Japan Labor Issues
Labor law and working rules
2024
- Fact-finding Research on Financial Compensation for Unfair Dismissal Cases in Court (PDF:3.9MB)
- Legality of Restriction on the Use of Restrooms in the Worksite by Gender Identity Disorder Employee
The State and National Personnel Authority (METI Employee) Case (PDF:635KB) - Will the Japanese Long-Term Employment System Continue to be Maintained? (PDF:977KB)
- Worker Status of Platform Workers under the Labor Union Act
The Uber Japan and One Other Company Case (PDF:923MB)
2023
- Can a Client Be Held Liable for a Breach of Obligation to Care for Employee Safety and Health Due to
Harassment against a Freelancer?
The Amour (Aesthetic Salon) and Other Defendant Case (PDF:659KB) - The Labor Policy Council: Functions of the Group Consultation in the Process of Forming Labor Policy in Japan (PDF:802KB)
- Examining Japan's Labor Standards Inspection Administration and Its Challenge from the Perspective of the Inspection Offices (PDF:959KB)
- Labor Tribunal Proceedings: The Paradigm Shift in Labor Dispute Resolution and its Future Challenges (PDF:1.0MB)
- Is a Part-time Instructor Whose Role is Exclusively to Teach University Language Classes a "Researcher"?
The Senshu University (Conversion of a Fixed-Term Labor Contract to an Indefinite-term Labor Contract) Case (PDF:626KB) - Disguised Contracting and the Deemed Labor Contract Application by the Client under Item 5 of Paragraph 1 of Article 40-6 of the Worker Dispatching Act
The Tori Case (PDF:255KB) - Employers' Duty for Safety of Multiple Job Holder Who Worked Excessively Long Hours
The Daiki Career-Casting and One Other Defendant Company Case (PDF:238KB)
2022
- The 5th JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2022 “The Impact of COVID-19 on Labor Market and Policy Responses ― Strengthening Social Protection for Vulnerable Workers” (PDF:3.34MB)
- Regional Extension of Collective Agreements under Article 18 of the Labor Union Act
The Regional Extension Decision by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare on September 22, 2021 (PDF:225KB) - Labor Law Policy on Freelance Work (PDF:256KB)
- Legality of Restrictions on Use of Worksite Facilities by a Transgender Employee
The State and National Personnel Authority (METI Employee) Case (PDF:218KB) - Overview of Employment Policy in Japan (PDF:250KB)
- Claim for Unpaid Overtime by a Public School Teacher
The Saitama Prefecture Case (PDF:263KB) - Gender Equality in the Workplace from a Legal Perspective: Current Situation and Issues of Japan's Equal Employment Opportunity Act (PDF:325KB)
2021
- A Dazzling Brilliance: In Memory of Dr. Tadashi Hanami (PDF:281KB)
- The 2021 Shunto: Results and Identified Issues from a Broad Range of Discussions Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic (PDF:332KB)
- Reduction in the Shifts of a Non-standard Shift Worker
The Silverheart Case (PDF:229KB) - MHLW's Guidelines for Promoting and Establishing High-quality Telework (PDF:193KB)
- 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) - Labor Unions in Japan (PDF:385KB)
- The MHLW Study Group Proposes the Direction of Employment Policy for Post-COVID-19 (PDF:171KB)
- 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) - Labor-management Relations in Japan
Part III: Systems for Resolving Individual Labor Disputes (PDF:659KB) - 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" (PDF:3.6MB)
- The Worker Status of a Theater Troupe Member
The Air Studio Case (PDF:208KB) - Labor-management Relations in Japan
Part II: Trends and Current State of Collective Labor Relations (PDF:742KB) - Labor-management Relations in Japan
Part I: Characteristics of the Collective Labor Relations System (PDF:247KB) - 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) - The Law to Prevent “Power Harassment” in Japan (PDF:345KB)
2020
- The Employment Adjustment Subsidy and New Assistance for Temporary Leave (PDF:260KB)
- Whether a Staff Position in an Automobile Manufacturer Shall Be Deemed "Supervisory or Managerial Employee" Status under the Labor Standards Act: The Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. ("Supervisory or Managerial Employee" Status) Case (PDF:261KB)
- Do Educational Loan Programs Exempting Repayment of School Expense Lent by Hospitals on Condition of Working for Certain Periods Violate Article 16 of the Labor Standards Act?: The Kyoyukai Misumi Hospital Case (PDF:297KB)
- Obligating Efforts Concerning Measures to Secure Employment Opportunities up to the Age of 70: Revision of the Act on Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons, etc. (PDF:316KB)
- Spread of the Novel Coronavirus and the Future of Japanese Labor Policy (PDF:207KB)
- Proposal on Extinctive Prescriptions of Claims for Wages: The Labor Policy Council (PDF:137KB)
- Is an Owner-manager of a Convenience Store a “Worker” under the Labor Union Act?
The Seven-Eleven Japan Case (PDF:210KB)
- Challenges Facing Japan: Work Styles and Labor Shortages
MHLW's White Paper on the Labor Economy 2019 (PDF:366KB) - Realities of Restructuring Enterprise Organization in Japan: Frontlines of Industrial Relations (PDF:251KB)
- Worker Status of the Joint Enterprise Cooperative Members: The Joint Enterprise Cooperative Workers’ Collective Wadachi Higashimurayama Case (PDF:229KB)
- Legal Issues Surrounding Employment-like Working Styles: Disguised Employment and Dependent Self-employment (PDF:479KB)
- Thirty Years since JTUC-Rengo's Foundation: Challenges and Prospects for Japan's Labor Movement (PDF:273KB)
- Legal Liability Regarding "Power Harassment" and the Scope of That Liability: The Fukuda Denshi Nagano Hanbai Case (PDF:197KB)
2019
- MHLW's Interim Report on Points of Controversy regarding Employment-like Work Styles (PDF:353KB)
- Policy Challenges for the Introduction of AI and Other New Technologies: Report of MHLW's Committee on Basic Labour Policy (PDF:242KB)
- Long-term Employment as a Social Norm: An Analysis of the JILPT "Survey on Working Life" (1999–2015) (PDF:430KB)
- Binding Effect of Unilaterally Modified Rules of Employment Introducing a Performance-based and Ability-based Wage System: The Trygroup Case (PDF:163KB)
- Current State of Working Hours and Overwork in Japan
Part III: How Can We Prevent Overwork? (PDF:343KB) - Japanese Policy regarding Employment-like Working Styles (PDF:169KB)
- The 2019 Shunto in the Context of the JTUC-Rengo Wage Hike Summary Report (PDF:303KB)
- Does the Unilateral Discontinuance of Dues Check-Off by a Local Public Entity Constitute Unfair Labor Practices?: The National Government and Central Labor Relations Commission vs. Osaka City (Dues Check-Off) Case (PDF:218KB)
- Current State of Working Hours and Overwork in Japan
Part II: Why do the Japanese Work Long Hours? (PDF:361KB) - The 3rd JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2019 "The Future of Women and Work -Policy Responses to Women’s Employment" (PDF:2.03MB)
- The Leakage of Trade Secrets (Customer Data) by the Employees of Contractors: The Benesse Corporation Customer Data Leakage Case (Criminal Case) (PDF:286KB)
- Current State of Working Hours and Overwork in Japan
Part I: How Has It Changed Over the Years? (PDF:323KB) - Human Resources Development according to Diversified Working Styles: MHLW's White Paper on the Labor Economy 2018 (PDF:419KB)
- Employers' Obligation to Consider the Needs of Employees Returning from Childcare Leave: The Japan Business Lab Case (PDF:208KB)
- Combining Work and Family Care in Japan (Part II): What is the Challenge after Reforming the Long-term Care Leave System? (PDF:973KB)
- How Have Japanese Policies Changed in Accepting Foreign Workers? (PDF:335KB)
- Worker Status of the Commercial Agent: The Bellco Case (PDF:273KB)
- Combining Work and Family Care in Japan (Part I): Why do Women Leave Jobs at the Stage of Childbirth? (PDF:342KB)
- Why did Japanese Dual-earner Couples Increase since the Late 1980s? (PDF:594KB)
- Legal Regulation of Unreasonable Treatment of Non-regular Employees in Japan (PDF:231KB)
- Can "Owners" of Convenience Stores be "Workers" under the Japanese Labor Union Act? (PDF:280KB)
2018
- Are Wage Disparities Unreasonable and Illegal? Between Fixed-term Contract Employees Rehired After Retirement and Regular Employees: The Nagasawa Un-yu Case (PDF:213KB)
- The 2018 Shunto, 2% Pay Hike for five Consecutive Years; Regional Minimum Wages, 3% Rise for three Consecutive Years (PDF:377KB)
- On Payment or Non-payment of Premium Wages When Incorporated Into Annual Salary: The Iryo Hojin Shadan Koshin Kai Case (PDF:213KB)
- Work Style Reform Bill Enacted: Discussions Underway at the Council on the Contents of Specific Procedures (PDF:345KB)
- Japan's Employment System and Formation of the "Abuse of the Right to Dismiss" Theory (PDF:229KB)
- Challenges for Promoting Innovations and Realizing Work-Life Balance: MHLW'S White Paper on the Labor Economy 2017 (PDF:357KB)
- Course-Based Employment Systems and Gender Discrimination: The Towa Kogyo Case (PDF:194KB)
- Termination of Employment Relationships in Japan (Part III): Mandatory Retirement Age System (PDF:221KB)
- The 2nd JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2018 "Looking back at the policy responses to changes in employment structure and forms―The future as seen from here" (PDF:3.15MB)
- Analysis of Japan's Labor Economy 2017 (PDF:879KB)
- The Illegality of Differences in Labor Conditions between Regular Workers and Non-regular (Fixed-term Contract) Workers: The Japan Post Case (PDF:212KB)
- New Rules of Conversion from Fixed-term to Open-ended Contracts: Companies' Approaches to Compliance and the Subsequent Policy Developments (PDF:359KB)
- Termination of Employment Relationships in Japan (Part II): Dismissal and Refusal to Renew a Fixed-term Contract (PDF:230KB)
- Employment Quota for Persons with Disabilities at Private Enterprises to be Incrementally Raised to 2.3% (PDF:4.08KB)
- Termination of Employment Relationships in Japan (Part I): Resignation and Termination of Employment Contracts by Mutual Consent (PDF:311KB)
- The Future of the Japanese-style Employment System: Continued Long-term Employment and the Challenges It Faces (PDF:1.2MB)
- A Legal Study on Equal or Balanced Treatment for Regular and Non-Regular Workers in Japan: With Particular Focus on the Relationship between Anti-Discrimination Principle and Policy-Based Regulations for Equal or Balanced Treatment (PDF:315KB)
- Why Do the Japanese Work Long Hours? Sociological Perspectives on Long Working Hours in Japan (PDF:501KB)
- Challenges for Workplace regarding the Autonomy of Working Hours: Perspective for the Prevention of Overwork (PDF:325KB)
- Regional Minimum Wages Hiked by Average 3% for 2nd Straight Year: Hourly Rate Now 848 yen (PDF:375KB)
- Rengo Holds 15th Biennial Convention, Re-Elects President Kozu: Aims to Establish "Rengo Vision 2035" as It Nears 30th Anniversary (PDF:228KB)
- Validity of Wage Rules Deducting an Amount Corresponding to Premium Wages in Calculating Percentage Pay: The Kokusai Motorcars Case (PDF:268KB)
2017
- The 1st JILPT Tokyo Comparative Labor Policy Seminar 2017 "Identifying Major Labor Policy Issues in Contemporary World of Labor―Commonalities and Differences Crossing Regions and Nations" (PDF:3.38MB)
- Rengo Wavering in Party Support and Joint Struggle by Opposition Parties (PDF:64.3KB)
- Interpretation of Work Rules on Conversion from Fixed-Term to Open-Ended Contract for a College Lecturer: The Fukuhara Gakuen(Kyushu Women's Junior College)Case (PDF:717KB)
- Government Decides "Action Plan for the Realization of Work Style Reform": Relevant Laws To Be Amended Aimed at Overtime Limits and Equal Pay for Equal Work (PDF:640KB)
- The 2017 Shunto, Wage Rise in SMEs and Non- Regular Employment: Changes in Negotiations Led by Pacesetters (PDF:639KB)
- Polarization of Working Styles: Measures to Solve the Polarization and New Category of Regular Employees (PDF:1.4MB)
- Job Changes for Re-employed Retirees: The Toyota Motor Case (PDF:528KB)
- What is Japanese Long-Term Employment System? Has it Vanished? (PDF:729KB)
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