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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!

  • Diet OK’s bill on patent rights for employers

    04 Jul 2015 13:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The bill clearly states that employees who invented products whose patents have been acquired by their employers are entitled to considerable amounts of compensation and economic benefits from the companies.

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

  • Average wage rises for 2nd consecutive month

    30 Jun 2015 13:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The average wage earned by workers in May rose 0.6 percent from a year before to ¥268,389, up for the second consecutive month, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said in a preliminary report Tuesday.

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

  • Japan – Job availability hits new high

    26 Jun 2015 13:26 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Japan's job availability rose to its highest level in roughly 23 years, while the unemployment rate remained flat in May, indicating that labour market conditions continued to improve amid economic recovery, reports asia.nikkei.com.


    Source: http://www.staffingindustry.com/


  • Japan will need 370,000 extra care workers a decade from now

    25 Jun 2015 13:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The welfare ministry is warning a national shortfall of around 377,000 care workers for the elderly is expected in fiscal 2025.

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

  • Bill should ensure better treatment of temporary employees at firms

    20 Jun 2015 13:42 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A bill to revise the Worker Dispatch Law, over which the ruling and opposition parties confronted each other, passed the House of Representatives on Friday.

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

  • Temp workers dealt blow as dispatch bill clears Lower House

    19 Jun 2015 13:48 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Opposition lawmakers walked out in protest as the Lower House on Friday passed a contentious bill to revise the worker dispatch law, ending a requirement that companies upgrade their temporary workers to fully fledged employees after a period of three years.

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

  • Only 25% of female regular staff hope to be promoted

    19 Jun 2015 13:44 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Those who hope to be promoted accounted for 25.7 percent of female regular employee respondents and 13.5 percent of female nonregular workers, the Cabinet Office survey showed.

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

  • Japan Apr Labor Cash Earnings Revised Down

    19 Jun 2015 12:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's total labor cash earnings increased at a slower-than initially expected rate in April after remaining unchanged in the previous month, a final report from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare showed Thursday.

    Source: http://www.rttnews.com/

  • Unfairly dismissed workers may soon be able to claim financial compensation

    18 Jun 2015 12:19 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Unfairly dismissed workers may soon, and for the first time, be entitled to financial compensation, after Japan’s Regulatory Reform Council included the proposal among its 182 recommendations submitted to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.


    Source: http://www.staffingindustry.com/

  • Compensation system for sacked workers eyed

    17 Jun 2015 12:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government’s Regulatory Reform Council has called for discussions to begin this year among labor and management representatives and lawyers on a system that would provide financial settlements for unfairly dismissed workers.

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

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