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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!

  • 70% of university graduates have found employment

    12 Aug 2014 11:39 | JHRS (Administrator)

    According to the education ministry’s preliminary School Basic Survey report released Thursday, 372,662 graduates, or 65.9 percent, are regular employees while more than 100,000 new graduates are working as part-timers or temps or have no jobs.

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

  • 8% of employees in charge of corporate data admit mismanagement: Trend Micro poll

    04 Aug 2014 11:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The survey was conducted from June 23 to 25 on corporate employees in charge of data management, given the recent case of Benesse Corp. in which personal information on millions of customers was illegally stolen by a man with access to the company’s database.

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

  • Firms’ employee health criteria for diabetes vary

    02 Aug 2014 11:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    About one-third of companies do not know whether their employees have diabetes. Each company also has different criteria regarding the results of health checkups when encouraging employees to consult with doctors, according to a survey conducted by a doctor and others.

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

  • Japan’s workers still wait for wage boost

    31 Jul 2014 11:34 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Six months after Japanese workers were told by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to prepare for a “wage surprise” many are still waiting, seeing incomes eaten away by the fastest inflation in more than three decades.


    Source: http://www.ft.com/

  • Japan's June unemployment rate rises to 3.7 pct

    29 Jul 2014 12:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's unemployment rate in June rose 0.2 percentage point from the previous month to 3.7 percent, marking the first rise in 10 months, the Japanese Internal Affairs Ministry said Tuesday.

    Source: http://www.shanghaidaily.com

  • It’s a Woman’s World in Japan’s Jobs Recovery

    29 Jul 2014 12:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has trumpeted the need to get more women in the workforce as key to putting the world’s third-largest economy on the path to long-term growth. The proportion of females in Japan’s overall labor force lags many other rich nations and with the population rapidly aging, economists say maintaining growth will depend on getting more women working.

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

  • Reallocation of govt employees should be promoted flexibly

    29 Jul 2014 11:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Cabinet Bureau of Personnel Affairs, which was established in May, has set target numbers for reallocating and reducing personnel for all government ministries and agencies. Based on these targets, personnel will be reallocated to increase the number of officials at offices suffering from manpower shortages, including the Disaster Reconstruction Agency, the Japan Coast Guard, customs and immigration offices and quarantine stations.

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

  • Smaller firms faced tough pay decisions

    27 Jul 2014 11:59 | JHRS (Administrator)

    This year’s shunto spring labor-management wage negotiations saw the average pay rate hike exceed 2 percent, including those for annual regular wage hikes, according to the Japanese Trade Union Confederation (Rengo).

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

  • Ricoh cancels transfer orders for 100 workers

    20 Jul 2014 13:06 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Ricoh Co. plans to cancel job transfer orders for some 100 employees who refused to apply for early retirement, sources said Saturday. Some of the employees have filed lawsuits, asking a court to confirm that they have no obligation to agree to be transferred. Two have reached a court-mediated settlement with the company.

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

  • Osaka zone a litmus test of foreign worker policy

    20 Jul 2014 13:03 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A long-sought immigration system that will provide Japanese working families, and working women in particular, with much-needed help and create a more multiethnic Japan, or an ill-considered political sop to female voters that will lead to discrimination and human rights abuses?

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

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