Japan

New and updated

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  International

  Japan: Useful resources - online employment law information

  Enhanced to include information on official data services.

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  International

  Japan: Equal opportunities

  Updated to reflect new rules on power harassment, effective from 1 June 2020.

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  International

  Japan: Pay and benefits

  Enhanced to include information on claims for unpaid wages.

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  International

  Japan: Employee rights

  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.

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  International

  Japan: Contracts of employment

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

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  International

  Japan: Useful information - key future employment law developments

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

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  International

  Japan: Health and safety

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

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  International

  Japan: Recruitment and selection

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

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  International

  Japan: Useful resources - legal service providers

  Information on legal service providers for Japan employment law.

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  International

  Japan: Termination of employment

  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.