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Vol.5, No.35, December 2021

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.5, No.35, December 2021 (PDF:1.91MB)

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Eulogy

• A Dazzling Brilliance: In Memory of Dr. Tadashi Hanami (PDF:281KB)
  NAKAJIMA Shigeya (The University of Tokyo)

Trends

• Four Plans Setting the Course for Future Policy: Supporting Human Resources Development and Work Styles for a New Era (PDF:254KB)
• The 2021 Shunto: Results and Identified Issues from a Broad Range of Discussions Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF:332KB)
  OGINO Noboru

Research

• COVID-19-Related Job Separation and Income Decline in Japan (PDF:802KB)
  • Advance Published on October 5, 2021 (PDF:801KB)
    TAKAHASHI Koji

Judgments and Orders

• Reduction in the Shifts of a Non-standard Shift Worker
  The Silverheart Case (PDF:229KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

Statistical Indicators (PDF:624KB)

Contents of Japan Labor Issues 2021 (PDF:206KB)

Published on November 25, 2021

Vol.5, No.34, October-November 2021

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.5, No.34, October-November 2021 (PDF:1.65MB)

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Trends

• MHLW's Guidelines for Promoting and Establishing High-quality Telework (PDF:193KB)

Research

• Wage Compensation during Leave in the COVID-19 Crisis and Its Impacts on Workers' Careers (PDF:678KB)
  TAKAHASHI Koji

Judgments and Orders

• Illegality of the Disparity in Working Conditions between Hourly Paid Fixed-term Contract Employees and Monthly Paid Regular Employees
  The Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University (former Osaka Medical University) Case (PDF:240KB)
  ZHONG Qi

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Labor Unions in Japan (PDF:385KB)
  OH, Hak-Soo

Statistical Indicators (PDF:586KB)

Published on September 28, 2021

Vol.5, No.33, August-September 2021

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.5, No.33, August-September 2021 (PDF:2.74MB)

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Trends

• The MHLW Study Group Proposes the Direction of Employment Policy for Post-COVID-19 (PDF:171KB)
• The Fifth Basic Plan for Gender Equality "Toward a Reiwa Society Where All Women and Girls Can Thrive and Achieve Their Full Potential" (PDF:231KB)
• Accommodation and Food Services Workers amid the COVID-19 Crisis in Japan (PDF:695KB)
  • Advance Published on June 18, 2021 (PDF:741KB)
    TAKAHASHI Koji

Research

• Working from Home and Work-life Balance during COVID-19: The Latest Changes and Challenges in Japan (PDF:678KB)
  TAKAMI Tomohiro

Judgments and Orders

• Judgment Declaring Fixed Overtime Pay Illegal and Upholding a Worker's Claim for a Solatium for Excessive Overtime Work despite No Resulting Health Damage
  The Karino Japan Case (PDF:210KB)
  HOSOKAWA Ryo (Aoyama Gakuin University)

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Labor-management Relations in Japan
  Part III: Systems for Resolving Individual Labor Disputes (PDF:659KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

Statistical Indicators (PDF:575KB)

Published on July 27, 2021

Vol.5, No.32, July 2021

SPECIAL ISSUE

The 4th JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2020 "The Changing World of Work in Digital Age —New Forms of Work and the Role of Labor Policy"

This Special Issue includes papers submitted by 11 promising researchers which introduce their findings on the latest labor policy issues in each country and region addressing the broad theme of the Seminar.

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.5, No.32, July 2021 (PDF:3.6MB)

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• Technology, Jobs and the Future of Work in Australia (PDF:768KB)

  Alison PENNINGTON, Senior Economist, Centre for Future Work, Australia Institute (Australia)

• Counterproductive Work Behavior by Drivers of Platform Based Cab Aggregators in India: A Human Rights Perspective (PDF:546KB)

  Surya Prakash PATI (Presenter), Associate Professor, and Manoranjan DHAL, Professor, Human Resource Management Group, Indian Institute of Management, Kozhikod (India)

• Working Conditions of Crowdworkers: How Working Conditions of Crowdworkers Vary by Job Content (PDF:1.31MB)

  Itaru NISHIMURA, Vice Senior Researcher, The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (Japan)

• Artificial Intelligence-Based Hiring: An Exploratory Study of Hiring Market Reactions (PDF:302KB)

  Jaewan YANG (Presenter), Associate Professor, and Minjae IM, Seunghwan CHOI, Jangil KIM, and Dong Hyun KO, College of Business, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies (Korea)

• Digital Platform Labor in the Philippines: Emerging Configurations and Policy Implications (PDF:306KB)

  Cheryll Ruth R. SORIANO, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Communication, De La Salle University Manila (Philippines)

• Marginalization of Graduate Freelancers in the Gig Economy (PDF:927KB)

  Reuben NG, Ph.D., Head, Data Innovation Group, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, and Lloyd’s Register Foundation Institute for the Public Understanding of Risk, National University of Singapore, and Paul S. H. WONG, Research Assistant, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore (Singapore)

• The Digitalization of China’s Employment Law? (PDF:189KB)

  Tian YAN, Assistant Professor, Law School of the Peking University (China)

• The Internet Platform Labor in China: The Rise, Controversy and Policy Trends (PDF:461KB)

  Tianyu WANG, Associate Professor, Associate Director of Social Law Department, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (China)

• Recent Development of Legal Framework of Labor Law in Indonesia (PDF:266KB)

  Ike FARIDA, S.H., LL.M, Doctor of Law, Founder and Managing Partner at Farida Law Office (Indonesia)

• Better Opportunity or Extended Sweatshop? —Labor Law and Policy in the Age of Digitalization in Korea— (PDF:743KB)

  Sukhwan CHOI, Assistant Professor, School of Law, Seoul National University (Korea)

• The Contemporary Challenge and Government Responses on Delivery Platform Worker Rights and Benefits in Taiwan: The "MOL Guidance 2019" and the "Taipei City Ordinance 2019" (PDF:355KB)

  Bo-Shone FU, Assistant Professor, National Taipei University Law School (Taiwan)

Entries are arrenged based on the seminar program.

Published on June 25, 2021

Vol.5, No.31, June 2021

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.5, No.31, June 2021 (PDF:3.26MB)

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Trends

• Job Separation and Reemployment amid the COVID-19 Crisis in Japan (PDF:1.47MB)
  TAKAHASHI Koji
• How Women Bear the Brunt of COVID-19's Damages on Work (Continued, Part II): Catch Up With Men on the Employment Recovery (PDF:1.23MB)
  • Errata (PDF:96KB)
    ZHOU Yanfei (JILPT Associate Researcher. Professor, Japan Women's University)

Judgments and Orders

• The Worker Status of a Theater Troupe Member
  The Air Studio Case (PDF:208KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Labor-management Relations in Japan
  Part II: Trends and Current State of Collective Labor Relations (PDF:742KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

Statistical Indicators (PDF:959KB)

Published on May 25, 2021

Vol.5, No.30, April-May 2021

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.5, No.30, April-May 2021 (PDF:1.92MB)

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Trends

• Working Hours under the COVID-19 Pandemic in Japan: Reviewing Changes by Situation Phase during and after the 2020 State of Emergency Declaration (PDF:473KB)
  • Advance Published on March 16, 2021 (PDF:585KB)
    TAKAMI Tomohiro

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• Labor-management Relations in Japan
  Part I: Characteristics of the Collective Labor Relations System (PDF:247KB)
  HAMAGUCHI Keiichiro

Special Feature on Research Papers (III)

• The Necessity of Reduced Working Hours under the Re-familization of Elderly Care (PDF:983KB)
  IKEDA Shingou
• Selection and Training of Women Officers in Japanese Labor Unions: Focusing on Enterprise Unions (PDF:453KB)
  GOTO Kayo (Labour Research Council)

Statistical Indicators (PDF:494KB)

Published on March 25, 2021

Vol.5, No.29, February-March 2021

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.5, No.29, February-March 2021 (PDF:1.33MB)

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Trends

• How Women Bear the Brunt of COVID-19’s Damages on Work (Continued): The Gender Gap in Employment Recovery (PDF:514KB)
  ZHOU Yanfei

Judgments and Orders

• Does the Conclusion of a Fixed-term Part-time Contract when Returning to Work after Childcare Leave Constitute the Cancellation of the Regular Employment Contract?
  The Japan Business Lab Case (PDF:262KB)
  TAKIHARA Hiromitsu

Special Feature on Research Papers (II)

• How Human Coexistence with ICT in the Era of Telework Enabled Should Be: From the Viewpoint of Now and the Future of Telework in Japan (PDF:347KB)
  YANAGIHARA Sachiko (University of Toyama)
• Panel Data Analysis of the Generational Replacement Effect on Employment in Japanese Companies (PDF:354KB)
  Yasuda Hiroki (Tokyo Keizai University)
  Araki Hiroko (Keio University)
  Juan Nelson Martinez Dahbura (Data Scientist)

Statistical Indicators (PDF:499KB)

Published on February 25, 2021

Vol.5, No.28, January 2021

Full Text: Japan Labor Issue Vol.5, No.28, January 2021 (PDF:1.82MB)

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Trends

• How Women Bear the Brunt of COVID-19’s Damages on Work (PDF:476KB)
  • Advance Published on October 15, 2020 (PDF:422KB)
    ZHOU Yanfei
• Impact of the COVID-19 Recession on Full-Time Workers: Shortened Work Hours, Working from Home, and Possible Widening of Income Disparities (PDF:438KB)
  TAKAMI Tomohiro

Series: Japan's Employment System and Public Policy

• What Is Shunto? (PDF:376KB)
  OGINO Noboru

Special Feature on Research Papers (I)

• The Law to Prevent “Power Harassment” in Japan (PDF:345KB)
  OBATA Fumiko (Kyoto University)
• Where Does Career Support and Education in Japanese Universities Stand? Erosion by Business, or a New Form of University Education? (PDF:560KB)
  KOMIKAWA Koichiro (Hosei University)

Statistical Indicators (PDF:512KB)

Published on December 25, 2020

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