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2024

Reports submitted to The 7th JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2024 “Challenges in Collective Labor Relations in the Context of Worker and Workstyle Diversification: Reassessing the Role of Labor Unions.”

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.8, No.50, Special Issue 2024 (PDF:5.2MB)

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KEYNOTE LECTURE (PDF:686KB)

• María Emilia CASAS BAAMONDE, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. President of International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (ISLSSL)

REPORTS

• Australian Trade Union Density in Crisis: Precarious Work and Collective Bargaining (PDF:1.0MB)
  Eugene SCOFIELD-GEORGESON, Doctor of Law. Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney (Australia)
• Collective Labour Relations and Labour Law in a Changing World of Work (PDF:889KB)
  Yvonne OLDFIELD, Teaching Fellow and PhD candidate, Victoria University of Wellington (New Zealand)
• Labor Unions in a Changing World of Work: The Philippine Experience (PDF:949KB)
  Ronahlee A. ASUNCION, PhD., Professor, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of the Philippines Diliman (Philippines)
• Evolving Workstyles, Evolving Challenges: A Malaysian Perspective on Gig Labour Relations (PDF:816KB)
  R. Ravindra KUMAR, President, Malaysian Society for Labour and Social Security Law (MSLSSL), Malaysia (Malaysia)
• The State of Indonesian Labor Unions: Navigating Labor Dynamics and Challenges (PDF:1.3MB)
  Ike FARIDA, S.H., LL.M, Doctor of Law, Founder and Managing Partner at Farida Law Office (Indonesia)
• Exploring the Current Situation and Issues of Labor-Management Relations in Japan (PDF:952KB)
  Shinya IWATSUKI, Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)
• Diversification of Working People and Voices at Work in Korea (PDF:1.4MB)
  Sukhwan CHOI, Associate Professor, School of Law, Seoul National University (Korea)
• Navigating the Changing Landscape: Labor Unions in Taiwan amidst Contemporary Challenges (PDF:951KB)
  Guan-Chiau CHIOU, J.S.D., Assistant Professor, School of Law, Chung Yuan Christian University (Taiwan)
• The Digital Trade Union in China: A New Form of Workers' Organization Targeting the New Forms of Work (PDF:772KB)
  Tianyu WANG, Doctor of Law. Professor, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)
• Informal Worker's Struggle for Labour Relations Rights and the Recent Legislative Development in Thailand (PDF:942KB)
  Panthip PRUKSACHOLAVIT, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand (Thailand)

2023

Reports submitted to The 6th JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2023 “Current Situation and Challenges of Inequality in Society: Overcoming Social Divisions towards the Post-COVID-19 Era.”

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.7, No.45, Special Issue 2023 (PDF:3.9MB)

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KEYNOTE LECTURE (PDF:694KB)

• María Emilia Casas Baamonde, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain. President of International Society for Labour and Social Security Law (ISLSSL)

REPORTS

• Employment Opportunities and Income Growth for China's Migrant Workforce in the Post-Covid-19 Era (PDF:895KB)
  Tianyu WANG, PhD., Professor, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)
• Challenges Arising from COVID-19 and Current Situation in Taiwan (PDF:771KB)
  Che-Yi WU, PhD Student, College of Law, National Taiwan University, and Lawyer at Yangding Attorneys-at-Law (Taiwan)
• Strengthening Australia’s Workplace Laws to Promote Equality in the Post-Covid-19 Era (PDF:805KB)
  Dominique ALLEN, PhD., Associate Professor, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University (Australia)
• Classes, Changes, and Challenges in the Post-Covid-19 Period Philippines (PDF:1.0MB)
  Ronahlee A. ASUNCION, PhD., Professor, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of the Philippines Diliman (Philippines)
• Gender Gap in Skill Use: The Case of Japan (PDF:1.9MB)
  Kyoko KOMATSU, Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)
• A Glance at the Dual Structure of Labor Market in South Korea (PDF:814KB)
  Lin KIM, Professor, Inha University School of Law (Korea)
• Hope for the Future: Examining the Role of Labor Policies in Indonesia after Pandemic 2021–2022 (PDF:1.3MB)
  Ike FARIDA, S.H., LL.M., Doctor of Law, Founder and Managing Partner at Farida Law Office (Indonesia)
• Labour Policy in Post-Covid-19 Malaysia: Crisis Responses, Structural Reform (PDF:1.2MB)
  Hwok-Aun LEE, PhD., Senior Fellow, ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (Malaysia)

2022

Reports submitted to The 5th JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2022 addressing the theme “The Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Market and Policy Responses ― Strengthening Social Protection for Vulnerable Workers.”

• COVID-19’s Impact on Labor Market and Policy Responses in Japan (PDF:1.67MB)
  Koji TAKAHASHI, Senior Researcher, the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)
• Strengthening India's Social Protection Architecture for the Informal Sector: Lessons from the Covid-19 Crisis (PDF:312KB)
  Radhicka KAPOOR, Senior Fellow, the Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (India)
• The Social Security and Unemployment Trends during COVID-19 Pandemic in Indonesia (PDF:384KB)
  Ike FARIDA, S.H., LL.M, Doctor of Law, Founder and Managing Partner at Farida Law Office (Indonesia)
• Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Malaysian Labour Market and Policy Responses (PDF:417KB)
  Beatrice Fui Yee LIM, Senior Lecturer, Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Malaysia)
• COVID-19 and Australian Labour Regulation: An Overview Impacts, Policy Responses and Future Directions (PDF:283KB)
  Adriana ORIFICI, Lecturer, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University and PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne (Australia)
• Resilience and Its Reinforcement: How China's Labor Market Resists the COVID-19 Epidemic and Policy Efficacy (PDF:289KB)
  Tianyu WANG, Associate Professor, Institute of Law, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)
• Giving a New Present or Returning the Original Share: New Insight about Law and Policy for Working People in Korea (PDF:428KB)
  Sukhwan CHOI, Assistant Professor, School of Law, Seoul National University (Korea)
• Added Pressure: Exploring the Impacts of Covid-19 on Workers and Labour Laws in Aotearoa New Zealand (PDF:326KB)
  Dawn DUNCAN, Lecturer, Faculty of Law, University of Otago (New Zealand)
• Mitigating the Covid-19 Pandemic Impact on the Philippine Labor Market (PDF:465KB)
  Ronahlee A. ASUNCION, PhD., Dean, School of Labor and Industrial Relations, University of the Philippines Diliman (Philippines)
• COVID-19 and Labor Law in Taiwan (PDF:232KB)
  Wanning HSU, Professor, College of Law, National Taiwan University (Taiwan)

2021

Theme "The Changing World of Work in Digital Age —New Forms of Work and the Role of Labor Policy" taken up at The 4th JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2020.

• Technology, Jobs and the Future of Work in Australia (PDF:768KB)

  Alison PENNINGTON, Senior Economist, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute (Australia)

• Counterproductive Work Behavior by Drivers of Platform Based Cab Aggregators in India: A Human Rights Perspective (PDF:546KB)

  Surya Prakash PATI (Presenter), Associate Professor, and Manoranjan DHAL, Professor, Human Resource Management Group, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikod (India)

• Working Conditions of Crowdworkers: How Working Conditions of Crowdworkers Vary by Job Content (PDF:1.31MB)

  Itaru NISHIMURA, Vice Senior Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)

• Artificial Intelligence-Based Hiring: An Exploratory Study of Hiring Market Reactions (PDF:302KB)

  Jaewan YANG (Presenter), Associate Professor, and Minjae IM, Seunghwan CHOI, Jangil KIM, and Dong Hyun KO, College of Business, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Korea)

• Digital Platform Labor in the Philippines: Emerging Configurations and Policy Implications (PDF:306KB)

  Cheryll Ruth R. SORIANO, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Communication, De La Salle University Manila (Philippines)

• Marginalization of Graduate Freelancers in the Gig Economy (PDF:927KB)

  Reuben NG, Ph.D., Head, Data Innovation Group, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, National University of Singapore, and Paul S. H. WONG, Research Assistant, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

• The Digitalization of China’s Employment Law? (PDF:189KB)

  Tian YAN, Assistant Professor, Law School of the Peking University (China)

• The Internet Platform Labor in China: The Rise, Controversy and Policy Trends (PDF:461KB)

  Tianyu WANG, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Social Law Department, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)

• Recent Development of Legal Framework of Labor Law in Indonesia (PDF:266KB)

  Ike FARIDA, S.H., LL.M, Doctor of Law, Founder and Managing Partner at Farida Law Office (Indonesia)

• Better Opportunity or Extended Sweatshop? —Labor Law and Policy in the Age of Digitalization in Korea— (PDF:743KB)

  Sukhwan CHOI, Assistant Professor, School of Law, Seoul National University (Korea)

• The Contemporary Challenge and Government Responses on Delivery Platform Worker Rights and Benefits in Taiwan: The "MOL Guidance 2019" and the "Taipei City Ordinance 2019" (PDF:355KB)

  Bo-Shone FU, Assistant Professor, National Taipei University Law School (Taiwan)

2019

Theme "Future of Women and Work-Policy Response to Women's Employment-" taken up at The 3rd JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Research Seminar 2019.

• A Review of China’s Urban Gender Wage Gap from 1995 to 2013 (PDF:371KB)
  Jin SONG, Associate Professor, Institute of World Economics and Politics, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)
• Gender Wage Gap in Korea in Lifecycle Perspective (PDF:510KB)
  Selim CHOI, Associate Research Fellow, Employment Policy Research Division, Korea Labor Institute (Korea)
• Women Left Behind? Closing the Gender Gap in Malaysia (PDF:310KB)
  Beatrice Fui Yee LIM, Deputy Dean (Academic and International), Faculty of Business, Economics and Accountancy, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Malaysia)
• Explaining the Gender Gap in Labor Force Participation in the Philippines (PDF:494KB)
  Ma. Christina F. EPETIA, Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines School of Economics (Philippines)
• Policy Implications for Working Women in Brunei (PDF:299KB)
  Norainie AHMAD, Lecturer, Institute of Policy Studies, Universiti Brunei Darussalam (Brunei)
• Women’s Employment Status and Family Responsibility in Japan: Focusing on the Breadwinner Role (PDF:476KB)
  Shingou IKEDA, Senior Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)
• Work-life Experiences, Policies, and Challenges in Singapore (PDF:291KB)
  Aliya Hamid RAO, Assistant Professor of Sociology, School of Social Sciences, Singapore Management University (Singapore)
• The Labour Rights of Women in Vietnam (PDF:268KB)
  Trang Thi Kieu TRAN, Lecturer, Department of Labour Law, Faculty of Economic Law, Hanoi Law University (Vietnam)
• Legal Policies on Gender Equal Pay in Taiwan (PDF:394KB)
  Yu-Fan CHIU, Assistant Professor, National Chiao Tung University School of Law (Taiwan)
• The Promotion of Gender Equality at Work in Australia through Law and Policy: A Work in Progress (PDF:281KB)
  Adriana ORIFICI, Lecturer, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash University and PhD Candidate, University of Melbourne (Australia)

2018

Theme "Looking back at the policy responses to changes in employment structure and forms―The future as seen from here" taken up at The 2nd JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2018.

• Japan's Married Stay-at-Home Mothers in Poverty (PDF:387KB)
  Yanfei ZHOU, Senior Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)
• The Dynamics of Minimum Wage in Indonesia’s Manpower System (PDF:246KB)
  Ikomatussuniah, Member of Faculty of Law, University of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Banten Province Indonesia. Vice Chairman of Banten Province's Wage Council (2013-2016 and 2016-2018) (Indonesia)
• Wages Policy in the Current Context of Industrial Relation in Vietnam (PDF:265KB)
  Phuong Hien NGUYEN, Associate Professor, Faculty of Economic Law, Hanoi Law University (Vietnam)
• A Brief Analysis on the Influence of ICT Change on China's Labor Market (PDF:522KB)
  Xiaomeng ZHOU, Lecturer of Jilin University of Finance and Economics (China)
• Employment Contract in Cambodia: A Focus on Rules Transforming Fixed-duration to Undetermined Duration Contract (PDF:203KB)
  Kanharith NOP, Attorney-at-Law, CBL Law Group (Cambodia)
• The Policy Responses to Changes in Employment Structure and Forms in Myanmar (PDF:234KB)
  Thatoe Nay NAING, Legal Consultant, SAGA ASIA Consulting Co., LTD. (Myanmar)
• Are Long Working Hours in Japan Becoming Invisible? Examining the Effects of ICT-based "Spatial Flexibility" on Workloads (PDF:794KB)
  Tomohiro TAKAMI, Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)
  
• Thailand Policies for the Age of Rapid Technology Change (PDF:225KB)
  Praewa MANPONSRI, Attorney-at-Law, TNY Legal Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
• Technological Innovation and Its Challenges to Taiwan’s Employment Law: Telework as an Example (PDF:204KB)
  Bo-Shone FU, Asistant Professor of Law, Department of Labor Relations, National Chung Cheng University (Taiwan)
• Changes in Employment Structure in Malaysia: The Way Forward (PDF:445KB)
  Beatrice Fui Yee LIM, Head of Human Resource Economics Program and Senior Lecturer, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (Malaysia)
• Narrowing the Gaps among Workers: Changes in Korea (PDF:397KB)
  Sukhwan CHOI, Associate Professor, College of Law, Myongji University (Korea)
• The Destiny of Web Platform Workers in China: Employees, Nothing or a "Third Option"? (PDF:659KB)
  Hui YU, PhD Candidate of Law, Renmin University of China, Law School. LLM, Georgetown University (China)
• Trade Union Strategy and Responses to Changes in Employment Structure and Forms in India (PDF:439KB)
  Manoranjan DHAL, Associate Professor in Human Resource Management and Organizational Behaviour, Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode (India)
• A System "On Life Support"? The Changing Employment Landscape and Collective Bargaining in Australia (PDF:342KB)
  Ingrid LANDAU, Lecturer, Department of Business Law and Taxation, Monash Business School, Monash University (Australia)

2017

Theme "Identifying Major Labor Policy Issues in Contemporary World of Labor―Commonalities and Differences Crossing Regions and Nations" taken up at The 1st JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2017.

• A Step against All or Nothing Policy: The Scope of Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance for Independent Contractors in Korea (PDF:687KB)
  Sukhwan CHOI, Associate Professor, Myongji University (Korea)
• The Practice and Changes of Taiwan's Labor Dispute Regulations Act (PDF:409KB)
  Yu-Fan CHIU, Assistant Professor, School of Law, National Chiao Tung University (Taiwan)
• Draft Regulation on Employee Invention and Innovative Workers Protection in China (PDF:453KB)
  Qian WEI, Lecturer, China University of Industrial Relations (China)
• Changes in the Wage System in Japan: Circumstances and Background (PDF:762KB)
  Itaru NISHIMURA, Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)
• The Development and Labor Situation in Indonesia (PDF:595KB)
  Hayati Sari HASIBUAN, Secretary School of Environmental Science, University of Indonesia (Indonesia)
• Philippine Report on Employment Trends and Policies: Can the Duterte Administration End Contractualization? (PDF:607KB)
  Maria Catalina M. TOLENTINO, Assistant Professor, University of the Philippines (Philippines)
• Report on Identifying Major Labour Policy Issues in Malaysia (PDF:669KB)
  Mary Tze Mei TIONG, Assistant Secretary, Ministry of Human Resources (Malaysia)
• Collective Bargaining and Collective Agreements in Vietnam: From Legislation to Practice (PDF:472KB)
  Trang Thi Kieu TRAN, Lecturer, Department of Law, Hanoi Law University (Vietnam)
• Leader or Laggard? Australian Efforts to Promote Better Working Conditions in Supply Chains within and beyond Australia's Borders (PDF:534KB)
  Ingrid LANDAU, Research Fellow, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne (Australia)
• Report on Vietnam’s Rules Regulating Foreign Workers (PDF:475KB)
  Hang Thuy TRAN, Lecturer of Law, Hanoi Law University (Vietnam)
• Identifying Major Labour Policy Issues in Myanmar (PDF:521KB)
  Eitra MYO, Senior Legal Advisor, SAGA Asia Consulting Company Ltd. (Myanmar)
• Overview of Labor Legal Issues in Cambodia (PDF:457KB)
  Kanharith NOP, Attorney-at-Law (Cambodia)
• A Review of the Government Intervention in Labor Relations through Guidelines (PDF:538KB)
  Hochang ROH, Assistant Professor, Hoseo University (Korea)
• Labour Models in Local Daily Service Platforms: Current Situation and Challenges (PDF:424KB)
  Manxue YIN, Associate Researcher, Institute for Labour Studies (China)
  Biqian ZHAO, Institute for Labour Studies (China)
• Industrial Relations Situation in India: A Report (PDF:672KB)
  Girish BALASUBRAMANIAN, Assistant Professor, Xavier University, School of HRM, Bhubaneswar (India)
  Manoranjan DHAL, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikode (India)
• The Changes and Development of Collective Bargaining in Taiwan (PDF:429KB)
  Yueh-Hung HOU, Professor, College of Law, National Taipei University (Taiwan)
• Atypical Work Organizations as a Social Phenomenon Occurring throughout the Contemporary Labor World: Current Status of Research and Future Issues (PDF:442KB)
  Qi ZHONG, Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)

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