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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!

  • COVID-19 and Japan’s shifting labour market flexibility

    24 Aug 2021 18:03 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japanese labour market has undergone significant change since the early 2010s when the baby boomer generation began to retire, expanding opportunities for women, the elderly and other groups. But COVID-19’s economic impact is challenging the gains of the past decade. The employment rate has reversed its upward trend, declining along with salaries and hours worked, while unemployment rose from 2.4 per cent in 2019 to 2.9 per cent in June 2020.

    Source: https://www.eastasiaforum.org

  • Japan’s optional four-day week divides workers

    21 Aug 2021 18:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In June 2021, Japan’s Council on Economic and Fiscal Policy promoted plans for an optional four-day workweek in its annual economic policy guideline. While the policy creates substantial employment benefits for Japan’s aging workforce, the announcement has divided Japanese workers.

    Source: https://www.eastasiaforum.org/

  • Leave for fertility treatment to be created for govt workers

    10 Aug 2021 18:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The National Personnel Authority said that five days of paid leave per year will be introduced for government workers to allow them to receive fertility treatment while working. Another five days will be given for treatment requiring patients to see a doctor frequently, including in vitro fertilization.

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

  • Telework from Okinawa? Japan's remote-friendly job listings surge

    01 Aug 2021 18:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- With the protracted pandemic forcing businesses to embrace telecommuting and other flexible arrangements, more Japanese employers are scrapping geographical requirements for workers, particularly in hotly competitive fields like engineering and online sales.

    Source: https://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Japan's June jobless rate improves to 2.9% as virus step eased

    30 Jul 2021 18:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's unemployment rate fell to 2.9 percent in June, reflecting a pickup in hiring at restaurants and retailers hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic as the state of emergency was lifted in some areas, government data showed Friday.

    Source: https://mainichi.jp/

  • Japan Employment Adjustment Subsidy Payments Top 4 T. Yen

    27 Jul 2021 18:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo, July 27 (Jiji Press)--The cumulative amount of employment adjustment subsidies provided or set to be provided by the Japanese government to help businesses fight the COVID-19 pandemic has exceeded 4 trillion yen, according to the labor ministry.

    Source: https://www.nippon.com/

  • 'Telework fatigue' sees more Japanese workers going back to the office

    17 Jul 2021 17:57 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The proportion of people in Japan who are working fully remotely fell from the rate in April, a survey by the Japan Productivity Center has shown, as a trend of “telework fatigue” appears to be emerging. More people are finding efficiency to be an issue with telework and satisfaction has also deteriorated even as the government calls for people to work mainly from home under the latest COVID-19 state of emergency, the center said Friday.

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

  • Women hold only 5.9% of director-level jobs in Japan government

    04 Jul 2021 16:56 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Women held just 5.9 percent of director-level jobs in the Japanese government's offices in Tokyo in fiscal 2020, underscoring the country's slow progress in closing the gender gap in the workplace. The Cabinet Office released data Thursday showing the share of such positions held by female public servants only rose 0.6 percentage points from the previous year, falling short of the government's target of 7 percent.

    Source: https://english.kyodonews.net/

  • Japan's jobless rate hit five-month high in May as virus emergencies extended

    29 Jun 2021 16:46 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's unemployment rate worsened to 3.0% in May, hitting the highest level in five months, as a government-declared state of emergency over the COVID-19 pandemic was extended to more of the country, official data showed Tuesday.

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


  • Companies give vaccines to workers, boosting Japan’s rollout

    25 Jun 2021 19:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (AP) — Thousands of Japanese companies began distributing COVID-19 vaccines to workers and their families Monday in an employer-led drive reaching more than 13 million people that aims to rev up the nation’s slow vaccine rollout.

    Source: https://apnews.com/

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