| Date | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Wednesday, March 1, 2023 | 12:00PM - 1:30PM | Seminar Room 208N, This event is taking place at the Munk School, 1 Devonshire Place, Seminar Room 208, North House, Toronto, Ontario. |
South Korea and Japan had shared many similarities in labor law and employment practices and the two governments tried to introduce the same reform at the same time since the Asian financial crisis in 1997. However, the outcomes in employment policy reform were surprisingly different in Japan and Korea, which resulted in more benefits to unstable workers in Korea than in Japan. This talk focuses on labor union strategies which influence the differences between Japan and Korea. Labor union strategies are crucial in the transition of labor relation and employment practices, because labor unions need to change the range of membership and the ways to protect their members. As the gig economy grows worldwide, a new form of labor such as uber drivers and food delivery riders who are not employees, but self-employed is spreading. This talk about labor union strategies can be helpful to understand how the gig economy is progressing.
About the Speakers:
Juyoung An is a Visiting Professor with the Centre for the Study of Global Japan at the University of Toronto. He is also a professor of Policy Science at Ryukoku University in Japan. He has been studying employment policy changes in Korea and Japan and policy Processes of the two countries. He received his Ph.D. and M.A. in Law from Kyoto University, Japan and his B.A. from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South of Korea. His major book is Divergence of Company-based Employment Policies in Korea and Japan, Minerva Shobo (in Japanese), and he has co-authored several other books.
Organized by the Centre for the Study of Global Japan and co-sponsored by the Centre for the Study of Korea, University of Toronto. Lunch will be served.
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