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The low status accorded to part-time workers in Japan has resulted in huge inequalities in the workplace. This book examines the problem in-depth using case-study investigations in Japanese workplaces, and reveals the extent of the inequality. It shows how many part-time workers, most of whom are women, are concentrated in low paid, low skilled, poorly unionised service sector jobs. Part-time workers in Japan work hours equivalent to, or greater than, full-time workers, but receive lower financial and welfare benefits than their full-time colleagues. Overall, the book demonstrates that the way part-time work is constructed in Japan reinforces and institutionalises the sexual division of labour.

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Book category Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Full title: Women's Employment in Japan
• Subtitle: The Experience of Part-time Workers
• Author: Kaye Broadbent
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176
• EAN: 9780415546300
• ISBN: 9780415546300
• ID: 06734132
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Weight: 330 g
• Dimensions: 234 × 156 × 10 mm
• Date of publishing: 29. April 2009

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