Japan Social Insurance System Overview
Japan has a universal insurance system whereby everybody residing in Japan must, in principle, take part in the public health (medical) insurance and pension insurance system. Japan has four different kinds of insurance system which companies are legally obliged to take part in; all workers that meet certain criteria are covered by the insurance:1 Pension2 […]
Dismissal of employee in Japan
An employer is only allowed to dismiss an employee if there are objectively reasonable grounds for dismissal, and dismissal is deemed to be appropriate in light of socially accepted ideas. All possible grounds for dismissal must be clearly stated in the work rules if the dismissal of an employee is to be valid. Termination of […]
Paid leaves rule in Japan
Employers must grant 10 days’ paid leave to employees that worked for six consecutive months from the time of hiring and who worked on not less than 80 per cent of all schedule work days. This paid leave may be taken consecutively or separately. Where an employee’s application to take paid leave will hinder the […]
Legal status of company officer/director in Japan
Contractual relationship between a company and directors is considered to take the form of an engagement agreement as opposed to a labor contract. The relationship is subject to...
Trial period when hiring in Japan
Employers are allowed to set a limited period of probation prior to fully employing somebody, so as to see whether or not the probationary employee is able and suitable for the job. Probation periods generally last for...
Japan Human Resource Overview
Japan has a number of laws pertaining to labor and the protection of workers. These include: the Labor Standards Law which...