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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 theme park offering ‘amusement workation’ for remote workers

    15 Oct 2020 14:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    On Thursday, Yomiuriland, an amusement park in Tokyo, launched an “amusement workation” package to include a working booth next to its pool and a ride on its observation ferris wheel with a portable WiFi router.

    Source: https://nypost.com/

  • Japan's top court rules against denying allowances to fixed-term employees

    15 Oct 2020 14:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that it is unreasonable for Japan Post Co. not to provide its fixed-term employees with the same allowances it pays to regular workers. The top court's judgment in favor of nonregular workers came two days after it ruled against them in two other cases over a law that prohibits unreasonable gaps between the treatment of such employees and regular workers.

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

  • Interest in nursing care jobs grows in Japan as pandemic drags on

    15 Oct 2020 13:54 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The nursing care industry, meanwhile, is hoping the trend will help it cope with one of the worst labor crunches affecting any sector of the Japanese economy, with more than four times as many jobs available as applicants.

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

  • Mizuho employees to get option to work three days a week, but with reduced salary

    08 Oct 2020 19:09 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Mizuho Financial will be the first among the nation's megabanks to implement a permanent system allowing employees to take three or more days off every week. The group is adopting diverse work styles in response to the pandemic.

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

  • Virus wrecks once-in-a-lifetime job chance for Japan’s new grads

    08 Oct 2020 19:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Big companies have long preferred to hire and train newly minted college grads right out of school. About 70 percent of open jobs went to new college grads in 2018, and once hired, they stay: one in four Japanese workers has been in his job for more than 20 years.

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

  • Foreign workers in Japan seek help as pandemic worsens job situation

    24 Sep 2020 19:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Workers from foreign countries are seeing a tougher employment environment due to the pandemic, which had eliminated more than 50,000 jobs for them by the end of August.

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

  • Nearly all of Japan's male government workers with new babies plan paternity leave

    23 Sep 2020 14:59 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Nearly all men working for Japan’s government whose wives recently gave birth plan to take paternity leave, according to a recent survey, amid a push to allow for more family time in a nation known for chronic overwork.

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

  • 42% of Japan companies actively promote women to key posts: survey

    12 Sep 2020 14:18 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo-- Only 42.6 percent of companies in Japan are actively promoting women to managerial positions, down 7.4 points from last year, according to a recent private survey.

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

  • More Japanese firms giving employees telework allowances

    07 Sep 2020 14:51 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Many companies in Japan are introducing employee allowances to cover costs related to teleworking, such as utility fees and internet charges, as remote working increases amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.

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

  • Over 50,000 workers in Japan dismissed due to pandemic

    02 Sep 2020 15:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The number of people dismissed from their jobs due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic totaled 50,326 in Japan as of Monday, the government said Tuesday. The number of such people — mainly so-called nonregular workers, a category that includes those with low-paying, part-time jobs — grew by more than 10,000 every month between May and July, and by 9,000 in August, according to a labor ministry survey.

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

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