Labour Union’s challenges for improving for gig work conditions on food delivery in Japan: a lesson for Malaysia

• Main Authors: Yosuke Uchiyama, Fumitaka Furuoka, Md Nasrudin Md Akhir, Li, Jingyi, Lim, Beatrice Fui Yee, Khairul Hanim Pazim @ Fadzim
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Penerbit UM 2022
• Subjects: HD4801-8943 Labor. Work. Working class
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33599/1/Labour%20Union%E2%80%99s%20challenges%20for%20improving%20for%20gig%20work%20conditions%20on%20food%20delivery%20in%20Japan_%20a%20lesson%20for%20Malaysia.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33599/2/Labour%20Union%E2%80%99s%20challenges%20for%20improving%20for%20gig%20work%20conditions%20on%20food%20delivery%20in%20Japan_%20a%20lesson%20for%20Malaysia%20_ABSTRACT.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/33599/; https://ijeas.um.edu.my/index.php/IJEAS/article/view/35757/14404; https://doi.org/10.22452/IJEAS.vol11no1.7

The development of technology and the flexibility to work in nontraditional ways has led to the emergence of task-based gig workers and this trend has been spreading across Japan. However, the ambiguity of the legal position on app-based on-demand gig workers has led to inequalities in labour relati...