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Karōshi and reforms on labour policy in Japan were further brought into urgent attention following the suicide of 24-year-old Matsuri Takahashi on Christmas Day in 2015. [12] Takahashi was an employee at Dentsu , Japan's leading advertising agency, [ 13 ] and worked more than 100 hours overtime in the months prior to her death [ 14 ] —her ...
The Trade Union Law (労働組合法, roudou-kumiaihō) is a Japanese law. It was enacted on 1 June 1949 to provide the right for workers to organize in Japan . It has been translated as the "Trade Union Law" and "Labor Union Law".
The Labor Standards Act (労働基準法, roudou-kijunhou) is a Japanese law. It was enacted on 7 April 1947 to govern working conditions in Japan. According to Article 1 of the Act, its goal is to ensure that "Working conditions shall be those which should meet the needs of workers who live lives worthy of human beings." [1]
The Talmudic law—in which labour law is called "laws of worker hiring"—elaborates on many more aspects of employment relations, mainly in Tractate Baba Metzi'a. In some issues the Talamud, following the Tosefta, refers the parties to the customary law: "All is as the custom of the region [postulates]".
A labour strike is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work. This can include wildcat strikes , which are done without union authorisation, and slowdown strikes , where workers reduce their productivity while still carrying out minimal working duties.
For years, Yeom Chan-soon was haunted by the cracking sound of a leather belt eating into the flesh of a fellow Korean mine worker being punished for trying to escape from forced labor in Japan.
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Japanese labour law (9 P) Language policy in Japan (1 C, 2 P) ... Pages in category "Law of Japan"
The Act on Ensuring Equal Opportunities for and Treatment of Men and Women in Employment (Japanese: 雇用の分野における男女の均等な機会及び待遇の確保等に関する法律), commonly known as the Equal Employment Opportunity Law (Japanese: 男女雇用機会均等法), is a Japanese labor law, passed in May 1985 and implemented in April 1986, [1] designed to implement an ...