Seniority-based labor-management relations

Japanese: 年功的労使関係 - ねんこうてきろうしかんけい

Seniority is the overall system of personnel treatment centered on seniority. The term seniority has been used in two senses: (1) the skill that a worker acquires through many years of experience, and (2) the merit that a worker receives from working for a particular company for many years. In Japanese labor-management relations, seniority, which has these two meanings, has been the principle that underpins various personnel treatment systems. This is well represented in the status (now often called qualifications) and job classification (now often called job system) systems shown in the table.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

年功を中心とした人事処遇の制度総体のこと。年功という用語は，(1)労働者が長年の経験によって獲得した熟練，(2)労働者が長年特定の企業に勤務したことによる功労，という二つの意味で使われてきた。日本の労使関係においては，この2様の意味をもつ年功がいろいろな人事処遇制度を貫く原理となってきた。これは，表に示した身分(現在は資格と呼ばれることが多い)･職分(現在は職制と呼ばれることが多い)制度によくあらわされている。

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