Public Policy

2003
Sep	Revised Labour Standards Law Enacted (PDF 604KB) New Law to Support Employment of Single Mothers (PDF 604KB)
Aug	Revised Worker Dispatching Law Passed (PDF 567KB) Number of Children Continues to Decrease: Measures to Support Child-rearing (PDF 567KB) Employment Measures for Youth (PDF 567KB)
Jul	Court Rules That Remuneration for Inventions Can Exceed Company Guidelines (PDF 105KB) Revised Employment Insurance Law Enacted (PDF 105KB) Increasing Number of Individual Labor Disputes Reflects Gloomy Economic Situation (PDF 105KB)
Jun	New Social Security System Squeezes Household Budgets (PDF 111KB)
May	Number of Labor-related Lawsuits Hits Record High 2,321 (PDF 101KB)
Apr	Government Promotes Start-ups to Create New Jobs (PDF 93KB) PESOs Strengthen Their Labor-matching Role (PDF 93KB)
Feb	Nurseries for Pre-school Children Filled Beyond Capacity (PDF 83KB) Names of Firms Not Meeting Hiring Requirements for Disabled to Be Published (PDF 83KB)
Jan	Most Individual Labor Dispute Cases Close within Three Months (PDF 180KB)
2002
Dec	Government Targets Fathers for Childcare Leave (PDF 185KB)
Nov	New Law Lays Responsibility on Government to Help Homeless Return to Society (PDF 153KB) Number of Unemployed Youth Rises (PDF 153KB)
Oct	Countermeasures to Deal with the Financial Distress of the Unemployment Insurance System (PDF 207KB) Guidelines for Balanced Treatment of Part-time Workers (PDF 207KB)
Aug	Commercial Code Revised to Allow U.S.-style Corporate Governance (PDF 198) Shrinking Birthrate Impacts on Future Pension Premiums (PDF 198)
Jul	Employees' Pension Funds Return Responsibility for Administration to Government (PDF 218KB)
Jun	Job Searching via Mobile Phone (PDF 179) Emergency Support for Unemployed New Graduates (PDF 179)
May	Trial-based Employment Scheme: New Categories Added for Job Placement (PDF 186KB) Recruitment Practices of High School Graduates to be Revised (PDF 186KB)
Apr	Local Governments Tackle Job Creation for High School Graduates (PDF 196KB) Number of Consulting Cases Concerning Individual Labor Disputes Sharply Increased (PDF 196KB)
Mar	Recommendations regarding Employment Regulation Reform
Feb	Supplementary Budget Passed with One Trillion Yen for Employment Measures Substantial Relaxation of Criteria for Karoshi
Jan	Revised Child Care and Family Care Leave Law Includes Schemes to Care for Sick Children
2001
Nov	Guidelines to Abolish Age Limits in the Revised Employment Measures Law Summary of Employment Measures to Deal with Deterioration of the Job Market
Oct	Enactment of the Law for Promoting the Resolution of Individual Labor Disputes
Sep	Future of Labor-Related Cases: Recommendations from the JRC Infants on the Waiting List for Licensed Nurseries
Aug	New Approach to Promote Employment for the Disabled Reform of Corporate Pension Plans Gets Underway
Jul	Increase in Long Working Hours and the Management of Working Hours
Jun	More than 2,000 Labor Disputes: Increase in Individual Labor Disputes
May	Draft of Law to Facilitate Reemployment
Mar	Debate on the Job Search Website to Link Government and the Private Sector
Jan	Cases Involving Unpaid Wages Increases
2000
Dec	Rulings of the Supreme Court concerning Disadvantageous Changes in Working Conditions Nikkeiren's Employment Stabilization Schemefor Disabled People Bears Fruit
Oct	The Dispute Resolution Support System
Sep	‘Matters for Special Attention' in Hiring Employees by Status
Aug	New Corporate Breakup Rules and the Law Concerning Succession of Labor Contracts after Spinoffs Costs of Vocational Training in the Workplace to be Subsidized by the Ministry of Labour
Jul	Revision of the Employment Insurance Law
Jun	Pension Reform Legislation Passed by Diet Supreme Court Rules that Company is Responsible for Suicide from Overwork
Apr	Psychological Disorders and Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance Drawbacks in the Employment Insurance System and Government Measures
Jan	Economic Stimulus Package
1999
Nov	New Standards for Workers' Accident Compensation Insurance for Mental Disorders and Work-related Suicides
Oct	Ninth Basic Plan on Employment Measures National Personnel Authority Recommendation
Sep	Fundamental Law for a Gender-equal Society Revised Worker Dispatching Law: Worker Dispatching Has Generally been Liberated
Aug	National Supportive Policies for the Increasing Number of Homeless Emergency Employment Measures
Jul	Construction Sector Applies for Subsidies for Employment Adjustment Compensation for Unpaid Wages Reaches a Record ¥17.3 Billion
Jun	Job Openings Now Listed on the Internet
May	Employment Security Law Revised: Job-Placement Services Liberalized Shinjuku PESO to be Expanded and Moved
Apr	Unemployment Benefits Rolls Top One Million for First Time
Mar	Study and Training Benefits System Launched Wage Freeze and Job Cuts in the Public Sector
Feb	NPA's Provisions to Regulate Sexual Harassment
Jan	Six Draft Plans for Individual Industrial Dispute Settlement
1998
Nov	The Labor Standards Law is Revised: The Discretionary Work Scheme Extended
Aug	The Tokyo District Court Invalidates an Order by the CLRC that the JR Companies Rehire Former JNR Workers The Bill Revising the LSL Carried Over to the Next Diet Session Largest Drop in the Number of Tax-qualified Retirement Pensions in 1997
Jul	Compensation for Unpaid Wages Climbs Above ¥10 Billion
Jun	"The Managerial Workers' Union is a Legitimate Labor Union," Central Labour Relations Commission Says
Mar	Unemployment Benefits and Structural Reform Pushes Insurance Fund ¥900 Billion into the Red in 1998
Feb	Council Proposes Overhaul of the Labour Standards Law Tokyo Metropolitan Government's Refusal to Promote South Korean Ruled Unconstitutional
1997
Dec	1996 Reports to Labour Standards Inspection Offices Hit 10-year Record High
Nov	Integration of Ministry of Labour and Ministry of Health and Welfare Agreed Upon the Administrative Reform Council's Proposal to Streamline Japan's Administration
Sep	First Female Administrative Vice Minister for Labor
Aug	Bills Revising EEOL and LSL Clear the Diet: Protective Provisions for Female Workers Scrapped
Jun	40-Hour Workweek Fully Implemented on April 1 Deregulation and Labor Policy Debated -1997 Conference on Industrial Relation Studies
May	Ban Lifted on Formation of Holding Companies Top Court Dismisses Final Appeal Over Wage Cuts Involving Extended Retirement Age
Apr	Illegal Foreign Worker Awarded Three Year's of Income Lost Because of On-the-Job Accident
Mar	Overhauling the Equal Employment Opportunity Law
Feb	Women Win Sex Discrimination Suit - Tokyo District Court Orders Bank to Pay ¥100 Million in Back Wages and Urges Immediate Promotions for 11 Women - Labor Deregulation Urged
Jan	Economic Council Scrap Special Deductions for Wage Earners Spouses and Liberalized Paid Job- Placement Servies
1996
Dec	More About Protective Provisions for Female Worker Small Business Responds to 40-Hour Week
Nov	NPA Report and Recommendation for 1996
Oct	Cemedine's Refusal to Negotiate with Managerial Union Recognized as Unfair Labor Practices Association-Managed and Government-Managed Health Insurance Facing Financial Crisis
Sep	An Outline on Measures to Cope with the Graying of Society Decided Upon at Cabinet Meeting
Aug	Nationality Clause for Local Public Servants - Comparison of Various Responses by Local Governments -
Jul	Lifting of Holding Company Ban Postponed
Jun	Suicide Stemmed from Overwork - Court Orders Employer to Pay 120 Milliion Yen - Wage Gap between Full-time and Part-time Workers Doing Same Job Illegal
Apr	Sixth Basic Plan for Vocational Ability Development
Mar	Eighth Basic Plan on Employment Measures
Feb	Add 12 New Categories to List of Jobs, Panel Says
Jan	Introducing on an Experimental Basis a System of Settling Individual Labour Disputes "Hiring of Women Only" Prohibited
1995
Dec	Research and Survey Regarding Realities of Acceptance of Foreign Trainees Government Support Smaller Scale Firms and Venture Bussiness Victims of Sarin Incident on Tokyo's Subway System, Recognized as Eligible for Workmen's Compensation
Nov	NPA Recommends Pay Raise for National Government Employees
Sep	Research Report-Prospects and Tasks Related to Labor Supply & Demand
Aug	New Family Leave Bill Becomes Law
Jul	HIV-Firing Illegal
May	Vocational Ability Development of White-Collar Workers First Ministry Proposal for Sex Bias Case
Apr	Labor Policy to Cope with Hanshin Disaster
Mar	1976 Rail Suit Settled
Feb	Ministry of Labour to Scrap Emergency Unemploy ment Countermeasures Law
Jan	The Pension System Reform Bill Passed
1994
Dec	Labor Panel Mediates First Sex Bias Case Since Enforcement of Equal Opportunity Law
Nov	Basic Policy for Measures to Deal with Short-time Workers
Oct	Regional Minimum Wages Decided Upon
Aug	Law concerning the Stabilization of Employment of Older Workers and Employment Insurance Law Revised
Jul	Middle-aged and Older White-collar Workers Transferred to Firms Outside of Keiretsu
May	Total Employment-Support Program
Apr	50% of Woman Utilize Childcare Leave
Mar	Churoi's First Order Issued Regarding Unfair Labor Practice Complaints Women's & Young Workers' Problems: Council Releases Interim Report Gov't to Launch Employment Countermeasures
Feb	Employment Situation of Foreign Workers
Jan	Part-Time Labor Law
1993
Dec	Pension Council Moves
Nov	A Record High Number of Firms Receive Employment Adjustment Aid Subsidies
Oct	Small & Medium Enterprise Agency to Help Establish Smaller Firms Survey on Environment-Friendly Business Behavior: Environmental Agency
Sep	Part-Time Labor Bill Becomes Law The present State of Social Insurance Participants and Unpaid Premiums Landlord Ordered to Pay Compensation for Rent Refusal to a Foreign National
Aug	Guidelines for the Employment of Foreigners and a Reporting System Bill Revising Labour Standards Law Becomes Law; 40-Hour Workweek Launched in April 1994
Jul	Rengo's Survey on Political Attitudes Report by Study Group Regarding the Labour Standards Law Rengo Proposes "Partial Employment Partial Payment of Pension"
Jun	Delay in Cutting Work Hours; Panel Backs Down from Early Pledge
May	Surge in Illiegal Foreign Residents Wanes
Apr	System of Granting Permission to Overseas Job Placement Projects to be Inaugurated-Ministry of Labor to Revise Enforcement Regulations of Employment Security Law-
Mar	Foreign Workers Measures
Feb	Recommendation on Part-Time Labor Issue Submitted to Minister of Labour Toward Revision of the Labor Standards Law; A Report by the Panel's Working Hours Devision
Jan	Vocational Counseling Window to be Launched in Brazil
1992
Dec	Revision of the labour Standards Law Underway
Nov	A Report by the Committee of Advisory Council on Social Security, toward Longterm Stability of Public Pension
Oct	Annual Limit on Overtime Hours Lowered to 360 Hours; Guidelines for Labor-Management Agreement Revised
Sep	Foreign Trainee Program-7th Basic Employment Measures Plan
Aug	Shorter Working Hours Bill Becomes Law
Jul	Public Pensioners Top 25 Million
Jun	5-day Workweek for Public Servants
May	Ministry of Labour Publishes Names of 4 Firms Employing Fewer Disabled Persons
Apr	Improve Foreign Workers Conditions, MCA Recommends
Mar	Contributions for Employment Benefits to be Reduced
Feb	Reserve Permanent Job Positions for Short-Time Disabled Employees, Panel Says
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