Japan

New and updated

• Japan: Recruitment and selection

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect additional requirements during the recruitment process, effective 1 January 2018 and changes to the employment quota, effective 1 April 2018.

• Japan: Employee rights

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include new rules concerning parental leave and care leave, effective from 1 October 2017.

• Japan: Useful resources - legal service providers

  Type:

  International

  Information on legal service providers for Japan employment law.

• Japan: Pay and benefits

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect changes to pension contributions under the Employees’ Pension Insurance scheme, effective from 1 September 2017, and information on minimum wage rates, effective from 1 October 2017.

• Japan: Equal opportunities

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include information on harassment relating to pregnancy, childbirth, childcare leave and family care leave.

• Japan: Industrial relations

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to industrial relations in Japan, including trade unions, collective bargaining and agreements, labour-management agreements, informing and consulting employees, and industrial action.

• Japan: Health and safety

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to health and safety in Japan, including duties on employers and employees, safety representatives, enforcement and penalties, and compensation for occupational injury or illness.

• Japan: Termination of employment

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to termination of employment in Japan, including notice periods, summary dismissal, dismissal on grounds of performance or capacity, disciplinary dismissal, dismissal prohibitions, redundancy, retirement, severance payments, certificates of employment and contesting dismissals.

• Japan: Useful resources - online employment law information

  Type:

  International

  Useful online resources on employment law in Japan.

• Japan: Contracts of employment

  Type:

  International

  An employment law guide to contracts of employment in Japan, including types of contract, probationary periods, written statements of terms of employment, non-competition clauses and contract variations.