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2024.10.25
- Labor administration: Trends
Are Japan’s dismissal regulations not strict compared to international standards?
During the recent LDP leadership election, a female candidate known for her strong conservative views remarked that “Japan’s dismissal regulations are not that strict when compared internationally.” Her statement seems to be based on the OECD Employm…
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2023.07.27
- Labor administration: Trends
Overview of The Basic Policy on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women 2023
On June 5, the Government of Japan held the Council for Gender Equality and announced the so-called "Women's Version of the Framework for Gender Equality 2023". And we would like to take this opportunity to share with you over a number of installment…
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2022.04.22
- Labor administration: Trends
A large multinational consulting Company has been sent to the Prosecutors Office for Violation of the Labor Standards Act.
As the issue of overtime and working hours continues to gain a lot of attention in Japan we would like to bring to your attention an ongoing case and the issues around overtime exemptions in Japan. To begin, in Japan, violations of the Labor Stand…
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2021.04.28
- Labor administration: Trends
Health Management and Prevention of COVID-19 in the Workplace through the State of Emergency
With the announcement of the Third State of Emergency the Ministry of Health Welfare and Labour distributed the following guidelines to organisations through Keidanren, the business association. In Summary the points are as follows: 1) In …
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2021.02.19
- Labor administration: Trends
Employment of people with disabilities
The legally mandated employment rate for disabled people will increase from 2.2% to 2.3% on March 1, 2021.Initially, the increase was scheduled to take effect on January 1, 2021, but due to the impact of the new coronavirus on companies, the imp…
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2021.02.05
- Labor administration: Trends
If you use the secondment to avoid dismissal by Corona, you can get a subsidy for 2/3 to 9/10 of wages by Japanese government
Secondment, is a kind of employment that is widely accepted in Japan.A simple explanation of how it works is as follows.1 Two companies sign a secondment contract.2 The original employer is the seconded source, and the employment relationship …
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2021.02.05
- Labor administration: Trends
Case of Asymptomatic, COVID 19
I would like to share my opinion about the system of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.Originally, injury and sickness allowance was under the former Ministry of Health and Welfare, while Employment Adjustment Subsidy and Leave Support P…
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2021.01.27
- Labor administration: Trends
How to utilize the PCR test
The spread of the new coronavirus continues to be serious. A state of emergency has been declared in the Tokyo metropolitan area and other areas since January 8,2021…On the other hand, it becomes more and more cases of employees being infe…
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2020.03.04
- Labor administration: Trends
Measures for dealing with COVID-19 #5 – New Non Work Allowance Subsidy –
This is the March 2 announcement by the Ministry Health Welfare and Labour. This a translation of the full announcement. New Non Work Allowance subsidy for Companies who allow the parents or guardians of elementary school age children who …
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2020.03.03
- Labor administration: Trends
Measures for dealing with COVID-19 #4 – Non-Work Allowance 2 –
After the Prime Minister’s Press Conference on February 28 the Ministry of Health Welfare and Labor renewed the instructions for dealing with COVID-19. Companies are all very interested in what is being said, but at this time (and it will follow…