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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 Seeks Foreign Workers, Uneasily

    23 Apr 2014 11:55 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Desperate for more workers to support a construction boom, Japan has proposed to expand its controversial foreign trainee programme to permit more unskilled labour from Asia to work in Japanese companies for five years from the current three years.

    Source: http://www.ipsnews.net/

  • IKEA Japan plans to overhaul workforce to promote equality among staff

    21 Apr 2014 18:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japanese division of Swedish furniture chain IKEA recently announced that they will make large changes to their job descriptions including the elimination of fixed-term contracts for part-time workers.

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

  • 30% female employment goal in jeopardy: Civil service must look to outsiders to fill ranks, equality minister says

    21 Apr 2014 18:16 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will fail to meet his goal of having women in 30 percent of management positions in the civil service by 2020 unless candidates are lured from private industry, the gender equality minister said in a recent interview.

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

  • Japan rolls out tax hike to get women to work

    19 Apr 2014 18:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The administration is reviewing rules that let about 14 million married workers earn as much as 1.03 million yen, or about $11,000, a year tax-free. Removing the measures, which cost an estimated annual $6.5 billion in fiscal revenue, could spur some women to work longer hours, and help bolster Japan's shrinking job market. "The traditional family structure where husbands go out to work and wives look after the home is crumbling," said Akiyoshi Takumori, chief economist at Sumitomo Mitsui Asset Management Co. in Tokyo. "The labour force is shrinking and there is a growing need for immigrants or women to work."

    Source: http://www.leaderpost.com

  • Japanese wage hikes at 16-year high

    16 Apr 2014 18:19 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The average monthly wage hike for major Japanese companies through annual wage talks this spring exceeded 7,000 for the first time in 16 years, the Japan Business Federation said Wednesday.

    Source:http://www.bangkokpost.com/

  • ACCJ proposes new type of 'regular employee' contract option

    11 Apr 2014 18:21 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) on Thursday issued a viewpoint titled “Add Flexibility to the Labor Contract Law to Address Burgeoning Social Inequality While Spurring Economic Growth.” The viewpoint calls upon the Japanese government to create a new type of “regular employee” contract for full time workers to enhance the country’s labor mobility, an essential factor for economic growth.

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

  • Foreign trainee program given OK for expansion: Extra labor urgently needed for 2020 Games, Tohoku rebuilding

    04 Apr 2014 11:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government decided Friday to expand the controversial foreign trainee program to counter the nation’s rapidly thinning domestic labor force, which is hobbling the construction industry just when demand is skyrocketing for projects related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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

  • Japanese government considering expansion of controversial program to attract more foreign workers

    02 Apr 2014 11:52 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan is now mulling on loosening up a program that offers foreigners opportunities to work in Japan for up to three years. The program, which will allow nationals from China and other countries, is part of the Abe administration’s solution to an aging workforce. The new proposal submitted by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party on Tuesday includes prolonging the length of stay from three to up to five years, relaxing hiring rules for employers and opening more jobs to foreigners.

    Source: http://japandailypress.com/

  • Builders aim to double skilled female workers

    01 Apr 2014 13:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japan Federation of Construction Contractors wants to double the number of skilled female construction workers to some 180,000 within the next five years to help ease the industry’s labor shortage.

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

  • Graduates’ job outlook improves

    22 Mar 2014 11:08 | JHRS (Administrator)
    Against the backdrop of an Abenomics-fueled economic upturn, the number of companies planning to recruit more new graduates next spring compared to this year has increased, a joint survey by The Yomiuri Shimbun and Nippon Television Network has found.

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

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