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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!

  • Job-hunting Japanese students report dirty dealing by potential employers

    24 Nov 2015 12:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    More than 60 percent of universities in Japan received complaints from students this year about a practice known as owahara, in which companies coerce applicants into halting their job hunt elsewhere in exchange for an informal offer of employment, a private survey has found.

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

  • Job services to be allowed at local govts

    21 Nov 2015 12:32 | JHRS (Administrator)

    A Cabinet Office panel of experts has wrapped up a set of proposals to allow local governments to offer free job placement services independently.

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

  • Without tackling Japan’s labor mismatch, Abe’s GDP target is just a pipe dream

    21 Nov 2015 12:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    In September, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that the government’s economic goal is to boost gross domestic product to ¥600 trillion in 2020. Most members of the business community have called this target impossible, since it would require an annual growth rate of 3 percent, and the last time Japan achieved that figure was in 1991.

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

  • Companies cannot be allowed to exploit student part-time workers

    20 Nov 2015 12:27 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Some students are being forced to overwork so much that it hinders their studies, and some companies do not pay them fully. The rampant exploitation of part-time works by businesses cannot be brushed aside.

    Source: http://the-japan-news.com/news/article/0002576156

  • Lack of Workers Hobbles Japan’s Growth

    15 Nov 2015 12:22 | JHRS (Administrator)

    From software engineers to waiters, a labor shortage caused by an aging workforce, education gaps and immigration curbs is stunting economic growth in Japan.

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

  • Govt workers wary of My Number cards as ID

    14 Nov 2015 12:29 | JHRS (Administrator)

    The government is proceeding with plans to have all national civil servants use their My Number cards as work identification badges.

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

  • 50% of temps see maternity harassment

    12 Nov 2015 14:13 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Among female workers who have conceived children, about 20 percent of regular employees and about 50 percent of dispatched workers said they have experienced maternity harassment at their workplaces, according to the first survey of its kind to be conducted by the labor ministry.

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

  • Welfare ministry proposes easing child care leave prerequisites

    12 Nov 2015 14:12 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Amid a surge in nonregular workers, the welfare ministry on Thursday proposed drastically easing the current rigid requirement for child care leave that prevents many mothers from returning to the workforce.

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

  • Amazon Japan staff form union to fight ‘unfair’ performance targets

    05 Nov 2015 12:55 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Amazon Japan KK employees have formed a labor union with a stated aim to abolish a “performance improvement plan” that they say effectively enables the company to easily fire its workers.

    Source: http://ajw.asahi.com/

  • ‘Womenomics’ makes small chips in Japan’s glass ceiling

    02 Nov 2015 17:35 | JHRS (Administrator)

    Two years after Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made women’s advancement a top policy priority, statistics suggest Japan’s male-dominated workplaces have evolved slightly, but they also highlight the deep-seated societal forces keeping the gender gap alive.

    Source: http://www.detroitnews.com

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