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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!

  • Reallocation of govt employees should be promoted flexibly

    29 Jul 2014 11:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs, which was established in May, has set target numbers for reallocating and reducing personnel for all government ministries and agencies. Based on these targets, personnel will be reallocated to increase the number of officials at offices suffering from manpower shortages, including the Disaster Reconstruction Agency, the Japan Coast Guard, customs and immigration offices and quarantine stations.

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

  • Smaller firms faced tough pay decisions

    27 Jul 2014 11:59 | JHRS (Administrator)

    This year’s shunto spring labor-management wage negotiations saw the average pay rate hike exceed 2 percent, including those for annual regular wage hikes, according to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo).

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

  • Ricoh cancels transfer orders for 100 workers

    20 Jul 2014 13:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Ricoh Co. plans to cancel job transfer orders for some 100 employees who refused to apply for early retirement, sources said Saturday. Some of the employees have filed lawsuits, asking a court to confirm that they have no obligation to agree to be transferred. Two have reached a court-mediated settlement with the company.

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

  • Osaka zone a litmus test of foreign worker policy

    20 Jul 2014 13:03 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A long-sought immigration system that will provide Japanese working families, and working women in particular, with much-needed help and create a more multiethnic Japan, or an ill-considered political sop to female voters that will lead to discrimination and human rights abuses?

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

  • Japan’s nuclear workers quitting jobs in droves

    20 Jul 2014 12:58 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Stigma, pay cuts and risk of radiation exposure are among the reasons why 3,000 employees have left the utility at the center of Japan’s 2011 nuclear disaster. Now there’s an additional factor: better-paying jobs in the solar energy industry.


    Source: http://www.journalgazette.net/

  • Sony to solicit employees for early retirement

    08 Jul 2014 12:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Sony Corp. will solicit applicants for early retirement from its corporate planning and finance sections at its Tokyo headquarters starting in August as it restructures and cuts costs, sources said Tuesday. The program is part of a reform plan unveiled in February that includes slashing 1,500 domestic jobs, including those at group companies, by the end of the current business year through next March.

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

  • Foreign women also face ‘maternity harassment’

    07 Jul 2014 12:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In line with Japan’s child-care leave law, Aimee took a year off from her job as a business coach when her son was born last year. Having recently secured a place for her son at a public day-care center, she was looking forward to returning to work. On her first day back, however, Aimee’s boss called her into his office and told her that her services were no longer required.

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

  • Japanese Base Pay Rises for First Time in More Than Two Years

    01 Jul 2014 12:42 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO—Average wages excluding extra payments increased in Japan for the first time in more than two years in May, reflecting recent growth in the number of high-paying full-time jobs.

    Source: http://online.wsj.com/

  • Japan’s unemployment rate at 16-year low, employment levels highest since 1992

    28 Jun 2014 12:45 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo: Japan's unemployment rate hit a 16-year low in May, suggesting the economy will rebound in the third quarter from a sales tax hike and consequent slump in consumer spending.

    Source: http://firstbiz.firstpost.com/

  • Japan May job availability up to 1.09, best in 22 years

    27 Jun 2014 12:47 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's job availability improved in May to its best level in around 22 years, while the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent, its lowest level in more than 16 years, with companies willing to hire more workers on the back of an economic recovery, the government said Friday.

    Source: http://www.globalpost.com/

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