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This news service contains Japan-related HR news that matter in a nutshell. Guaranteed less than 50 words linked back to its original news source. Great for busy HR pros like you!

  • Japan Inc. wants workers to take more time off

    04 Mar 2016 12:44 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Business lobby Keidanren will set a target to have workers in Japan use three additional days of paid leave a year as a way of promoting domestic tourism.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japan’s major business lobby to urge workers to take more holidays

    04 Mar 2016 12:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s most influential business lobby pledged Friday to urge its member firms to have employees take more holidays in a bid to boost the tourism industry.

    Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

  • Japan's job availability strongest in over 24 years in Jan.

    01 Mar 2016 14:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's job availability improved to 1.28 in January, hitting its strongest level in more than 24 years, as the labor market remains tight in the wholesale, retail and other industries, the government said Tuesday.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Barclays Said to Boost Severance Offer for Fired Tokyo Staff

    29 Feb 2016 14:38 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Barclays Plc boosted severance packages for equities employees dismissed in Tokyo last month, adding the equivalent of three months of pay to some of the 80 workers affected who had rebuffed initial offers, people familiar with the matter said.

    Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/

  • Abe vows to correct wage differences between regular, nonregular employees

    28 Feb 2016 14:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Sunday stressed his resolve to correct the wage gaps between regular and nonregular employees. Nonregular workers include part-timers, contract workers and temp staff dispatched by personnel agencies.

    Source: http://www.japantimes.co.jp/

  • Hurdles for ‘equal pay’ system

    24 Feb 2016 14:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Discussions moved into full gear Tuesday to introduce an “equal pay for equal work” system. The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) is believed to be among those who will cooperate with the government, which intends to introduce the system as early as possible. To implement the system, however, drastic reviews of conventional employment systems are necessary, and there are many problems to be solved.

    Source: http://the-japan-news.com/

  • Housewives seek training programs to find jobs again

    21 Feb 2016 14:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese women who have spent years away from the office to bring up their children are enrolling in specialized job-training programs, hoping these will help them find opportunities to rejoin the workforce.

    Source: http://www.japantoday.com/

  • Japan moving to address wage gaps

    20 Feb 2016 14:11 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japanese government will draw up guidelines requiring employers pay the same wages for workers doing the same work, an initiative designed to address inequalities between full-time and temporary workers.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japan – Number of full-time workers grows for the first time in 8 years

    17 Feb 2016 14:05 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The number of permanent employees in Japan grew for the first time in eight years in 2015. Full-time employees grew by 260,000 to 33.04 million in 2015, while the total number of workers including part-time and temporary workers, grew by 440,000 to 52.84 million.


    Source: http://www.staffingindustry.com/

  • Full-time workers on the rise as businesses seek talent

    17 Feb 2016 12:54 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- The number of permanent employees in Japan grew for the first time in eight years in 2015, signaling a change in companies' long-standing preference for part-timers, though expected gains in wages and consumption remain elusive.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

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