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Breaking the Law * Japan - Trucking firms denying drivers pension, insurance
Osaka,Japan -The Yomiuri Shimbun -3 Dec 2006: -- An increasing number of trucking firms in the Kansai region are breaking the law by not enrolling their workers in the corporate employees pension and health insurance plans, according to an industry survey in six prefectures... According to the survey, 35.9 percent of the transportation firms had not enrolled in the social insurance scheme, an increase of about eight percentage points over fiscal 2005. The survey cites cuts in personnel costs made necessary by increased competition resulting from the industry's deregulation... The Construction and Transport Ministry's Kinki District Transport Bureau has increased its supervision of the industry, saying deteriorating working conditions for their drivers would affect traffic and transportation safety...
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