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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!

  • Telework evolving in Japan to ensure smoother communication between employees

    17 Feb 2018 18:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO — Teleworking, a key part of the Japanese government’s “work style reform” initiative, is slowly evolving as a result of efforts to make up for the lack of communication among workers.

    Source: https://www.todayonline.com/

  • Japan, short of workers, eyes hiking optional pension age beyond 70

    17 Feb 2018 18:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan has okayed plans to let people choose to start drawing their state pensions beyond the age of 70 as it grapples with severe labor shortages, ballooning welfare costs and a shriveling tax base stemming from its greying population.

    Source: https://www.reuters.com/

  • Japan – Government aims to lift employment rate for workers in their early 60s

    16 Feb 2018 18:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s government is aiming to lift the employment rate for people aged 60-64 up to 67% by 2020, from 63.6% in 2016, according to new government guidelines for policy measure.

    Source: https://www2.staffingindustry.com/

  • Japanese government seeks to reduce repeat offenders through jobs program for ex-convicts

    14 Feb 2018 18:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    SAITAMA – The Justice Ministry has helped a total of 128 past offenders find jobs within about a year after leaving prison since the establishment of specialized job centers in November 2016, ministry data showed Wednesday.

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

  • ‘A warning to corporate Japan’: Tokyo firm pays out $700k for overworked employee death

    11 Feb 2018 14:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo-based Green Display Co. has settled a lawsuit with the family of a deceased former employee who died in a car accident caused by exhaustion, paying out $700,000 according to a report by The Asahi Shimbun.

    Source: https://www.rt.com/

  • Japanese temp worker fights for labor rights as companies avoid hiring full-time staff

    07 Feb 2018 14:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    One Wednesday in early December, Teruko Watanabe left home for her office job of almost 17 years at a consulting firm in Tokyo’s Bunkyo Ward. But it was the last time she made the commute, because when she got to the office she was informed her contract had been terminated.

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

  • 71% of Japanese firms short of workers: survey

    05 Feb 2018 13:58 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The poll was conducted from late November last year to mid-January, primarily through the ministry's 11 regional finance bureaus across Japan, and received responses from 1,341 companies ranging from large enterprises to medium and small businesses.

    Source: https://mainichi.jp/
    The poll was conducted from late November last year to mid-January, primarily through the ministry's 11 regional finance bureaus across Japan, and received responses from 1,341 companies ranging from large enterprises to medium and small businesses. Overall, the survey responses highlighted the growing impact of Japan's low birth rate, and the difficulty companies are having in getting and keeping sufficient numbers of employees.

  • Robust labor demand bolsters outlook for pay hikes, inflation

    05 Feb 2018 13:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan’s job market is the tightest it’s been in more than 40 years, giving leverage to labor unions pressing for bigger pay hikes at annual wage negotiations and raising prospects for higher consumer spending and inflation.

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

  • Japan's job availability highest since 1974

    30 Jan 2018 13:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan's labor shortage shows no signs of abating, as data released Tuesday by the labor ministry showed job availability rising to a 44-year high. The country's unemployment rate also improved in 2017, falling below 3% for the first time in 23 years.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Cosmetic companies promote contract staff to regular workers

    29 Jan 2018 12:37 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The cosmetics industry has seen an increase in customers, partly because of the growth in foreign tourists in Japan. This has heightened the feeling that there are not enough beauty consultants and factory workers. Many companies are now giving employees permanent positions, aiming to improve customer service and maintain production levels.

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

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