Japan’s labor practices include lifetime employment where employees remain with one company for their entire working life until retirement age (Jung, 2011). Though this has started to change and specially skilled workers often need to work in smaller businesses for economic reasons. They also continue to work after retirement since some employees do not receive pension, while sometimes it is not enough money to live on (Jung, 2011). Other employees choose to work with other companies rather than stay in one company forever. Japan has labor laws it must follow, for example, the right and the obligation to work, a ban on child labor and the freedom of workers’ association (Jung, 2011). The three major laws are the Labor Standards Law (LSL), The Trade Union Law (TUL) and the Labor Relations Adjustment Law (LRAL). These laws must meet constitutional demands by setting minimum standards and they all enforce different working conditions that must be followed (Jung, 2011).
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