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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 government mulls stopping employees from fatal overworking

    18 Jan 2017 13:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's government has announced measures to prevent employees from overworking in an attempt to stop people literally working themselves to death, a report says.

    Source: http://www.presstv.ir/

  • Major companies in Japan moving away from spousal allowances: Mainichi survey

    15 Jan 2017 13:30 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Twelve out of 124 major companies in a recent Mainichi Shimbun survey say they will stop paying allowances for employees with spouses, while another 73 (59 percent) say they have abolished or do not offer such stipends in the first place -- highlighting a trend to eliminate such benefits.

    Source: http://mainichi.jp/

  • Japan's Rethinking Its Culture of Long Work Hours

    13 Jan 2017 13:28 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government and business groups will launch a “Premium Friday” campaign in February to encourage companies to let workers leave early on the last Friday of every month to go out and have fun. Some companies are taking their own steps to reduce hours and create a more flexible working environment.

    Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/

  • Curbing overwork first on corporate Japan's to-do list for employees

    10 Jan 2017 13:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Combating excessive hours is the top priority for Japanese business as efforts to overhaul working life advance, though employees are most concerned about compensation, according to a pair of Nikkei surveys.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • RIKEN to offer 40% of researchers long-term employment

    08 Jan 2017 13:34 | JHRS (Administrator)

    RIKEN, one of the nation’s largest research institutes, has decided to increase its percentage of researchers with long-term employment to 40 percent in the future, according to sources.

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

  • This Japanese Company Is Replacing Its Staff With Artificial Intelligence

    06 Jan 2017 13:31 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The year of AI has well and truly begun, it seems. An insurance company in Japan announced that it will lay off more than 30 employees and replace them with an artificial intelligence system.

    Source: http://fortune.com/

  • Japan seeks to attract workers, tourists to quake-hit region

    03 Jan 2017 12:02 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan aims to attract more workers and tourists to the northeastern region of Tohoku, which is still trying to rebuild its economy from a devastating earthquake and tsunami nearly six years ago.

    Source: http://asia.nikkei.com/

  • Premium Friday campaign seeks to curb Japan’s long work hours

    02 Jan 2017 11:59 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The country that coined the word karoshi (death by overwork) wants companies to let workers finish early on the last Friday of every month so that they can go out and have fun.

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

  • Overwork deaths put spotlight on Japan’s ‘black companies’

    23 Dec 2016 12:20 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The Labor Standards Law states that employees must work no more than eight hours a day and that violators face up to ¥300,000 in fines or up to six months in prison.

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

  • Japan moves to eliminate pay gap between regular, contractual employees

    21 Dec 2016 12:24 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO: An influential Japanese government panel on Tuesday laid out a raft of proposed changes to the labour law that would eliminate the pay gap between regular and contract employees with the same skills and experience.

    Source: http://dailytimes.com.pk/

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