Job Security in the U.S. and Japan

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"When an individual accepts an offer of employment from a company, there is an implicit contract involved: the employee agrees to perform services for the employer at an agreed-upon pay rate. So long as the employee performs to the standards of the employer, the employee can expect to continue working. When companies begin suffering economic losses, however, resources are trimmed. Since human resources often represent the largest investment a company has, American companies tend to cut jobs in order to save money. The result is that workers who have otherwise been performing their jobs well can find themselves out of work. If the layoff occurs during a recession, new work can be difficult to obtain. Some companies have policies which make layoffs a last resort alternative, but even some of these reconsidered that strategy during the recession of the early 1990s..."

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