Severance Payment and Labor Mobility [electronic resource] : A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Japan /
Hatta, Tatsuo.editor.
Ouchi, Shinya.editor.
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.
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.
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.
Labor economics.
Public finance.
Social legislation.
Labor Economics.
Public Economics.
Labour Law/Social Law.