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The top court's judgement in favor of nonregular workers came two days after its rulings against them in two different cases over a law that prohibits unreasonable gaps between the treatment of such employees and regular workers.
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A total of 12 nonregular employees, including two who have since retired, had filed three lawsuits in 2014 in
After the law prohibiting unreasonable gaps in treatment between fixed-term and indefinite-term employees took effect in 2013, the government set a policy of equal pay for equal work but critics say it is unclear to what extent it prevents different treatment.
The employees working at post offices in six prefectures as well as the capital also took issue with their employer for not entitling them to summer and winter holidays or sick leave.
Among nationwide mail service workers, about 180,000 are fixed-term employees, almost equal in number to the some 190,000 regular employees, according to lawyers for the plaintiffs.
On Tuesday, the top court rejected the provision of bonus and retirement payments to nonregular employees of
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