The Tokyo District Court on Monday nullified the firing of five employees by IBM Japan Ltd. and ordered the company to pay their lost salaries.
The former employees said they were fired between July 2012 and June 2013 without adequate notice or proper reasons.
In his ruling, presiding Judge Toru Yoshida said the company "had no justifiable reasons," for firing the five plaintiffs and had committed "an abuse of power."
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