[HN Gopher] Running a job board in Japan can land you in prison
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Running a job board in Japan can land you in prison
Author : bemmu
Score : 14 points
Date : 2020-11-27 05:41 UTC (2 days ago)
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| samsquire wrote:
| A job is something people need to eat. Why should you need a
| licence to connect jobs to people?
|
| The law is wrong.
| TulliusCicero wrote:
| People need food to eat; that doesn't mean that food
| regulations are wrong. People need healthcare to remain healthy
| instead of not dead; that doesn't mean medical licensing is
| bad.
|
| I have no idea whether these particular regulations for
| recruiters make sense or not, but just because something is
| fundamental to living doesn't mean regulating it is
| automatically a bad idea.
| nitwit005 wrote:
| The law is probably a response to some sort of scam, to allow
| them to prosecute the scammers.
| mcherm wrote:
| Perhaps.
|
| In other countries -- the US for instance -- we have
| restrictions on connecting jobs to people. We prohibit, for
| example, job boards that are explicitly designed to favor (or
| be exclusive to) members of one race. Even if there are a lot
| of employers and employees who would appreciate such a service.
|
| If you don't think THOSE rules are wrong, then are you REALLY
| sure you want to criticize how Japan chooses to organize their
| own approach to the topic? They have chosen to license the
| people who do the connecting rather than introduce legal
| liability for those who discriminate (and are sloppy enough
| about it to leave enough evidence to prevail in court).
|
| I'm not saying control of discrimination is the reason that
| Japan licenses job recruitment, but I DO think that it requires
| a more thoughtful and open-minded approach that asks more about
| the benefits gained before dismissing out of hand the approach
| of requiring a license.
| mjevans wrote:
| As a distinction between a communications service, and a "head
| hunting" service, I'm at least initially optimistic about
| regulation of professionals in this domain being a possibly
| good thing. Like how CPAs and Lawyers and Doctors are
| regulated. Though some of those regulations might go a bit too
| far towards monopoly power rather than quality and protection
| for consumers (and could thus use some market reforms).
| rmrfstar wrote:
| Unemployment rate in Japan is is 2.3% and stable.
|
| The entire nation of Japan (population 100m) has half the
| _total number_ of homeless people as the city of San Francisco
| (population 1m).
|
| Essentially all Japanese people have health insurance, while
| 30m Americans have none and many more barely have coverage.
|
| Maybe they are onto something over there?
| trinovantes wrote:
| I'm curious what's the typical salary for devs at Japanese
| startups. I'm assuming it should at least be higher than
| megacorps which, from what I understand, are more traditional and
| based on years spent at the company.
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| I also wonder how much culture clash there are for foreigners
| working at these companies e.g. how do they handle conflicts or
| disagreements with seniority.
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