Labor Consultant is the authorized license in Japan, and not only drafts various documents on social insurance or employment insurance and applies it, but also specializes in having general charge of management for labor and employment.
A labor consultant well versed in labor law, is essential for foreign employers to maintain smooth personnel management and employment management.
There are also a series of procedures that can help develop foreign business footholds in Japan, and adopting the right procedures will save both time and costs. Using a labor consultant, who can offer precise advice on personnel management, is profitable for a foreign-affiliated firm seeking to establish themselves in Japan
Would you start with thinking of the best way of labor and employment management for your company with Labor Consultant?
Office Regulations or Handbook (PDF) Employment contract or Agreement (PDF)

Sairyo Rodo(See below)

 De Facto Working Hours System(PDF)
Paid Holiday(PDF)

 Pay roll (Sample calculation) (PDF) Dismissal(PDF)

Severance Pay(PDF)
General descriptions on Discretionary Working Hour System
Principles of discretionary work hour system are prescribed in Article 38-3 of the Japanese Labor Standards Law.
Since it has become increasingly difficult for employers to give instructions regarding work process and time management to some of their employees in certain job categories (listed below), when some specific requirements are met, discretionary work hour system is permitted to be installed as exception to the basic rules of work hour regulations in the Labor Standards Law.
Applicable job categories (professional categories)
1. R&D researchers
2. Analysts for information processing system
3. Writers or editors for newspapers or magazines
4. Industrial designers, art designers
5. Producers and directors for TV shows or movies
6. Copywriters
7. IT system consultants
8. Interior designers and coordinators
9. PC and console game software producers, creators
10. Stock analysts, bond analysts
11. Financial engineers
12. College Professors in research fields
13. CPAs
14. Lawyers
15. Certified architects
16. Real estate surveyors
17. Patent lawyers
18. Tax accountants
19. Certified management consultants for small and medium size firms
General requirements
A. Agreement between the employer and the representative of the majority of the employees regarding application of the discretionary work hour system

B. Revisions to the work rules and employment contracts

C. Filing to the local Labor Standards Regulations Office

Is social insurance for employees the obligation to the company?The law obliges employers to insure their employees for Worker's Accident Compensation Insurance and Employment Insurance without exception if they hire one worker or more. They are compulsory insurance. And also if you set up a company, you are forced to apply to Medical insurance and Pension insurance.
Social insurance are located as important factor of the conditions of employment for employees to work comfortably. Employer should include them as a portion of wages into management.

Welfare Pension scheme is an insurance plan which grants the necessary annuities for old age, disabilities, or deaths.
This program targets employees of all companies and even employer.
Condition Of Welfare Pension (PDF)		 Benefit of Welfare Pension (PDF)

 The objective of the health insurance scheme is to provide assistance to workers and their families when they fall ill or are injured, or when they have children or have a death in the family.
Condition Of Health Insurance (PDF)		 Benefit of Health Insurance (PDF)
Employment insurance provides employees who have lost their jobs with benefits for a fixed amount of time.
Condition Of Employment Insurance (PDF)

 Benefit of Employment Insurance (PDF) In order to ensure that the employer fully carries out his responsibility to compensate in the case of an accident, there is Worker's Accident Compensation scheme.
Condition Of Worker's Accident Compensation Insurance (PDF)		 Benefit of Worker's Accident Compensation Insurance (PDF)
Foreigners who have paid into the pension scheme and leave Japan can receive a portion of benefit that they have contributed. The amount is based on the period paying into the scheme and their average monthly salary.
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