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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!

  • Japanese Companies Grant Biggest Pay Raises in Years

    18 Mar 2015 13:41 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Major Japanese manufacturers lined up Wednesday to give their employees bigger pay raises starting in April, a move that Prime Minister Shinzo Abe hopes will rejuvenate his campaign to boost growth and defeat deflation.

    Source: http://www.wsj.com/

  • Govt approves bill so firms can patent employees’ inventions

    14 Mar 2015 12:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government adopted at a cabinet meeting Friday a bill to revise the patent law to allow companies to obtain patents on inventions by their employees. At present, the right to obtain patents belongs to inventors, not to the companies where they are employed.

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

  • Japanese workers could soon be FORCED to take holidays

    14 Mar 2015 12:13 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In Japan working yourself to death is so common they even have a name for it - karoshi. Now the government is trying to cut the number of people who drop dead at their desks by making holidays compulsory.

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

  • Nomura, SMBC Nikko boost graduate hiring as stocks gain

    06 Mar 2015 17:42 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Nomura Holdings Inc. and SMBC Nikko Securities Inc. accelerated hiring of university graduates this year as the stock market rally brightens prospects for securities firms.

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

  • SMTB to rehire retired employees through 70

    06 Mar 2015 17:40 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank is set to rehire retired employees specializing in financial consulting services until they reach 70, instead of 65 at present, sources said Thursday.

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

  • Auto workers double their pay hike demands this year

    04 Mar 2015 17:37 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The umbrella group representing automobile industry unions said 84 percent of its member unions are demanding a base wage hike of about ¥6,000 per month, double the demands they made last year.

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

  • Abenomics’ Slow Trickle Hitting Japan’s Workers

    26 Feb 2015 11:45 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan Inc is under pressure to boost pay to keep a fragile economic recovery afloat, but even hefty wages increases from the biggest companies may prove to be a hollow victory for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and the bulk of the country’s workers.

    Source: http://thejakartaglobe.beritasatu.com/

  • 800,000 firms likely dodged pension scheme

    23 Feb 2015 12:48 | JHRS (Administrator)

    About 800,000 small and midsize companies are strongly suspected of evading their legal obligation to join the public pension scheme for company employees, according to the results of a joint investigation by the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry and the National Tax Agency.

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

  • Clocking off: Japan calls time on long-hours work culture

    22 Feb 2015 12:38 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The regulation eight hours in the office is over. The most important work of the day is done; whatever is left can wait until the morning. This is the point many workers would think about heading for the door.

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

  • Japanese auto workers demand raises as profits approach $34 billion

    18 Feb 2015 12:42 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s auto workers are asking their employers for a bigger share of their projected 4 trillion yen ($33.6 billion) in annual profit in the form of a raise for the next fiscal year.

    Source: http://www.autonews.com/

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