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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!

  • 5,160 foreign trainee employers violated labor laws in 2018

    09 Aug 2019 14:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Jiji Press) — A record 5,160 business facilities in Japan employing foreign technical intern trainees were told in 2018 to correct their practices that violated labor-related laws, the labor ministry has said.

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

  • Japanese companies hiking pay and holding classes in race to get tooled up on AI

    08 Aug 2019 19:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    OSAKA – There’s a sense of panic within Japan Inc. and the government — the world’s No. 3 economy, doesn’t have enough experts in artificial intelligence, and it’s time to do something about it.

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

  • Japan service sector growth eases on tempered optimism, job creation: PMI

    05 Aug 2019 19:53 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO, (Reuters) - - Activity in Japan’s services sector expanded again in July, albeit at a fractionally slower pace than the previous month, a revised survey showed on Monday, indicating resilient domestic demand despite signs of a loss of momentum.

    Source: https://www.reuters.com/

  • Job security eludes Japan's growing ranks of post-doctorate part-time lecturers

    02 Aug 2019 19:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    According to education ministry statistics, the number of people who completed a doctoral course in the 2018 school year totaled 15,658, up nearly three times from 5,576 in the 1989 school year. Along with the increase of people with a doctorate, the number of post-doctorates working as part-time lecturers rose sixfold from 15,689 in 1989 to 93,145 in 2016.

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

  • Japan Expects Hiring To Soar Despite S. Korea Trade Dispute

    24 Jul 2019 20:38 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Japanese Cabinet Office released a white paper on Tuesday, indicating that 2019 will be a year of increased new graduate hires. The news came amid escalating trade tensions with South Korea.

    Source: https://en.businesstimes.cn/

  • Year-Round Hiring to Be More Common in Japan: Govt Paper

    23 Jul 2019 20:36 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government agency presented the analysis in its Annual Report on the Japanese Economy and Public Finance for fiscal 2019, based on a survey that found 33.3 pct of responding companies had introduced such a hiring system.

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

  • Pay in Japan increasingly stuck to floor as productivity lags

    21 Jul 2019 20:40 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Hourly earnings are showing an unusual pattern in Japan as rises in the minimum wage have left more people working near the pay floor despite a shortage of labor. The finding points to the existence of a congested segment of inefficient companies capable of paying their workers only at the lowest level.

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

  • Japanese firms change job structures to compete globally

    14 Jul 2019 15:42 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japanese companies have accelerated a structural shift in traditional employment practices, as more and more major firms are raising the wage levels of young staff while trying to reduce the number of middle-aged and elderly employees by encouraging them to resign before the mandatory retirement age.

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

  • Japan's personnel authority likely to recommend pay raise for government employees

    13 Jul 2019 15:43 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The National Personnel Authority is likely to recommend raising the monthly salaries of government employees for a sixth straight year this year to close gaps between the public and private sectors, sources said Friday.

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

  • Japan's 'ice age generation' urges revamp of state hiring push

    08 Jul 2019 19:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government announced a plan in June to find 300,000 permanent jobs for those who got stuck in the prolonged “employment ice age” that was triggered by the collapse of the bubble economy in the 1990s, but critics are skeptical about how effective it will be and are urging a revamp.

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

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