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Japan: Labor game-changer?: Supreme Court smacks down illegal gaps in allowances paid to regular, nonregular workers
In a pair of rulings that could affect the government’s labor reform drive, the Supreme Court on Friday found illegal differences over the corporate allowances paid to regular and nonregular employees. ... [finding that] “unreasonable” disparities between regular and nonregular workers are banned. According to government data, nonregular workers, such as part-timers and temporary staff, account for about 40 percent of the nation’s workforce.