Minimum wage will be raised by 31 yen from October 2022
A subcommittee of the Central Minimum Wage Council (an advisory body to the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare) met [...]
Revision of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s “Q&A on the Payment of Injury and Sickness Allowance for New-type Coronavirus Infections”.
◆The "Q&A on the Payment of Injury and Sickness Allowance for New Coronavirus Infections" has been revised. For example, Q: [...]
About reference checks
1. What was the period of time you worked together with the applicant, and what position did he/she hold? 2. [...]
Record 629 cases of mental illness at work in FY2021, the third consecutive year of increase
According to the workers' compensation situation in FY2021 announced by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on June 24, [...]
The 3-day weekend system
◆Government is also pushing for the introduction of a 3-day workweek A three-day workweek system with three days off per [...]
Why do new hires quit? From “the Survey on Pre- and Post-Hire Troubles 2022.”
◆May is a time when new employees leave the company. May is a time when an increasing number of people [...]
What is the Featured Behavioral Interview (STAR Interview)?
Recruitment methods that are now attracting attention A method called "behavioral interviewing" (STAR interviewing) is gaining attention as a hiring [...]
Full-Scale Discussion on Monetary Settlement of Termination of Employment – MHLW Study Group Report
On April 11, an expert panel of the Ministry of Health, Labor, and Welfare (MHLW) held a meeting to discuss [...]
Change in handling of persons with close contacts of novel coronavirus infection
◆Changed government policy on anti-corona measures The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) issued the "Identification of persons in [...]
Revised Child Care and Family Care Leave Law Fact-Finding Survey ~from en Japan Inc.
◆"Revised Child Care and Family Care Leave Law": 90% awareness of the contents applicable from April 2022 and 73% awareness [...]