work in 2005, about 5.5 times the number of 1998. Many of those were professionals such as computer programmers and nurses in their late 20s and 30s.
One of them, a 29-year-old man who works for a computer system development company offered to resign in March. But an official of the firm told him, "We won't allow you to quit until the system development job finishes in September. If you quit now, you have to pay several million yen in compensation."
An executive then shouted at him, "(If you quit) I will tell your next employer that you have left this job unfinished." Under pressure, he decided to stay with the system development company.
A 32-year-old man who worked at a home for the elderly told his employer in December 2005 that he would quit in two months. He was told that he had to find 10 new residents for the home before quitting. He eventually left the company after consulting with a labor standards inspection office.
A labor union official in the distribution industry said that some supermarket operators were now facing collapse due to staff shortages. "Part-timer workers are being forced to handle an increasing amount of work without receiving a pay raise. More and more people want to quit."
A top official of the Rodo Kumiai Network Union Tokyo said since sometime around 2002 the problem of overwork had become serious in some companies. "Those who managed to survive those tough times now want to quit or change jobs. But their employers don't want them to leave," he said. (Mainichi)
Click here for the original Japanese story June 14, 2006
Your company can fire you, but you cannot quit your company.
Ping!
Sounds like someone needs a border with Mexico. Just kidding.
Japan is fixing to be an amazing case study on what happens when your entire population retires.
Wow - that sounds just like me, but I work for family...
Sure I'll go out on a first date, but you'll need to marry me afterwards...
My thoughts EXACTY!
Japan * ping * (kono risuto ni hairitai ka detai wo shirasete kudasai : let me know if you want on or off this list)
Wow, when they say "a job for life" in Japan, they mean it!
I'd just show up and look at porn all day.
Could you please add mr to this ping list. Domo Origato (SP?)
That's a pretty dangerous paradox for the company. If an employee is set on leaving, and the company won't allow it, the company is setting themselves up for some major internal sabotage. I'm sure an employee could come up with a rather creative way to get fired if they really wanted to.
"I'm sure an employee could come up with a rather creative way to get fired if they really wanted to."
But, as I understand it, the way things work in Japan, that employee would never be hired again. You are expected to give your life to your employer.
Sounds like these young people are getting big offers for better jobs. If their present employer wants to keep them, they had better sweeten the pot. Let the bidding begin.
"Japan is fixing to be an amazing case study on what happens when your entire population retires."
That's a good question now that their population is starting to shrink.
A new form of slavery for the 21st century.
But Japan is the most racist, superioristic society on earth. They don't want guest workers from another culture. Russia and the EU are not far behind Japan in their de-population folly.
For all the problems we have with illegals, most economists say that a continuous influx of workers is necessary for a healthy economy. Unlike the EU with their mix of Turkish and North African Islamics, we're very, very lucky that our guest worker pool (legal or illegal) is Christian and largey non-political.
Sounds like slavery to me........
"Hmm... a company won't let you go. This is a new twist in labor relation."
It sound like feudalism. The lord owns your services.
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