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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!

  • Analysis / Rise in foreign workers may impact quality

    22 Oct 2016 12:58 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In an effort to overcome a shortage of caregivers at nursing facilities by increasing the number of foreign workers, bills to revise the immigration control law and establish a new law regarding foreign technical trainees are expected to pass during the current Diet session.

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

  • Worker Suicide at Japan’s Largest Ad Agency Reflects Enduring Crisis

    18 Oct 2016 12:50 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO—Two deaths linked to long job hours at one of Japan’s largest companies have revived concerns over the country’s struggle to curb an excessive work culture.

    Source: http://www.wsj.com/

  • Support for elderly job seekers to be expanded

    12 Oct 2016 13:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government plans to expand public support for elderly job seekers by increasing the number of specialized consulting counters for them at Hello Work public job placement offices from the current 80 to about 200 nationwide by fiscal 2020.

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

  • Japan’s working moms struggle to keep careers

    12 Oct 2016 13:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Working mothers in Japan are jettisoning their careers and resorting to contract work amid laws that fail to support shorter hours long term. The child care and family care leave law obliges employers to reduce working hours to six a day in principle for those taking care of children under 3 years old and offer them an exemption from overtime work on request.

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

  • Working moms struggle to keep careers without reduced work hours

    10 Oct 2016 13:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO — Working mothers in Japan often change their jobs and turn into contract employees after they become ineligible for shortened working hours at their workplaces, as many of them have a hard time managing child-rearing and long hours of work at the same time.

    Source: https://www.japantoday.com/

  • 98% of companies already have action plan to promote women

    09 Oct 2016 13:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Six months have passed since a law to promote the active engagement of women in society took effect. About 98 percent of target companies have drawn up an action program to promote women’s careers and have already implemented measures based on those programs, but the remaining companies have yet to submit their plans as the law requires.

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

  • Japan: one fifth of employees at risk of death from overwork – report

    08 Oct 2016 13:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    More than 20% of workers clocked dangerous levels of overtime each month, according to a government survey. A fifth of the Japanese workforce faces the risk of death from overwork, according to a new government survey into the country’s notoriously strenuous working culture.

    Source: https://www.theguardian.com/

  • Diversity gaining ground at Japan Inc.'s top levels

    03 Oct 2016 12:59 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- The Japanese government's efforts to promote more-diverse corporate management seem to be paying off, a Nikkei Inc. survey shows, with female executives up 22.4% on the year to 235.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japan Inc. paying more, but low wages for temporary staff underscore two-track jobs sector

    29 Sep 2016 13:00 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Average earnings in the private sector increased ¥54,000 in 2015 from the year before to ¥4,204,000, up for the third year in a row, the National Tax Agency said Wednesday.

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

  • Japan Inc. taking steps to get workers to sit less

    27 Sep 2016 12:57 | JHRS (Administrator)

    More and more Japanese companies are taking aim at sedentary working patterns, amid rising awareness of the health benefits of standing up and stretching.

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

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