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Record Nr.

UNINA9910299654403321

Titolo

Severance Payment and Labor Mobility : A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Japan / / edited by Tatsuo Hatta, Shinya Ouchi

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

981-13-2149-3

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (197 pages)

Collana

Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific, , 2199-8620

Disciplina

344.5201

Soggetti

Labor economics

Public finance

Labor law

Labor Economics

Public Economics

Labour Law/Social Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Part I Dismissal Regulations in Japan -- 1 Why should the monetary compensation system be introduced in Japanese dismissal regulation? (Shinya Ouchi) -- 2 Dismissal Compensation and Labor Mobility in Japan (Naohiro Yashiro) -- Part II Dismissal Regulations in Taiwan -- 3 A Brief Introduction to Employment Termination and Severance Pay Systems in Taiwan – A Reference Model for Japan’s Reform of Labor Mobility(Howard Shiu and Irving Chien) -- 4 Severance Payment System in Taiwan: A Historical Perspective (Chyi-Herng Chang) -- Part III Comparison of Dismissal Regulations -- 5 Law Review and Comparison of Dismissal Regulations (Yu-Chun Li) -- 6 Introducing Severance Payment Systems in Japan——A Proposal for Vacancy Decontrol (Tatsuo Hatta) -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

This book compares legally allowed dismissal conditions in employment contracts in Taiwan and Japan and then examines the possibility of introducing the Taiwan-style severance payment system into Japanese employment contracts. A significant difference exists between employment regulations of Japan and Taiwan. In Japan, dismissal of an employee on the grounds of ability is not easily upheld



in a court of law, and a set rule for dismissals with severance payment does not exist. On the other hand, in Taiwan, where regulations do not allow dismissal at will, an employee can still be dismissed with severance payment, as long as due process is followed. Written by labor lawyers and labor economists from both Taiwan and Japan, this book describes the procedures that must be followed in the dismissal process in the two countries. It also shows that this difference in dismissal conditions between the two countries explains the low labor mobility in Japan and high labor mobility in Taiwan, and that this difference in labor mobility, in turn, caused the shift of IT production from Japan to Taiwan in the 1990s. The final chapter of the book elucidates the need for introducing the Taiwan-style severance payment before carrying out further deregulation in Japan.