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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!

  • Tokyo governor orders city's workers to leave desks by 8pm in overtime crackdown

    16 Sep 2016 13:09 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The new governor of Tokyo has ordered municipal employees to leave work by 8pm and is setting up overtime prevention teams to usher anyone lingering over their desk out the door.

    Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

  • Japanese Employees Rarely Switch Jobs, Ask for Pay Raises

    16 Sep 2016 12:58 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Wages fell steadily during Japan’s long battle with deflation. Raising them has been a focus of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s growth program, which seeks to "reflate" the economy through a cycle of higher corporate profits, worker pay and consumer spending.

    Source: http://www.bloomberg.com/

  • New panel looks to tighten overtime rules

    12 Sep 2016 12:50 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government is considering strictly capping workers’ monthly overtime hours by reviewing the existing 36 agreement, or Saburoku kyotei, under which employers can virtually assign unlimited amounts of work to employees.

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

  • Additional training sessions eyed for government staff who have changed jobs

    11 Sep 2016 12:48 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The National Personnel Authority plans to strengthen training for national public servants who joined the government after working elsewhere, such as in the private sector.

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

  • Spike in wage pressure to hit Japan where it hurts

    02 Sep 2016 12:53 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- A confluence of economic and policy forces is expected to boost part-time wages sharply in Japan this autumn, forcing employers to confront the prospect of paying at least 1,000 yen ($9.68) an hour for such help -- if they can find it.

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

  • More jobs, less spending in July, Japan data says

    30 Aug 2016 15:04 | JHRS (Administrator)

    According to ministry statistics, July's seasonally adjusted jobless rate fell 0.1 point from the previous month to 3% -- its lowest point since May 1995. While the rate for men remained at 3.2%, that for women improved from 3% to 2.7%.

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

  • Japan's jobless rate hits 21-year low; household spending falls less than expected

    30 Aug 2016 13:19 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO —Japanese household spending fell less than expected in July and the jobless rate hit a two-decade low, offering some hope for policy makers battling to pull the world’s third-largest economy out of stagnation, data by the Internal Affairs Ministry showed on Tuesday.

    Source: http://www.japantoday.com/

  • Job placement office for people aged 50 or older opens in Kitakyushu

    28 Aug 2016 13:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The office named “Senior Hello Work Tobata” is the first public employment security office targeting the older generation in Japan, the authorities said. Statistics show the ratio of people seeking jobs who were at least 45 years old was 45.5 percent among job seekers across Japan as of May.

    Source: http://www.japantoday.com/

  • Japan puts its seniors to work

    25 Aug 2016 13:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO Japan is ahead of the curve in when it comes to aging. In 2015, nearly 27% of the population was 65 or older, making it one of the grayest countries in the world and heightening concerns about an increasingly strained labor force.

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

  • Abuses rampant in foreign trainee program, Japan labor ministry finds

    18 Aug 2016 13:05 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO -- Japan may be running short of workers, creating demand for help from abroad, but nearly 3,700 Japanese workplaces that took "technical intern trainees" from overseas in 2015 were in violation of the country's labor standards, an inspection by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare revealed this week.

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

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