This book compares legally allowed dismissal conditions in employment contracts in Taiwan and
Japan and then examines the possibility of introducing the Taiwan-style severance payment
system into Japanese employment contracts.A significant difference exists between employment
regulations of Japan and Taiwan. In Japan dismissal of an employee on the grounds of ability
is not easily upheld in a court of law and a set rule for dismissals with severance payment
does not exist. On the other hand in Taiwan where regulations do not allow dismissal at will
an employee can still be dismissed with severance payment as long as due process is
followed.Written by labor lawyers and labor economists from both Taiwan and Japan this book
describes the procedures that must be followed in the dismissal process in the two countries.
It also shows that this difference in dismissal conditions between the two countries explains
the low labor mobility in Japan and highlabor mobility in Taiwan and that this difference in
labor mobility in turn caused the shift of IT production from Japan to Taiwan in the 1990s.
The final chapter of the book elucidates the need for introducing the Taiwan-style severance
payment before carrying out further deregulation in Japan.
