The Osaka Labor Bureau slapped major subcontractor Collaborate Co. with a business suspension Tuesday for illegally sending its employees to clients as de facto temp staff.
The Workers’ Dispatch Law prohibits the practice, which amounts to subcontractors acting as temporary staff agencies.
It is the first time in Japan for a company to be told to actually close shop temporarily as punishment for the illegal practice.
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