Immigration Policy and Foreign Workers in Japan

Immigration Policy and Foreign Workers in Japan
Author: H. Mori
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 241
Release: 1996-11-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0230374522

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In the second half of the 1980s Japan has emerged as one of the new major destination countries for migrants from Asia. The migrant labour pool was then joined by Japanese descendants from South American countries in the 1990s. Japan's policy of keeping the labour market closed to foreign unskilled workers has remained unchanged despite the 1990 immigration policy reform, which met the growing need for unskilled labour not by opening the 'front-door' to unskilled workers but by letting them in through intentionally-provided 'side-doors'. This book throws light on various aspects of migration flows to Japan and the present status of migrant workers as conditioned by Japan's immigration control system. The analysis aims to explore how the massive arrival of migrants affected Japan's immigration policy and how the policy segmented the foreign labour market in Japan.

Migrant Rights at Work

Migrant Rights at Work
Author: Laurie Berg
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 342
Release: 2015-06-26
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1317617819

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Public debates about the terms of membership and inclusion have intensified as developed economies increasingly rely on temporary migrant labour. While most agree that temporary migrant workers are entitled to the general protection of employment laws, temporary migrants have, by definition, restricted rights to residence, full social protections and often to occupational and geographic mobility. This book raises important ethical questions about the differential treatment of temporary and unauthorised migrant workers, and permanent residents, and where the line should be drawn between exploitation and legitimate employment. Taking the regulatory reforms of Australia as a key case study, Laurie Berg explores how the influence of immigration law extends beyond its functions in regulating admission to and exclusion from a country. Berg examines the ways in which immigration law and enforcement reconfigure the relationships between migrant workers and employers, producing uncertain and coercive working conditions. In presenting an analytical approach to issues of temporary labour migration, the book develops a unique theoretical framework, contending that the concept of precariousness is a more fruitful way than equality or vulnerability to evaluate and address issues of temporary migrant labour. The book will be of great interest to scholars and practitioners of immigration law and employment law and policy.

Migrant Workers in Western Europe and the United States

Migrant Workers in Western Europe and the United States
Author: Jonathan Power
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2014-05-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1483188736

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Migrant Workers in Western Europe and the United States discusses the state of job migration of Europeans and Americans. The geographical table showing the country of origin of the worker and the number of such workers are presented in the text. This table also provides a statistical record of the volume of people that migrated under the covered years. Such a table shows if there is a steady or fluctuating increase or decrease of migrant workers. The second chapter of the book discussed the historical background of the movement. Another section of the volume provides a discussion on the economics of immigration. Illegal migration is the focus of the fourth section of the text. The means of becoming an illegal migrant is covered in this section. The politics of migration of different countries are discussed in detail. There is also a section on the social conditions of the receiving countries. The book will provide useful information to sociologist, economist, students and researchers in the field of statistics.

From Migrant to Worker

From Migrant to Worker
Author: Michele Ford
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 133
Release: 2019-04-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1501735160

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What happens when local unions begin to advocate for the rights of temporary migrant workers, asks Michele Ford in her sweeping study of seven Asian countries? Until recently unions in Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand were uniformly hostile towards foreign workers, but Ford deftly shows how times and attitudes have begun to change. Now, she argues, NGOs and the Global Union Federations are encouraging local unions to represent and advocate for these peripheral workers, and in some cases succeeding. From Migrant to Worker builds our understanding of the role the international labor movement and local unions have had in developing a movement for migrant workers' labor rights. Ford examines the relationship between different kinds of labor movement actors and the constraints imposed on those actors by resource flows, contingency, and local context. Her conclusions show that in countries—Hong Kong, Malaysia, and Thailand—where resource flows and local factors give the Global Union Federations more influence local unions have become much more engaged with migrant workers. But in countries—Japan and Taiwan, for example—where they have little effect there has been little progress. While much has changed, Ford forces us to see that labor migration in Asia is still fraught with complications and hardships, and that local unions are not always able or willing to act.

How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies

How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 194
Release: 2018-01-24
Genre:
ISBN: 9264288732

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How Immigrants Contribute to Developing Countries' Economies is the result of a project carried out by the OECD Development Centre and the International Labour Organization, with support from the European Union. The report covers the ten project partner countries.

Combating the Illegal Employment of Foreign Workers

Combating the Illegal Employment of Foreign Workers
Author: OECD
Publisher: OECD Publishing
Total Pages: 184
Release: 2000-08-07
Genre:
ISBN: 926418239X

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This publication brings together a selection of the papers delivered at the seminar on “Preventing and combating the employment of foreigners in an irregular situation”. It analyses the economic and political challenges posed by illegal immigration, and examines and compare the measures taken.

Employing Foreign Workers

Employing Foreign Workers
Author: W. R. Böhning
Publisher: International Labour Organization
Total Pages: 116
Release: 1996
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9789221094531

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This manual sets out the considerations and options that policy-makers and academics can draw upon when they are faced with questions on migrant workers, such as the involvement of employers' and workers' organizations, the irregular inflow of workers, illegal employment and whom to admit and under what conditions.; The book should be especially useful in countries confronted for the first time with the employment of foreigners.

Migrant Workers In Japan

Migrant Workers In Japan
Author: Hiroshi Komai
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 322
Release: 2012-10-12
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1136162151

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First Published in 1995. The issue of foreign workers in Japan has already reached a turning point, as they are quickly changing from a flow into a group of settled residents. This change has been accompanied by a great deal of research in Japan, but there have been precious few attempts to grasp the problem in a unified manner, and this book, based on the author’s own field research, represents such an attempt.

Immigration Policy and the Search for Skilled Workers

Immigration Policy and the Search for Skilled Workers
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Publisher: National Academies Press
Total Pages: 155
Release: 2016-01-29
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0309337828

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The market for high-skilled workers is becoming increasingly global, as are the markets for knowledge and ideas. While high-skilled immigrants in the United States represent a much smaller proportion of the workforce than they do in countries such as Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom, these immigrants have an important role in spurring innovation and economic growth in all countries and filling shortages in the domestic labor supply. This report summarizes the proceedings of a Fall 2014 workshop that focused on how immigration policy can be used to attract and retain foreign talent. Participants compared policies on encouraging migration and retention of skilled workers, attracting qualified foreign students and retaining them post-graduation, and input by states or provinces in immigration policies to add flexibility in countries with regional employment differences, among other topics. They also discussed how immigration policies have changed over time in response to undesired labor market outcomes and whether there was sufficient data to measure those outcomes.