JAPAN : Annual Update : Expected Labour Law Changes 2019
Known or anticipated changes in labour law : iGlobal Annual Update Japan 2019 For more information, please contact Jo Martin on joanne.martin@igloballaw.com
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JAPAN : Annual Update : Expected Labour Law Changes 2018
Known or anticipated changes in labour law : iGlobal Annual Update 2018 Japan
Read MoreJapan’s New Guidance on Working Time
As part of the Japanese government’s continuing attempt to address Japan’s long working hours culture, new Guidelines on managing employee working hours have come into effect. The Guidelines build on existing working time regulations by strengthening definitions and clarifying what is required. ‘Working time’ is clarified as time worked under
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Family Expansion of child care leave and family care leave: The rules for temporary workers to become eligible for ‘child care’ leave will be relaxed. 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
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Temporary workers – time limits Introduction of an easily understandable limit on the period for which temporary workers can be dispatched: With effect from September 30, 2015 the maximum period a temporary worker can be dispatched to the same workplace, in principle, is limited to 3 years, irrespective of the
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