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Severance Payment and Labor Mobility: A Comparative Study of Taiwan and Japan 2018 Edition
Contributor(s): Hatta, Tatsuo (Editor), Ouchi, Shinya (Editor)
ISBN: 9811321485     ISBN-13: 9789811321481
Publisher: Springer
OUR PRICE:   $123.49  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: December 2018
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BISAC Categories:
- Business & Economics | Labor
- Business & Economics | Public Finance
- Law | Labor & Employment
Dewey: 331
Series: Economics, Law, and Institutions in Asia Pacific
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.03 lbs) 189 pages
 
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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.