JAPAN LABOR BULLETIN
ISSUED BY THE JAPAN INSTITUTE OF LABOUR
Vol.38-No.1
January 1999
CONTENTS
General Survey
Elderly Households to Double by 2020
Working Conditions and the Labor Market
Preliminary Results of the Survey on Wages and Working Hours - Weekly Scheduled Hours Drop Below 40 Hours for First Time in 1997 -
The Unemployment Rate Surges to 4.4 Percent
Labor-Management Relations
Electronics Giants Settle on Bonus Payments and Gap Widens Between Firms
Public Policy
Six Draft Plans for Individual Industrial Dispute Settlement
Special Topics
Procedural Fairness in Evaluation Systems for Japanese White-Collar Employees
Opinion
Evaluating the Revised Labour Standards Law and Rengo's Future Endeavor Toward It
Revision of the Labour Standards Law Legalized: A View from Nikkeiren
JIL News and Information
Statistical Aspects
Recent Labor Economy Indices
Trends in the Unemployment Ratio of Active Job Opening to Activ Job Applicants
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