Management practices can influence the extent and bias of overtime work
Due to reforms in work styles, the paid leave utilization rate has been steadily increasing. According to the Ministry of [...]
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 [...]