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As a special service to JHRS members like you, we are pleased to inform you of the following latest information on publications, research reports, and statistics from The Japan Institute for Labor Productivity and Training or JILPT (an agency of the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare or MHLW). We hope that you find this useful in your business and HR profession.
◆ Japan Labor Review, Winter 2012
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The Japan Labor Review is a quarterly journal of research in the field of labor studies. For the purpose of providing valuable information on Japanese labor issues to the broad range of overseas readers, articles are selected, edited and published by an editorial board of the JILPT.
Main theme of this issue: "Labor Relations in Japan"
Contents:
・Introduction
・Japan's Labor Unions: Past, Present, Future
・Unionization of Non-Regular Workers by Enterprise Unions
・The Functions and Limits of Enterprise Unions in Individual Labor Disputes
・The Current Status and Significance of General Unions: Concerning the Resolution of Individual Labor Disputes
・General Unions and Community Unions, and Japanese Labor Law
・The Scheduled Increase in the Pension Age and the Effect of Job Security Measures for the Elderly in Supporting Their Subsistence
・JILPT Research Activities
Please visit our website at http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt
◆ Japanese Working Life Profile 2011/2012 - Labor Statistics
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This booklet contains selected labor statistics to present a profile of Japanese workers from various perspectives. It covers basic statistical data to give a whole picture of Japanese labor situation, such as indices for economic environment, employment situation, working conditions, family life and social security policy. Also, it provides statistics on some topics dealing with current labor issues in Japan, including employment of elderly workers, increasing non-regular workers, foreign workers / labor migration, various working types, changing labor management relations, and so on.
Contents:
・Ⅰ. Economic Environment
・Ⅱ. Population / Labor Force
・Ⅲ. Employment
・Ⅳ. Labor Turnover / Unemployment
・Ⅴ. Working Conditions (Wages, Working Hours, Others)
・Ⅵ. Education / Human Resources Development
・Ⅶ. Labor Relations
・Ⅷ. Worker's Life
・Ⅸ. Social Security
Please visit our website at http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt
◆ Statistics
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◇Main Labor Economic Indicators, January 2012: http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt
◇Recent Statistical Survey Reports, December 2011: http://www.jhrs.org/jilpt
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