Japan Labor Bulletin:
Working Conditions / Human Resources Management
2003
- Sep.
- Changes in White-Collar Employment from the Employee's Perspective (PDF:560KB)
- Jul.
- Legal Problems Surrounding the Practice of Farming Out: The Nippon Steel Corporation Case (PDF:105KB)
- Jun.
- The Situation Part-time Workers Face and Future Tasks: An Analysis Focusing on Case Studies (PDF:110KB)
- May
- Changes in the Spring Wage Offensive and the Future of the Wage Determination System in Japanese Firms (PDF:101KB)
- Feb.
- Dangers Facing Businessmen in Their 20s and 30s Who Work for Large Companies (PDF:83KB)
- Jan.
- Impact of Labor Shedding on Stock Prices (PDF:180KB)
2002
- Dec.
- A Study of Income Inequality for Households with Elderly Members: Comparison among Industrial Nations (PDF:185KB)
- Oct.
- Should the Treatment of Regular and Part-time Workers be Equalized? Discrepancies in Conditions and 'ocused Legal Regulations (PDF:207KB)
- Should Wages for Regular and Part-time Workers be Based on the Principle of 'Equal Pay for Work of Equal Value'? (PDF:207KB)
- Sep.
- Does the ¥1.03 Million Tax Exempt Limit Depress the Hourly Wage of Part-time Workers? (PDF:208KB)
- Wife Allowance and Tax Exemption behind Low Wages for Part-time Workers (PDF:208KB)
- Aug.
- Wage Inequality and Its Determinants in the 1980s and 1990s (PDF:197KB)
- Jun.
- Work-sharing in Japan (PDF:172KB)
- Apr.
- Pay Practices in Japanese Organizations: Changes and Non-changes (PDF:190KB)
2001
- Dec.
- Non-regular Workers and Labor-management Relations: A Case Study of the Electric Industry (PDF:731KB)
- Nov.
- Japan's Labor Policy in Transition (PDF:455KB)
- Oct.
- Joint Accounting System and Human Resource Management by Company Group (PDF:483KB)
- Mar.
- Contingent Workers in Japan: New Developments and Unexpected Consequences (PDF:492KB)
- Feb.
- Labor Law Issues Relating to Business Reorganization in Japan (PDF:571KB)
2000
- Oct.
- Employability as Expertise of White-collar Workers (PDF:562KB)
- Jul.
- Localization of Management in Japanese-related Firms in Indonesia (PDF:316KB)
- May
- Are Japan's Small Firms ’Ageless’? (PDF:528KB)
- Mar.
- Youth Employment and Parasite Singles (PDF:503KB)
1999
- Dec.
- Role of Labor Unions in the Recent Change in White-collar HRM Practices in Japan (PDF:587KB)
- Nov.
- The Silence of Stockholders: Japanese Labor Law from the Viewpoint of Corporate Governance (PDF:573KB)
- Aug.
- Recent Trends of Foreign-affiliated Companies in Japan (PDF:709KB)
- Jul.
- Aging Society and Inequality (PDF:440KB)
- Jun.
- Employment and Treatment of Middle-Aged and Older White-Collar Employees After the Bubble (PDF:409KB)
- Feb.
- A Comparison of Career and Skill Development Among White-Collar Employees in Three Countries (PDF:483KB)
- Jan.
- Procedural Fairness in Evaluation Systems for Japanese White-Collar Employees (PDF:577KB)
1998
- Nov.
- Overhaul After 50 Years: The Amendment of the Labour Standards Law (PDF:319KB)
- Sep.
- The Labor Market and Career Development in the Small and Medium-size Service Sector (PDF:444KB)
- Jun.
- Re-employing Japanese Women - Female Labor and Sustained Support - (PDF:265KB)
- Mar.
- Issue of Passing on Skills to Younger Generations at Smaller Manufacturing Companies (PDF:251KB)
- Feb.
- Management of ”the Creative” in Organization (PDF:366KB)
1997
- Dec.
- Flexible Working Hours System and Conditions for its Active Utilization (PDF:229KB)
- Nov.
- Changes in Japanese Human Resource Management:A Demand-Side Story (PDF:412KB)
- Oct.
- The Implications of Mandatory Retirement for the Utilization of the Human Capital of Older People (PDF:382KB)
- Aug.
- Work and Family Life (PDF:257KB)
- Apr.
- Regional Mobility of Japan's Workers - Making the U-, J- and I-Turn - (PDF:266KB)
- Jan.
- Changes in Wage Disparity in Japan (PDF:249KB)
1996
- Dec.
- Keeping Employees Employed: Shukko and Tenseki Job Transfers - Formation of a Labor Market within Corporate Groups - (PDF:248KB)
- Jul.
- Regulation of Working Hours for White- collar Workers Engaging in ”Discretionary Activities” (PDF:220KB)
- May
- Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Moving Offshore (PDF:220KB)
- Feb
- Company Severance Payment (PDF:270KB)
1995
- Sep.
- Promotion Structure of White-Collar Workers (PDF:251KB)
- Aug.
- Modification of Working Conditions Through Dismissals?: A Comparative Analysis of the SAS Case (PDF:323KB)
- May
- Japanese Production Workers in Small Business (PDF:254KB)
- Apr.
- Employment Practices and Unemployment in Contemporary Japan (PDF:243KB)
1994
- May
- In-House Training and OJT (PDF:289KB)
- Apr.
- Retirement Support Services of Japanese Labor Unions (PDF:205KB)
- Feb.
- Employment Adjustment of Middle-aged and Older White-collar Workers (PDF:306KB)
1993
- Dec.
- The Reality of ”Rotating Japanese Staff” (PDF:118KB)
- Sep.
- ”Starting Your Own Business” as Employee's Career Path (PDF:599KB)
- Jul.
- Relocation Arising from the Gradual Close of Nissan's Zama Plant Production Line (PDF:322KB)
- May
- Recent Conditions for White-Collar Workers (PDF:294KB)
- Mar.
- Relation of Collective Agreement to Rules of Employment (PDF:282)
1992
- Dec.
- Flextime and Personnel Management:Greater Emphasis on Discretionary Work (PDF:239KB)
- Nov.
- Intrafirm Communication at Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises (PDF:218KB)
- Sep.
- Enterprise - Based Labor Unions and Collective Agreements (PDF:684KB)
- Aug.
- Is the Japanese Labor Market Dual Structured? (PDF:259KB)
- Jul.
- Management Restructuring and Multi - faceted Manpower Procurement (PDF:305KB)
- May
- The Supreme Court's Hitachi Decision on the Duty to Work Overtime (PDF:246KB)
- Apr.
- The Globalization of Business and the New World of Work (PDF:278KB)
- Mar.
- Gastarbeiter in Japanese Small Firms (PDF:298KB)
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