Japan's Aeon to even out pay between part- and full-time workers

TOKYO -- Japanese retailer Aeon will start boosting wages for part-time workers at 40 group companies in fiscal 2024, so that they are paid equally to full-time counterparts for doing the same work.

Aeon employs around 400,000 part-timers, more than any other Japanese company. In order to secure and retain talent, it will consider expanding a compensation framework already in place at hypermarket unit Aeon Retail, which offers the same base pay and bonuses to full- and part-time employees.