Research on labor market, labor policy and the constructive principles of labor law

这项研究的目的是规划自1980年代以来(特别是1990年代以来)劳动力市场、就业、立法政策和劳动法的转变，并为未来的发展寻求新的组织原则。在过去的四年里，首席研究员、合作调查员和研究合作者出版了四本书(和田、Hajime、《人权保障与劳动法》日文(2008)、Karatsu、Hiroshi、《劳动合同法律理论与雇佣规则》日文(2010)、Tonai、Kazuhiro、德国雇员代表制度与日文《法律》(2010)、Nishitani、Satoshi和Itaru Nemoto日文本、《劳动合同与法律》(2011))。此外，研究小组还在期刊上发表了100多篇文章，在学术会议上发表了5次演讲，并举办了5次国际研讨会(日本-德国2次，日本-韩国3次)。在项目…的最后一年研究组尤其侧重于巩固迄今取得的研究成果：(A)对《工人派遣法》进行了系统研究，以期在2012年秋季出版。个别研究课题包括：1)分析与该法有关的颁布和修订过程；2)分析案例和法院判例；3)审查该法固有的基本问题；4)比较法分析。在这一阶段，大约80%的工作已经完成。(B)审查了最高法院关于雇主法律概念和不公平劳动做法的先例的继承。这项研究符合企业组织变革和劳动法问题的主题。(C)关于改变劳资关系和劳动法问题的主题，开展了关于国家公共服务劳资关系变化的研究，这是目前国会辩论的一个主题。这项研究的结果已经在Rodo Horitsu Junpo和Horitsu Jiho上公布。上述研究产生的理论成果包括：1)审查了劳动法放松管制政策对劳动力市场和就业的影响，并就构建新安全网的方向提出了建议；2)关于非正规就业政策，从平等和社会包容的角度调查了对策，尽管主要集中在派遣工人上；3)澄清了2007年《劳动合同法》中明显的解释性和理论问题；4)《机会平等法》的新发展。就最初确定的研究计划而言，已经取得了重大成果。较少

This research was devised with the objective of mapping out transitions in the labour market, employment, legislative policy, and labour law since the 1980s(particularly since the 1990s), as well as pursuing a new organisational principle for future development. During the last four years, the principal investigator, co-investigators, and research collaborators have published four books(Wada, Hajime, The Guarantee of Human Rights and Labour Law<in Japanese>(2008), Karatsu, Hiroshi, The Legal Theory of Labour Contracts and Rules of Employment<in Japanese>(2010), Tonai, Kazuhiro, Germany's Employee Representation System and Law<in Japanese>(2010), Nishitani, Satoshi and Itaru Nemoto, Labour Contracts and Law<in Japanese>(2011)). In addition, the research group has published over one hundred articles in journals, given five presentations at academic conferences, and held five international symposia(Japan-Germany, twice ; Japan-South Korea, three times).During the final year of the project … More the research group has focused, in particular, on the consolidation of research results achieved thus far:(a) Systematic research has been conducted on the Worker Dispatch Law with a view to publication in autumn 2012. Individual topics of research comprise, 1) analysis of the enactment and amendment process pertaining to the Law, 2) analysis of cases and court precedents ; 3) examination of fundamental problems inherent in the Law and ; 4) analysis of comparative law. At this stage, approximately eighty percent of the work is complete.(b) The succession of Supreme Court precedents concerning the legal concept of employer and unfair labour practices have been examined. This research corresponds to the theme of organisational change in enterprises and issues in labour law.(c) In relation to the theme of shifting labour-management relations and issues in labour law, research has been conducted on changes in national public service labour relations, currently a topic of debate in the Diet. The results of this research have been made public in Rodo Horitsu Junpo and Horitsu Jiho. With respect to the latter journal, in particular, this article constitutes a rare case of the issue being tackled inclusively and comprehensively.Theoretical results generated by the above research comprise, 1) an examination of the impact of labour law's deregulation policy on the labour market and employment, and a proposal as to the direction that the construction of a new safety-net could take ; 2) with regard the non-regular employment policy, an investigation of countermeasures, albeit focused primarily on dispatch workers, from the perspective of equality and social inclusion ; 3) a clarification of interpretative and theoretical problems evident in the Labour Contract Act of 2007 and ; 4) the routing of new developments in the Equal Opportunity Act. With respect to the research plan that was initially set, significant results have been achieved. Less