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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe recently held 10 meetings of the "Council for the Realization of Work Style Reform," to discuss reforms to Japan's labor law system with experts from both the management...

One of your employees, who is working in Japan, files a complaint that her boss is yelling at them every day relating to a performance issue...

Similarly, for ‘family care' leave; under the new rules where workers are employed by the same employer for a continuous period of at least one year, such workers will be eligible for family care leave.

In June 2023, the 'Act on the Promotion of Citizens' Understanding of Diversity of Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity' was enacted by the Japanese legislature (the Diet).

On November 11, 2015, a cabinet order setting the effective date of the Act on Special Measures Concerning Civil Court Proceedings for the Collective Redress for Property Damage Incurred by Consumers was promulgated.

It is essential for employers operating in or entering the Japanese market to understand the rules around recruitment.

On June 8, 2020, the Japanese Diet passed a bill to amend the Whistleblower Protection Act ("Act").

In response to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Japanese government is considering a new law to enable the government to declare a state of emergency, cancel public events, and instruct people

For a long time, issues have surrounded freelancers or persons who do various kinds of work but are not covered by employment contracts.

The most recent amendments to the Act for Eliminating Discrimination against Persons with Disabilities (the "Disability Discrimination Act", ) require not only government agencies...

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