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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's skills test for foreign workers off to a rough start

    01 Apr 2019 14:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan is relaxing work visa requirements in the food service industry to deal with a chronic labor shortage, but the number of workers who can take the first qualification exams will be limited because industry bodies responsible for developing the tests have not had enough time to prepare for the event.

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

  • Foreign workers are on the way, but are Japanese businesses ready?

    31 Mar 2019 14:35 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A new visa program designed to lure more workers to Japan takes effect Monday, and government officials and industry leaders hope two new types will help alleviate the national labor shortage.

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

  • Survey finds that half of Japan's home care workers experienced harassment in 2018

    25 Mar 2019 16:07 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Around 50 percent of home care workers reported in a recent government survey that they had experienced some form of harassment from those being cared for, it was learned Sunday.

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

  • Japan to record immigrants’ ID numbers in employers’ reports

    23 Mar 2019 16:09 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Ahead of more foreign workers being accepted in Japan from April, the government is to require foreign workers’ residence card ID numbers in reports that their employers submit to the labor ministry, The Yomiuri Shimbun has learned. 

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

  • Japan Adopts Bill to Prevent Padding of Disabled Employment

    19 Mar 2019 16:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Tokyo, March 19 (Jiji Press)--The Japanese government, at a cabinet meeting on Tuesday, adopted a bill aimed at preventing government ministries and agencies and other public organizations from overstating the employment of disabled people.

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

  • Japan enacts wage protections ahead of foreign worker influx

    16 Mar 2019 16:07 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan will tighten oversight of pay for foreign employees through ordinances issued Friday, aiming to address major concerns over working conditions as the country prepares to accept more labor from abroad starting next month.

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

  • Rules issued for firms hiring foreign workers via new system, including pay parity with Japanese

    15 Mar 2019 16:08 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government released Friday a set of ordinances on how to enlist foreign workers under a new visa system that will start from April, including requiring employers to pay wages equivalent to or higher than those of Japanese nationals.

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

  • Japan warns firms not to fire pregnant foreign trainees, as interns fear impact on work status

    14 Mar 2019 16:03 | JHRS (Administrator)

    SAPPORO - The government has warned companies against dismissing or unfairly treating foreign trainees who get pregnant while working in the country, officials said Thursday.

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

  • Japan employers propose smaller pay rises for 2019

    13 Mar 2019 16:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Announcing their response to union demands in the annual “spring offensive” wage negotiations, Honda proposed a basic wage hike of ¥1,400 per month compared with ¥1,700 last year, while a swathe of electronics companies responded with ¥1,000 compared with ¥1,500 a year ago.

    Source: https://www.ft.com/

  • Cautious Japan Inc offer smaller wage hikes as economy wobbles

    13 Mar 2019 15:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Reuters) - Big Japanese firms offered smaller pay increases at annual wage talks on Wednesday as the economy sputters, tempering hopes that domestic consumption will offset external risks to growth.

    Source: https://in.reuters.com/

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