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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!

  • More firms watching business partners for work conditions

    11 May 2014 11:01 | JHRS (Administrator)
    An increasing number of large companies are taking strict measures to inspect the working environments of their business partners, in the belief that their social credibility could be tarnished by associating with companies that treat their employees poorly.

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

  • Making Abenomics Work for Japan: Wages won't rise until reforms boost productivity.

    08 May 2014 10:57 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's economic revival plan for Japan is entering a new phase, and all eyes are on the labor market. After a year of unprecedented monetary expansion, there are signs that growth, inflation and corporate profits are ticking up. Now the question is whether wages and consumption will follow. This is where Mr. Abe risks meeting his Waterloo if he doesn't pick up the pace of reform.

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

  • Abe Says Wages, Jobs Key to Beating Deflation, Pledges EU Deal

    01 May 2014 12:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said wages and employment must rise for his country to beat deflation, as he promised to secure an economic partnership between Japan and Europe.

    Source: http://www.businessweek.com

  • Japan’s jobs market is getting tighter

    01 May 2014 11:59 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Data released earlier Friday showed Japan's jobless rate at 3.6 percent in March, holding steady from February when it hit lows last seen in July 2007. Separate figures showed the jobs-to-applicants ratio rise to 1.07 from 1.05 in February, showing that the availability of jobs continues to improve.

    Source: http://www.cnbc.com

  • Workers’ monthly pay logs 0.7% rise

    30 Apr 2014 12:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Average monthly pay for workers climbed 0.7 percent in March from a year earlier to ¥276,740, the first increase in three months, the labor ministry said Wednesday in a preliminary report.

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

  • Japan Seeks Foreign Workers, Uneasily

    23 Apr 2014 11:55 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Desperate for more workers to support a construction boom, Japan has proposed to expand its controversial foreign trainee programme to permit more unskilled labour from Asia to work in Japanese companies for five years from the current three years.

    Source: http://www.ipsnews.net/

  • IKEA Japan plans to overhaul workforce to promote equality among staff

    21 Apr 2014 18:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japanese division of Swedish furniture chain IKEA recently announced that they will make large changes to their job descriptions including the elimination of fixed-term contracts for part-time workers.

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

  • 30% female employment goal in jeopardy: Civil service must look to outsiders to fill ranks, equality minister says

    21 Apr 2014 18:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will fail to meet his goal of having women in 30 percent of management positions in the civil service by 2020 unless candidates are lured from private industry, the gender equality minister said in a recent interview.

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

  • Japan rolls out tax hike to get women to work

    19 Apr 2014 18:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The administration is reviewing rules that let about 14 million married workers earn as much as 1.03 million yen, or about $11,000, a year tax-free. Removing the measures, which cost an estimated annual $6.5 billion in fiscal revenue, could spur some women to work longer hours, and help bolster Japan's shrinking job market. "The traditional family structure where husbands go out to work and wives look after the home is crumbling," said Akiyoshi Takumori, chief economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Co. in Tokyo. "The labour force is shrinking and there is a growing need for immigrants or women to work."

    Source: http://www.leaderpost.com

  • Japanese wage hikes at 16-year high

    16 Apr 2014 18:19 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The average monthly wage hike for major Japanese companies through annual wage talks this spring exceeded 7,000 for the first time in 16 years, the Japan Business Federation said Wednesday.

    Source:http://www.bangkokpost.com/

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