JAPAN’S labour market is getting so tight that companies are starting to convert contract and part-time workers into full-time, regular employees to prevent them from leaving – a move that could lift wages and spending but squeeze profits.
The trend is a reversal from the decades-long practice here of hiring cheaper contract workers who receive few benefits and are easier to hire and fire. They now make up more than a third of the workforce.
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