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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!

  • Japan's workers shun vacation, pile up overtime

    02 Jun 2015 11:51 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan wants its workers to take more holidays and work fewer hours to cut down the number of people pushing themselves into an early grave.

    Source: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/

  • Japan April job availability up to 1.17, best in 23 years

    29 May 2015 11:47 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s job availability improved in April to its best level in around 23 years while the unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in 18 years, with companies willing to hire more workers on the back of an economic recovery, the government said Friday.

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

  • Government pledges to help foreign students find jobs in Japan

    28 May 2015 11:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Cabinet Office will hold seminars to provide universities with information about corporate internships and employment support programs for students from overseas, it was announced Wednesday.

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

  • Working to death in Japan: warning over no overtime law

    27 May 2015 12:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s push to take away overtime from high-paid workers has critics warning it will aggravate a problem synonymous with the country’s notoriously long working hours – karoshi, or death from overwork. Teruyuki Yamashita knows the risks all too well. The now 53-year-old worked day and night in a senior sales job, made countless overseas business trips and slept an average of just three hours a night.

    Source: https://www.dailystar.com.lb/

  • Employees told they need to take more time off and work shorter hours in Japan

    26 May 2015 12:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government has increased the number of public holidays and leave entitlements in recent years to 18.5 days, but data shows that last year staff used less than half of that allowance.

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

  • Move to exempt high-paid personnel from overtime pay raises concerns of social problem

    25 May 2015 12:17 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's push to take away overtime from high-paid workers has critics warning it will aggravate a problem synonymous with the country's notoriously long working hours - karoshi, or death from overwork.

    Source: http://www.scmp.com/

  • Japan's ‘Employment Ice Age’ Is Over for New Grads

    21 May 2015 12:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The April 1, 2015 employment figures are up 2.3 percentage points compared to one year earlier and mark the fourth straight year of improvement in Japan's employment rate for post-secondary graduates.

    Source: https://globalvoicesonline.org/

  • Japan Ranked as Costliest Place in Asia Pacific to Send Employees

    12 May 2015 12:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan is the most expensive country in the Asia Pacific region for a company to send a worker abroad due to the cost of housing, education and pay, as well as a host of other factors, research shows.

    Source: http://www.expatforum.com/

  • Japan Offers Highest Expatriate Packages in Asia

    09 May 2015 12:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Expatriates in Japan turned out to earn the highest expat pay and benefits packages in all of Asia, with expatriate manager getting a package of up to USD375,000, a survey conducted by ECA International showed.

    Source: http://www.businessnewsasia.com/

  • Japan's jobs-to-job seekers ratio at 23-year high

    02 May 2015 12:48 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The average ratio of effective job openings to job seekers rose 0.14 point to 1.11 in fiscal 2014, hitting the highest level since fiscal 1991 - 23 years before - when the ratio stood at 1.34, the government announced on Friday.


    Source: http://business.asiaone.com/

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