Treatment of Telework Allowance in the Calculation of Premium Wages
On April 5, 2024, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare issued a notice regarding the exclusion of telework allowances [...]
Overtime is an important factor in choosing a new job
On May 8, 2023, En Japan Co., Ltd. released the results of a survey of 10,000 working adults on overtime [...]
Small and medium-sized employers are also obligated to at least a 50% premium rate for overtime work in excess of 60 hours per month – effective April 1, 2023
◆Abolition of deferral measures Effective April 1, 2023, the regulation that the premium wage rate for overtime work in excess [...]
Examples of Nonpayment of Overtime Wages and Efforts to Eliminate it ～From “Results of Correction of Unpaid Overtime Work by Supervisory Guidance (FY2021),” Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
◆Non-payment of wages by companies Non-payment of wages is one of the most frequently consulted issues by the Labor Standards [...]
A stressful time for work……Beware of ‘workplace hypertension’!
◆What is ‘workplace hypertension’? First of all, there is something called ‘masked hypertension’. This is when a blood pressure reading [...]
Current Status of Work Style Reform and Jita Hara
◆ A year and a half since the launch of Work Style Reform Almost a year and a half has passed [...]
Unpaid overtime payments (2016 fiscal year)
◆Announcement for the outcome of the supervision and guidance by the Labor Standards Office The Ministry of Health, Labor and [...]
The era of overtime restrictions has arrived!
◆The coming era will be strict when it comes to overtime. The momentum behind efforts to restrict overtime is increasing. [...]
How the introduction of the “system of intervals between work” functions, permitting employees to stagger their work hours after late night overtime
◆What is the “system of intervals between work”? This system is a plan that fixes a settled time that employees [...]
“Preventive measures for death from overwork and other issues” that companies will be required to take from now on
◆Definition of “death from overwork and other issues” Death from overwork and other issues is defined as “death caused by [...]