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Back on April 1st 2013 the Japanese government introduced a new law allowing despatched (fixed-term) workers who have had two or more successive contracts with the same employer to apply to be converted to permanent status as soon as their total term of employment reached 5 years …

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Although most Japanese employers limit the holding of second jobs, the corporate climate is slowly changing …

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In a country where the norm for so long has been remaining with a single employer it is still considered a novelty to change employers and then only where external factors – such as marriage or having to take care of an elderly relative –  have required the change …

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All passwords and security smartcards will soon be replaced in the company Fujitsu by palm vein authentication that will give access to its 80,000 employees through a wave of the hand …

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Over the year to October 2017, Japanese real pay rose 0 …

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As national wage talks near early in the new year, the Japanese trade union confederation, Rengo, is demanding an average wage increase of 4% …

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The level of inheritance tax has long been a huge disincentive for expatriates to take longer-term assignments in France, especially if they cohabit but are unmarried as their partner will be taxed at 60% on their property assets …

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Employees on fixed term contracts who were initially hired on, or after, April 1st 2013 – and have since worked on successive contracts for five years – will be able to claim an indefinite contract …

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Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has managed to secure a third term in a snap general election and his party has gained even more parliamentary seats …

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A national holiday reform Bill has been drawn up that would, if passed, make the opening day of the Tokyo Olympics in 2020 a one-off national holiday …

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A government report has just been published covering the problem of “karoshi”  (death from overwork) …

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Over the year to July 2017, total cash earnings, including overtime and bonuses, declined 0 …

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The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has put forward a budget for 2018 totaling 31 …

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Effective at the end of May, several amendments to Japan’s Personal Information Protection Act introduce a new category of especially sensitive data and puts in place new restrictions on the export of personal data to other countries …

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Over the year to May 2017, gross regular pay in Japan climbed by an average of 0 …

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