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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!

  • New rewards for firms that hire ex-inmates

    11 Sep 2014 11:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Justice Ministry intends to provide incentives to cooperative employers who hire those who have been released from prisons or juvenile correctional institutions. The employers would receive a maximum of ¥720,000 per year per former prisoner, starting next April, sources have said. The ministry was to ask for more than ¥1 billion in the next fiscal budget request for this incentive program.

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

  • OECD urges Japan to up jobs for women

    05 Sep 2014 11:03 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development urged Japan on Wednesday to help more women get jobs, saying that the country’s gender difference in employment rates is wider than those of other advanced nations.

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

  • Japan’s megabanks break glass ceiling for foreign managers

    31 Aug 2014 12:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Among recent appointments: In July, Debra Hazelton became the first foreign general manager at Mizuho Financial Group’s Tokyo headquarters, where she leads a new department to manage global staff. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group’s lending arm promoted two foreigners to executive officer in April, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group’s banking unit appointed its first non-Japanese executive officer last year.

    Source: http://www.dawn.com/

  • Japanese employers promote power naps

    29 Aug 2014 12:28 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The power nap has become part of the daily work routine for an increasing number of Japanese employees, who are encouraged to snooze on the job.


    Source: http://www.recruiter.co.uk


  • Tokyo Gives Housewives Hard Choice

    24 Aug 2014 11:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's tax system has long sent the message that the ideal role for women is to stay mostly at home. Now, the government is weighing tax changes aimed at bringing more women into the workforce--a plan that is driving a wedge between some working women and homemakers who have benefited under the traditional system.

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

  • Survey Finds More Job Dissatisfaction in Japan

    19 Aug 2014 11:48 | JHRS (Administrator)

    According to a survey released Tuesday by LinkedIn Corp., which runs the popular career-networking website, 7% of Japanese surveyed said they were “very dissatisfied” with their current role, compared to the global average of 4%. That puts Japan at the top of 26 countries surveyed in the research.

    Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/

  • Japanese firms encourage their dozy workers to sleep on the job

    18 Aug 2014 12:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In Japan, where workers get less sleep on work nights than those in other countries, more and more companies are encouraging employees to sleep on the job, convinced that it leads to better work performance.

    Source: http://www.theguardian.com/

  • Nonprofit group aims to help female students meet their potential

    18 Aug 2014 12:17 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo-based nonprofit organization Hanalabs is offering female college students in Japan a chance to advance their careers by devising solutions to social problems affecting communities in need of revitalization.

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

  • Nissan Japan Employees Join Habitat for Humanity in Tohoku

    15 Aug 2014 11:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    20 Nissan employees in Japan are hard at work in the Tohoku region of Japan, working with Habitat for Humanity to restore the region to a state comparable to that prior to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami.

    Source: http://thenewswheel.com/

  • Division between temporary, regular employment should be addressed

    14 Aug 2014 12:10 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Regular workers on the corporate payroll are afforded employment security, despite often being required to work overtime and accept job relocation. Meanwhile, nonregular employees are poorly paid in many cases, and their employment status is unstable.

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

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