Legal Structure of, and Issues with, Japan's Regional Minimum Wage System: Comparative Study of the UK and French Systems, Including the Social Security Systems  

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Kanki, Chikako

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Japan Labor Review vol. 8 no. 2 (2011), page 55-70.
Topik: Minimum Wages Acts; Minimum Wage System; Labor; Social Security Systems

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Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: JJ134.7 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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In the 2007 revisions to the Minimum Wages Act, it provides that compatibility with public assistance systems should be taken into considerations when setting regional minimum wage standards in Japan. The problem then arises of how to realize the right to life, an element separate from the interest of the negotiating parties. This paper implements a comparison with the systems of the UK and France, considering the two issues of the methods used for setting minimum wages, and their relationship to social security systems. The Japanese method of decision-making by council operates based on the logic of collective bargaining, and is not suitable to consider the right to life. Ideas on how to solve this include the revision of the nature of representatives of the interests of each side, the creation of a structure that allows external influence on the council system, the adoption of objective standards, etc. In Japan, social security systems for minimum standard of living are mostly unavailable to the long-term unemployed and the "working poor," leading to excessive expectations of the minimum wage system, which is the only safety net available. Reconsidering the social security system in regard to working-age households is urgently required in order to explore the true role of the minimum wage system.

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