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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!

  • Grim times for Japan's displaced workers

    20 Jan 2015 11:22 | JHRS (Administrator)
    More than half of Japanese workers who are laid off will still be out of work a year later, according to a report yesterday, underlining the continuing economic challenges for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe as he embarks on his third year in power.


    Source: http://www.straitstimes.com

  • Go vacation! Japan’s new law to make companies care for workers’ rest

    10 Jan 2015 11:18 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A bill seeking to ensure workers take paid vacations is to be brought to Japan’s parliament. With less than half employees taking vacations, the new law aims to reduce overwork which can be fatal and create a proper work-life balance.

    Source: http://rt.com/news/

  • Business group leaders call for wage hikes at firms

    08 Jan 2015 12:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The leaders of the three major business groups stressed Tuesday that it is important for companies in the country to expand capital expenditure and increase wages in order to help the economy to achieve a virtuous economic cycle.

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

  • Salary bar in merit pay plan to be raised to ¥10.75 million

    08 Jan 2015 11:59 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The labor ministry plans to extend the planned “white-collar exemption” system to highly skilled workers who make at least ¥10.75 million a year, informed sources said Wednesday.

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

  • Japan announces new laws to force workers to go on holiday

    08 Jan 2015 11:11 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese workers are so reluctant to leave their offices that they took less than half their holiday entitlement in 2013. The government now wants to raise that total to 70 per cent by 2020, according to the Yomiuri newspaper.

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

  • Japan eyes bill to improve employment of young people

    07 Jan 2015 12:39 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government will submit a bill aimed at improving employment of young people during the upcoming ordinary Diet session slated for Jan. 24, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned.

    Source: http://news.asiaone.com/

  • Employers to ensure workers use vacation

    07 Jan 2015 11:54 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Companies are likely to be required to designate the period in which employees take annual paid leave in a proposed bill for revising the Labor Standards Law, it has been learned. The proposed bill, which would ensure workers take paid leave, aims to prevent overwork and help employees realize a proper work-life balance. The government plans to submit the bill to the ordinary Diet session that will convene on Jan. 26.


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

  • 40% of complaints to HelloWork about false job descriptions

    04 Jan 2015 12:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    About 40 percent of the complaints lodged with HelloWork job placement offices across the nation were about job postings that described working conditions more favorable than they actually were, according to a recent survey conducted by the labor ministry.

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

  • Mitsubishi Corp. aims to create jobs for Tohoku

    27 Dec 2014 13:07 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Mitsubishi Corp. will work on creating jobs in the Tohoku region as part of the company’s efforts to expand support for reconstruction of areas devastated by the March 2011 disaster, Mitsubishi President Ken Kobayashi said.

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

  • Nonregular employees exceed 20 mil. record

    27 Dec 2014 12:56 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The number of nonregular employees has exceeded 20 million in the country for the first time on record, accounting for 38 percent of all corporate employees, government data showed on Friday.

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

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