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Since 1987, Japan has adopted the principle of a 40-hour week. If people work over eight hours per day, 40 hours per week, or on holidays (and one "weekend" day a week), or at late night (10pm to 5am), they are entitled to overtime pay. Under the Labor Standards Act of 1947 article 37, this is 25% of pay, or 35% on holidays. Since 2010, a rate ...
However July 2016 set the record low in twenty-one years. Despite this recent record low unemployment, Japan has record high job availability. [13] Japan's unemployment rate might fall even lower based on their job availability. [13] Japan's welfare state utilizes an egalitarian principle designed at providing equal aid to all individuals. [14]
Labour insurance (労働保険, roudou hoken) is a term for two systems of government welfare programs employed in Japan: Unemployment insurance (雇用保険, koyou hoken) and Workers' accident compensation insurance (労働者災害補償保険, rousai hoken).
Japan's finance minister on Friday defended the government's view that incomes are improving, despite a scandal over faulty polling methods likely to lead to a revision that shows real wages ...
Workers' accident compensation insurance (労働者災害補償保険, rōdōsha saigai hoshō hoken) is a government insurance program in Japan.It pays benefits to workers (or their survivors) if the insured worker suffers injury, illness, or death due to circumstances related to his or her work related duties or commuting.
Japan approved a 39 trillion yen ($250 billion) economic stimulus package Friday centered around initiatives it said were aimed at boosting individual incomes. The broad plan passed by the Cabinet ...
Equal Employment Opportunity Law (Japan) J. JNR dismissal lawsuit; L. Labor Standards Act (Japan) M. Minimum wage in Japan; P. Pregnancy discrimination; T. Trade ...
SEOUL (Reuters) -The family of a South Korean man forced to work for a Japanese company during Japan's 1910-1945 occupation has received money from the Japanese firm he worked for, marking the ...