Court orders Japan Post to close wage gap for contract workers

Court orders Japan Post to close wage gap for contract workers

Asashi Udagawa (L) and Kiyoshi Asakawa (C), two of the three contract workers suing Japan Post Co. for paying them less than full-time employees doing the same work, attend a news conference at the labor ministry in Tokyo on Sept. 14, 2017, after the Tokyo District Court ruled in favor of their claims. The court awarded the workers some 920,000 yen ($8,300) in total, a small fraction of the roughly 15 million yen sought but a decision that could have major ramifications for the company, nearly half of whose 390,000-strong workforce consists of contractors. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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