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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Shipping firm censured over treatment of drivers

A driver sorts Amazon packages for delivery in Saitama in April. (Credit: The Yomiuri Shimbun)

A shipping company in Saitama Prefecture has been admonished for making drivers handling Amazon Japan packages work as de facto employees without concluding a labor-management agreement as required by law, it has been learned.

According to sources, Maruwa Unyu Kikan Co. in Yoshikawa, Saitama Prefecture, was censured by the Kasukabe Labor Standards Inspection Office in January. Maruwa is listed on the Prime Market segment of the Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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