3 「非正規雇用」の拡大と新たな雇用管理 : 大手百貨店A社の動向を中心に(テーマ別分科会4=日本におけるパートタイム労働の実態と組織化について,II テーマ別分科会=報告論文と座長報告)
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This paper explores the recent transformation of personnel management in relation to non-regular employees. In Japan, approximately 15.5 million people have non-regular, unstable jobs. This segment constituted 31.5% of the employed population (excluding corporate executives) in the 1st qtr. of 2004. Males accounted for 29.3% of this segment, while females constituted 70.7%. Of the female employees, 52.6% were non-regular. There has been a rapid increase in the number of non-regular employees since the mid 1990s. This figure has increased by 6 million from 1994 to 2004. Non-regular employees displace regular employees and play an important role in organizations. In the retail industry in particular, many companies widely employ part-time workers and contract employees with the intention of cutting back on labor costs. The scope of this paper is restricted to the study of studying X Department Store. With a decrease in individual consumption, sales at department stores have declined for the past fifteen years. Therefore, these stores are undergoing restructuring and are cutting back on labor costs at an increasing rate. The following five findings are indicated as the result of an analysis: 1) The employment of non-regular employees has accelerated since the mid 1990s. This led to a decrease in the number of regular employees during that period. Consequently, non-regular employees displaced the regular employees. 2) Non-regular employees make significant contributions to the performance of department stores. In large department stores, contract employees form the core of sales promotion. New personnel management has been introduced specifically for them. Thus, the regular employees have been deprived of the employment opportunities they had in the past. Therefore, this is now an area of concern for labor unions. 3) Personnel management has come under review with the increase in the number of contract employees and the introduction of a new wage system based on their performance and ability. 4) The polarization among different types of part-time workers is intensifying. Some of these are primarily part-time workers and others work extra hours on demand. These two types are treated differently. 5) Only a handful of the non-regular employees are promoted to regular employment. X department store intends to discuss the issue of promotion to regular employment with the labor union. In July 2002, there was an attempt at the formation of certain rules for balanced treatment of part-time and full-time employees in Japan. However, this is considered to be difficult due to the difference in the structures of employment for full-time and part-time employees; for example, fulltime workers can avail of overtime, transfer within the company, etc, which are not available to part-time workers. However, equality is desirable and its pursuit remains of primary concern of contemporary Japanese society.
- 社会政策学会の論文
- 2005-03-31
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