Japan should improve working conditions for part-time and contract workers and try to bring conditions for this sector of the workforce more in line with regular employees, an advisory panel to the labor ministry urged in a report released Friday.
In addition, social security systems, such as pension programs, should be introduced for part-time workers, the report to the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said.
It said wages for nonregular workers, who number 12 million, have been kept low.
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