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22542
Sat, 10/04/2008 - 08:12
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Fullcast to end daily paid workers dispatch business by next Sept
TOKYO, Oct. 3 Kyodo - Temp staff agency Fullcast Co. will withdraw from the dispatching of workers for day-labor jobs by the end of September next year, its parent, Fullcast Holdings Co., said Friday.
The planned departure of Fullcast from the business -- which would follow the
liquidation of Goodwill Inc., another major staffing service agency, in late
July -- would leave only small and midsize companies in the market, increasing
the likelihood that the market will shrink significantly from its previous
boom.
About half of Fullcast's group sales of 108.3 billion yen for the business year
ended Sept. 30, 2007, came from the dispatching of workers on a daily wage
basis.
Earlier in the day, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a second
order for Fullcast to suspend operations at 153 of its branches as the company
ignored a similar order slapped in August last year.
Operations at the 153 branches, representing all of Fullcast's offices prior to
the company's restructuring next Wednesday, will be suspended for periods
ranging from 10 days to one month, according to the Tokyo Labor Bureau under
the ministry.
The order prohibits Fullcast from signing new job placement contracts with
clients during the period. It also bars the Tokyo-based company from
dispatching workers from Oct. 10, even if such contracts have already been
signed, the bureau said.
Separately, the bureau ordered Fullcast to correct its practices, demanding
that the company stop dispatching personnel to work at ports, a practice banned
under the worker dispatch law.
Japan's job market is likely to be affected by the government order against
Fullcast as its operations involve 8,000 to 9,000 workers a day. The order is
also expected to accelerate talks on a possible revision to the worker dispatch
law, which basically prohibits dispatching workers on a daily wage basis.
''The latest violation (of the government order by Fullcast) was malicious,'' a
Tokyo Labor Bureau official said. ''We would like (Fullcast) to take this
opportunity to improve its business practices.''
The worker dispatch law was enacted in 1985 and came into force the following
year with the aim of securing labor in areas requiring professional skills and
expertise.
The scope of the law has expanded following a series of amendments, but the
dispatch of staff to work in ports, construction and as security guards is
still prohibited as the jobs involve dangerous operations.
==Kyodo
The planned departure of Fullcast from the business -- which would follow the
liquidation of Goodwill Inc., another major staffing service agency, in late
July -- would leave only small and midsize companies in the market, increasing
the likelihood that the market will shrink significantly from its previous
boom.
About half of Fullcast's group sales of 108.3 billion yen for the business year
ended Sept. 30, 2007, came from the dispatching of workers on a daily wage
basis.
Earlier in the day, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a second
order for Fullcast to suspend operations at 153 of its branches as the company
ignored a similar order slapped in August last year.
Operations at the 153 branches, representing all of Fullcast's offices prior to
the company's restructuring next Wednesday, will be suspended for periods
ranging from 10 days to one month, according to the Tokyo Labor Bureau under
the ministry.
The order prohibits Fullcast from signing new job placement contracts with
clients during the period. It also bars the Tokyo-based company from
dispatching workers from Oct. 10, even if such contracts have already been
signed, the bureau said.
Separately, the bureau ordered Fullcast to correct its practices, demanding
that the company stop dispatching personnel to work at ports, a practice banned
under the worker dispatch law.
Japan's job market is likely to be affected by the government order against
Fullcast as its operations involve 8,000 to 9,000 workers a day. The order is
also expected to accelerate talks on a possible revision to the worker dispatch
law, which basically prohibits dispatching workers on a daily wage basis.
''The latest violation (of the government order by Fullcast) was malicious,'' a
Tokyo Labor Bureau official said. ''We would like (Fullcast) to take this
opportunity to improve its business practices.''
The worker dispatch law was enacted in 1985 and came into force the following
year with the aim of securing labor in areas requiring professional skills and
expertise.
The scope of the law has expanded following a series of amendments, but the
dispatch of staff to work in ports, construction and as security guards is
still prohibited as the jobs involve dangerous operations.
==Kyodo
