SC OF JAPAN RULES AGAINST JAPAN POST CO. DENYING ALLOWANCE TO FIXED-TERM EMPLOYEES

Highlights –

• SC of Japan rules against Japan Post Co. denying allowance to fixed-term employees.
• Japan Post Co. earlier had denied allowance to the above as it pays to regular workers.
• The court’s No.1 Petty Bench presided over by Justice Atsushi Yamaguchi.
• 12 nonregular employees, including two who had retired filed 3 lawsuits in 2014 in Tokyo.

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