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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!

  • Welfare ministry proposes easing child care leave prerequisites

    12 Nov 2015 14:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Amid a surge in nonregular workers, the welfare ministry on Thursday proposed drastically easing the current rigid requirement for child care leave that prevents many mothers from returning to the workforce.

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

  • Amazon Japan staff form union to fight ‘unfair’ performance targets

    05 Nov 2015 12:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Amazon Japan KK employees have formed a labor union with a stated aim to abolish a “performance improvement plan” that they say effectively enables the company to easily fire its workers.

    Source: http://ajw.asahi.com/

  • ‘Womenomics’ makes small chips in Japan’s glass ceiling

    02 Nov 2015 17:35 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Two years after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made women’s advancement a top policy priority, statistics suggest Japan’s male-dominated workplaces have evolved slightly, but they also highlight the deep-seated societal forces keeping the gender gap alive.

    Source: http://www.detroitnews.com

  • Samsung Electronics Japan to lay off 100 employees

    30 Oct 2015 17:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Samsung Electronics Japan will cut payroll by 25% this year, seeking to improve profitability in a maturing smartphone market by holding down fixed costs while launching new handsets.

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

  • Japan’s job availability jumps to highest level in 23 years

    30 Oct 2015 17:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s job availability continued to improve for the third straight month in September to hit its highest level in over 23 years, further indicating that companies need more workers, the government said Friday.

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

  • Despite labor crunch, Japanese firms slow to accept disabled applicants

    29 Oct 2015 17:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Law graduate Yusuke Hatsuse says he thought his college degree and national sports success would make him an attractive recruit for Japan’s best-known employers. When none invited him for interviews, he applied for virtually every job he could find.

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

  • Job screenings being moved up to June

    25 Oct 2015 12:35 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japan Business Federation (Keidanren) plans to change its recruitment guidelines to move up the start of job screenings of university students expected to join the workforce in spring 2017. The plan calls for allowing companies to begin such activities centered around June of the students’ senior year, up from August.

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

  • More Japanese firms adopting start-early, leave-early programs

    19 Oct 2015 13:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese workers are increasingly being urged to move up their working hours as employers seek to improve efficiency, cut overtime pay and promote a healthier lifestyle for employees.

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

  • Weaker yen boosts local employment

    19 Oct 2015 13:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The recent boost in domestic production among some Japanese manufacturers has been mainly attributed to the weak yen, which has caused import prices of Japanese products produced overseas to rise and an increase in labor costs in emerging countries where Japanese companies have built production bases.

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

  • Big business steps up hiring of college grads

    19 Oct 2015 12:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Major Japanese companies have offered more jobs to university seniors this year than they hired this past spring, marking a fifth consecutive year of growth, a new Nikkei survey shows.

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

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