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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!

  • Female workers in Japan asked to take 'turns' with pregnancies to delay leave, report says

    09 Apr 2018 14:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Cultures of "matahara," or "maternity harassment," still present at Japanese workplaces, discourage women from having children, experts say, and may even influence when they become pregnant if they do.

    Source: https://www.usatoday.com/

  • Student athletes gaining attention in Japan's job-hunting race

    09 Apr 2018 13:01 | JHRS (Administrator)

    As the pace picks up for new university graduates in the job-hunting race this spring in Japan, student athletes are drawing the attention of companies for having goal-minded qualities that could potentially make them superior candidates.

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

  • Companies more willing to give their smokers a kick in the butts

    05 Apr 2018 13:45 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Instead of letting employees light up as usual, Japanese companies are getting creative in encouraging their smokers to kick the habit, with some even introducing total bans or extra paid holidays for nonsmokers.

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

  • Mitsubishi Electric to reward workers for efficiency, not long hours

    05 Apr 2018 13:39 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO--Mitsubishi Electric Corp will begin rewarding employees who work efficiently and cut down on hours, a rare move in a country where staying at the office late into the night remains common.

    Source: https://japantoday.com/

  • Japan’s short-handed firms turn to refugees for labor fix

    01 Apr 2018 12:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    At an office in Tokyo, a group of asylum-seekers clutching resumes listened to three companies describe their openings — rare opportunities in Japan’s often impenetrable job market.

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

  • Japan’s companies are beginning to rethink paternity leave policies

    31 Mar 2018 12:57 | JHRS (Administrator)

    When it comes to child care in Japan, women typically take on the lion’s share of the workload. Men, by comparison, are generally too exhausted after work to help out in any way.

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

  • Japan's job availability eases in Feb. for 1st time since 2012

    30 Mar 2018 12:53 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's job availability dropped for the first time in over five years and unemployment inched up slightly in February, government data showed Friday, with economists pointing to a temporary lull in strengthening labor demand.

    Source: https://mainichi.jp/

  • 40% of firms to hire more grads in ’19, but not banks: survey

    25 Mar 2018 14:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Nearly 40 percent of major companies plan to hire more graduates in fiscal 2019 than they did the previous year, a survey of 112 companies shows, underscoring their positive stance on recruitment amid gains in earnings and an acute labor shortage.

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

  • Facing labour shortfall, Japan firms turn to refugees

    23 Mar 2018 14:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    At an office in Tokyo, a group of asylum seekers clutching resumes listened to three Japanese companies describe their openings — rare opportunities in the country’s often impenetrable job market.

    Source: https://citizen.co.za/

  • Japan labour unions squeeze small pay rise from top firms

    17 Mar 2018 12:26 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s labour unions have won pay rises for workers, although they’re still too small to generate the big increase in consumption that the Bank of Japan needs for inflation.

    Source:http://www.gulf-times.com/

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