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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!

  • Working to death in Japan: warning over no overtime law

    27 May 2015 12:33 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan’s push to take away overtime from high-paid workers has critics warning it will aggravate a problem synonymous with the country’s notoriously long working hours – karoshi, or death from overwork. Teruyuki Yamashita knows the risks all too well. The now 53-year-old worked day and night in a senior sales job, made countless overseas business trips and slept an average of just three hours a night.

    Source: https://www.dailystar.com.lb/

  • Employees told they need to take more time off and work shorter hours in Japan

    26 May 2015 12:25 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government has increased the number of public holidays and leave entitlements in recent years to 18.5 days, but data shows that last year staff used less than half of that allowance.

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

  • Move to exempt high-paid personnel from overtime pay raises concerns of social problem

    25 May 2015 12:17 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan's push to take away overtime from high-paid workers has critics warning it will aggravate a problem synonymous with the country's notoriously long working hours - karoshi, or death from overwork.

    Source: http://www.scmp.com/

  • Japan's ‘Employment Ice Age’ Is Over for New Grads

    21 May 2015 12:49 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The April 1, 2015 employment figures are up 2.3 percentage points compared to one year earlier and mark the fourth straight year of improvement in Japan's employment rate for post-secondary graduates.

    Source: https://globalvoicesonline.org/

  • Japan Ranked as Costliest Place in Asia Pacific to Send Employees

    12 May 2015 12:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Japan is the most expensive country in the Asia Pacific region for a company to send a worker abroad due to the cost of housing, education and pay, as well as a host of other factors, research shows.

    Source: http://www.expatforum.com/

  • Japan Offers Highest Expatriate Packages in Asia

    09 May 2015 12:14 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Expatriates in Japan turned out to earn the highest expat pay and benefits packages in all of Asia, with expatriate manager getting a package of up to USD375,000, a survey conducted by ECA International showed.

    Source: http://www.businessnewsasia.com/

  • Japan's jobs-to-job seekers ratio at 23-year high

    02 May 2015 12:48 | JHRS (Administrator)
    The average ratio of effective job openings to job seekers rose 0.14 point to 1.11 in fiscal 2014, hitting the highest level since fiscal 1991 - 23 years before - when the ratio stood at 1.34, the government announced on Friday.


    Source: http://business.asiaone.com/

  • As Japan's population ages, robots seen as workforce solution

    25 Apr 2015 12:56 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A growing number of Japanese businesses are testing out robots as a possible solution to the country's shrinking workforce. They're appearing in stores, banks and soon even hotels.

    Source: http://edition.cnn.com

  • Sony moves to allow young workers to study abroad

    17 Apr 2015 12:59 | JHRS (Administrator)

    As part of efforts to give its younger workers an incentive to acquire skills that will benefit their future careers at the company, Sony Corp. said Friday it will allow its junior employees to study abroad for two years.

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

  • Japan Skirts Immigration Debate by Offering ‘Internships’ to Foreigners

    14 Apr 2015 12:56 | JHRS (Administrator)

    TOKYO—As its labor force shrinks, Japan is looking abroad to fill jobs like health-care aide, convenience-store manager and construction worker.

    Source: http://www.wsj.com/

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