Non-regular public employees face “life-threatening disparity” during disasters, with no safety confirmation compared to regular employees.
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Non-regular public servants are complaining about a “safety gap” between them and regular public servants at the workplace, such as the lack of confirmation of their safety during disasters such as earthquakes and heavy rains. Groups of people involved have begun conducting surveys to investigate the actual situation. A staff member at the organization said, “Non-regular workers are not valued.” (Hatama Kaori) ◆A storm starting in the morning, with no instructions from my boss… On August 29th this year, when Typhoon No. 10 made landfall in Kagoshima Prefecture, the area where the woman, who works as a non-regular counselor at a Hello Work office in the Kyushu region, was also hit by a storm starting in the early hours of the morning. Although local schools are closed, there have been no instructions from my workplace to close or to come to work. The woman decided that it was dangerous to drive to work, so she informed her boss that she would be using her paid leave. The decision was then made to close the office from noon, but the emergency contact network listing the phone numbers of all employees was not used, and there was no use of the app for checking the safety of employees, something that is regularly practiced. I heard from a colleague that the full-time employees who lived far away had left work, and the director and a non-regular employee whose home was closer to work stayed behind to deal with visitors. That day, the typhoon damage was also a topic of discussion in the open LINE chat of “Voices for Non-Regular Public Servants,” an organization representing non-regular public servants working for the national and local governments. Many comments were received about the “gap in response between non-regular and regular employees” during disasters, such as, “Regular employees were able to work from home, but non-regular employees had to come in to work,” and “When schools were closed, non-regular employees were told it was okay to wait at home, depending on the management at the time.” Continue reading in the Tokyo Shimbun (some content is paid) 2024/11/27 6:00.
>>1 What are you talking about? It’s common sense. If non-regular workers take time off, their pay goes down, so if they can come to work, they’re welcome!
>>1 Wouldn’t it be better to fire the regular employees and make them all non-regular employees? They’re nothing but lowlifes and wage thieves who are less than non-regular.
>>1 But non-regular workers also start complaining when you tell them they have a day off because their income is reduced by the time they have a day off.
This is something that happens not only to civil servants but also to non-regular workers. They are given jobs that regular employees don’t want to do. They say that regular workers are responsible, but if something happens, it’s the non-regular workers who are the first to have their contracts terminated.
Since the Abe administration, salaries and benefits have been rising steadily, so even local government employees have a strong elitist mentality. I guess the reason a psychopath like Saito was elected is largely due to hatred towards civil servants.
I think non-regular employees are grateful to be able to come to work. Non-regular employees work on an hourly basis, so they don’t get paid if they take a day off. Regular employees get paid even if they take a day off, so both get paid and both are happy.
>>22 Exactly Civil servants exist only to protect the lives and property of the people, but civil servants who only care about protecting themselves are not fulfilling their duties and are unnecessary Just lay off all of them.
Huh? Aren’t non-regular employees used for times like that? All the non-regular employees at my company are required to come to work during Obon, New Year’s, and other disasters.
Normally, it’s the other way around. I mean, it’s only non-regular workers who are doing the actual work, so regular workers don’t have any problems if they take time off.
If artificial intelligence gives instructions and non-regular workers do the work, it’s ok. This means we won’t need regular civil servants anymore lol.
If they ordered the regular staff to stay, there would be a risk of complaints from the union later, so they probably decided to keep the non-regular staff, who don’t have to worry about that.
At my company, non-regular and temporary workers are treated equally and it’s okay to quit. However, temporary workers are calculated based on actual working hours. Isn’t this normal everywhere?
>>48 When we had to close early due to a typhoon or something, we guaranteed a day’s wages even for non-regular employees. The place where I was previously employed as a temporary worker.
>>53 If a non-regular employee takes a break or is disliked by a regular employee, their contract won’t be renewed. Regular employees have a stable status. Regular employees have it easier.
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