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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!

  • Mental illnesses rise among care workers for elderly

    08 May 2016 15:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO — Depression and other mental illnesses are on the rise among nursing care workers for elderly people in Japan, apparently reflecting difficult working conditions amid chronic staff shortages in the industry.

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

  • Japan looks to pay employers to set shorter workdays

    04 May 2016 15:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan's labor ministry is proposing a new subsidy for companies that set a minimum interval between the time employees leave work and when they return the following morning.

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

  • Top companies move to hire more foreign employees

    01 May 2016 17:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s top companies are increasingly moving to give foreign people permanent contracts, judging that the benefits of diversification are well worth the challenges.

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

  • Japan – Wages for part-time workers rising

    29 Apr 2016 17:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Wages for part-time workers in Japan are rising with the average hourly wages offered to part-time job applicants in Japan’s three major metropolitan areas increased 1.8% in March from a year earlier, for the 33rd consecutive monthly gain, according to Japanese jobs site Recruit Jobs.

    Source: http://www2.staffingindustry.com/

  • Japan's job availability best in 24 yrs, jobless rate falls in March

    28 Apr 2016 17:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's job availability reached the best level in over 24 years and the unemployment rate fell for the first time in two months in March, government data showed Thursday, indicating that the country's labor market remains tight.

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

  • Japan eyes more foreign workers in stealthy challenge to immigration taboo

    27 Apr 2016 17:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Desperately seeking an antidote to a rapidly aging population, Japanese policymakers are exploring ways to bring in more foreign workers without calling it an “immigration policy.”

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

  • Mixed job outlook for 2017 graduates

    13 Apr 2016 13:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    As this year’s crop of newly hired corporate employees settle into their jobs, more than 70 percent of companies looking forward to hiring for spring 2017 say they plan to employ a similar or greater number of new graduates that year, according to a survey of 100 major Japanese companies conducted by The Yomiuri Shimbun and NTV.

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

  • Caring for seniors a drain on Japan’s workers, survey finds

    07 Apr 2016 12:58 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo) has found that 27.9 percent of workers aged 40 or older who had to care for elderly family members said the burden made them think of quitting their job. Only 1.6 percent actually did so.

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

  • Japan's 'Nonregular' Workers in Focus

    06 Apr 2016 13:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The struggles of temporary workers have gotten the attention of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who says reforming the way Japan works will be his government's biggest challenge in the next three years.

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

  • Death by overwork on rise among Japan's vulnerable workers

    04 Apr 2016 12:45 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan is witnessing a record number of compensation claims related to death from overwork, or “karoshi”, a phenomenon previously associated with the long-suffering “salary man” that is increasingly afflicting young and female employees.

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

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