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Changes to Japan’s employment law effective from 1 April 2013

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • April 1 2013

As of 1 April 2013, Japan's minimum retirement age will increase to 65 years, with further restriction on scope to refuse re-employment after an

Ten questions on Japanese employment law

  • Latham & Watkins LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • June 30 2010

Japanese labor law derives from statute, e.g., the Japanese Labor Standards Act and Labor Contract Act, and the precedents established by the Japanese courts

Global employment, pensions and benefits e-bulletin

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Australia, China, European Union, France, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Russia, Singapore, Spain, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam
  • -
  • April 18 2013

A renewed regulatory focus on sham contracting and a court recent decision in ACE Insurance Limited v Trifunovski highlights the need for employers to

Amendments to fixed-term labor contracts in Japan

  • Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • February 13 2013

On August 10, 2012, amendments to the Japanese Labor Contract Act were enacted that establish three new provisions regarding fixed-term employment

Asia employment law: quarterly review

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam
  • -
  • March 26 2013

Asia's legal and human resources advisors are often required to function across multiple jurisdictions. Staying on top of employment-related legal

Japan's new government intending to amend Worker Dispatch Law

  • Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • January 17 2010

While the normal focus of our regulatory newsletters usually relates to issues specific to the financial services sector, in this month's newsletter we will focus on an issue that not only applies to financial services companies but to all companies in Japan: temporary dispatched workers

Employee safety and business continuity

  • Norton Rose LLP
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • May 3 2011

Following the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan, many businesses operating in the region have concerns over the stability of the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant, the availability of fuel and basic supplies, power failures and damage to public infrastructure and communications systems

Independent contractors in Japan may still retain the collective bargaining rights they had when they were employees

  • Jones Day
  • -
  • Japan
  • -
  • July 1 2011

In Japanese labor law, problems regarding the definition of “workers” arise mainly in two contexts

Asia diversity and discrimination traffic lights 2012

  • Mayer Brown LLP
  • -
  • Australia, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Netherlands, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam
  • -
  • December 4 2012

Successfully managing a diverse workforce throughout the employment life cycle in Asia's varied jurisdictions is key to commercial success but can, unless managed correctly, present risk, compliance and policy challenges

The global employer: the social media issue

  • Baker & McKenzie
  • -
  • Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Singapore, Spain, United Kingdom, USA
  • -
  • September 25 2012

Social media is changing the way that we communicate, work and do business, wherever we are in the world

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