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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!

  • Temp workers dealt blow as dispatch bill clears Lower House

    19 Jun 2015 13:48 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Opposition lawmakers walked out in protest as the Lower House on Friday passed a contentious bill to revise the worker dispatch law, ending a requirement that companies upgrade their temporary workers to fully fledged employees after a period of three years.

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

  • Only 25% of female regular staff hope to be promoted

    19 Jun 2015 13:44 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Those who hope to be promoted accounted for 25.7 percent of female regular employee respondents and 13.5 percent of female nonregular workers, the Cabinet Office survey showed.

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

  • Japan Apr Labor Cash Earnings Revised Down

    19 Jun 2015 12:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's total labor cash earnings increased at a slower-than initially expected rate in April after remaining unchanged in the previous month, a final report from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare showed Thursday.

    Source: http://www.rttnews.com/

  • Unfairly dismissed workers may soon be able to claim financial compensation

    18 Jun 2015 12:19 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Unfairly dismissed workers may soon, and for the first time, be entitled to financial compensation, after Japan’s Regulatory Reform Council included the proposal among its 182 recommendations submitted to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.


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

  • Compensation system for sacked workers eyed

    17 Jun 2015 12:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government’s Regulatory Reform Council has called for discussions to begin this year among labor and management representatives and lawyers on a system that would provide financial settlements for unfairly dismissed workers.

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

  • Japan's workers shun vacation, pile up overtime

    02 Jun 2015 11:51 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan wants its workers to take more holidays and work fewer hours to cut down the number of people pushing themselves into an early grave.

    Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/

  • Japan April job availability up to 1.17, best in 23 years

    29 May 2015 11:47 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s job availability improved in April to its best level in around 23 years while the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 18 years, with companies willing to hire more workers on the back of an economic recovery, the government said Friday.

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

  • Government pledges to help foreign students find jobs in Japan

    28 May 2015 11:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Cabinet Office will hold seminars to provide universities with information about corporate internships and employment support programs for students from overseas, it was announced Wednesday.

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

  • Working to death in Japan: warning over no overtime law

    27 May 2015 12:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s push to take away overtime from high-paid workers has critics warning it will aggravate a problem synonymous with the country’s notoriously long working hours – karoshi, or death from overwork. Teruyuki Yamashita knows the risks all too well. The now 53-year-old worked day and night in a senior sales job, made countless overseas business trips and slept an average of just three hours a night.

    Source: https://www.dailystar.com.lb/

  • Employees told they need to take more time off and work shorter hours in Japan

    26 May 2015 12:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government has increased the number of public holidays and leave entitlements in recent years to 18.5 days, but data shows that last year staff used less than half of that allowance.

    Source: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/

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