Japan

New and updated

• Japan: Employee rights

  Type:

  International

  Enhanced to include information on the Government response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, and updated to reflect new rules to prevent discrimination against part-time, fixed-term and temporary agency workers.

• Japan: Contracts of employment

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include additional information on requirements for contracts of employment.

• Japan: Useful information - key future employment law developments

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include information on protection against “power harassment”.

• Japan: Pay and benefits

  Type:

  International

  Updated to reflect changes to minimum wage rates, effective from October 2019.

• Japan: Health and safety

  Type:

  International

  Updated to include information on record-keeping requirements in relation to working time as per the Industrial Safety and Health Act.

• 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: Useful resources - legal service providers

  Type:

  International

  Information on legal service providers for Japan employment law.

• 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: 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.