Japan

Employment Practices Health & Welfare

Japan amends Labor Standards Act compliance deadlines

January 7, 2020January 13, 2020

Update: Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has set different compliance deadlines ranging from 1 April 2019, to 1 April 2023, for various requirements of the amended Labor Standards Act. While most provisions have already been implemented for large […]

Employment Practices Health & Welfare

Japan to introduce and enforce new overtime limits

May 1, 2018January 13, 2020

Update: The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has set different compliance deadlines for various requirements of the amended Labor Standards Act. The Japanese government recently issued an outline for legislation to limit overtime hours, which it intends to enact […]