According to Shinya Sato, an executive director at Japan Staffing Services Association, the CIETT meeting held in Tokyo in April provided momentum to help spur the Japanese temp industry toward further deregulation.
CIETT, or Confederation Internationale des Entreprises de Travail Temporarire, is a Brussels-based international organization where matters related to temporary work are discussed. It is attended and run by temporary worker associations in 28 developed nations. It was the first time for the conference to be held in Asia.
Sato said the conference, attended by 500 people including Labor Minister Chikara Sakaguchi and Economy, Trade and Industry Minister Takeo Hiranuma, made it crystal-clear that deregulation is globally the most important trend in the temporary work industry.