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Recruiting In Japan: Key Considerations For Employers

It is essential for employers operating in or entering the Japanese market to understand the rules around recruitment.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Spotlight On Japan: Japan's New Freelance Act – A Comparative Overview With U.S. And EU Legal Frameworks

As work styles continue to diversify globally, businesses are increasingly engaging with freelance workers across industries. Japan's new law governing freelance work, officially the Act on Ensuring Proper...

Japan Employment

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Employer Essentials For Japan's Working Time Regulations

In Japan, standard working hours are limited to eight hours per day and 40 hours per week.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Avoiding Unintended Outcomes With Fixed-term Workers

Different categories of worker exist in Japan and the classification can have a significant impact on various aspects of employment.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

An Employer's Guide To Pay And Perks In Japan

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Changes To Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave And Other Measures For The Welfare Of Caregiving Workers Under Japanese Law

Japan Employment

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

2024 WLG Whistleblower Guide: Japan

Japan Employment

WL

World Law Group

Japan Introduces Changes To Child And Family Leave

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Straying From "The Plan": Patricia Barbieri Of Daiichi Sankyo On Journey To Success (Podcast)

Japan Employment

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

Japan Legal Update: 2025 Amendments To Japan's Act On Childcare Leave And Caregiver Leave

Japan Employment

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Overview Of The Japanese Mandatory Retirement Age System

Japan Employment

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Japan Employment

IG

Iwata Godo

Obligation To Provide "Reasonable Accommodation" In Accordance With Amendments To Act For Eliminating Discrimination Against Persons With Disabilities

Japan Employment

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

育児・介護休業法の改正案を閣議決定、国会に提出

Japan Employment

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Spotlight On Japan: Legal Trends In The Semiconductor Industry In The Japanese And U.S. Markets

Japan International

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Winston & Strawn LLP

Revision To The Exemption Scheme For Prior Notification In The Foreign Direct Investment Screening System Under The FEFTA

Japan International

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Avoiding Unintended Outcomes With Fixed-term Workers

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Energy Newsletter - Recent Developments In Japanese/Global Climate Change/Carbon Credit Regulations

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Legal 500: Country Comparative Guides 2025 – Japan Lending & Secured Finance

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Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

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Recruiting In Japan: Key Considerations For Employers

It is essential for employers operating in or entering the Japanese market to understand the rules around recruitment.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Spotlight On Japan: Japan's New Freelance Act – A Comparative Overview With U.S. And EU Legal Frameworks

As work styles continue to diversify globally, businesses are increasingly engaging with freelance workers across industries. Japan's new law governing freelance work, officially the Act on Ensuring Proper...

Japan Employment

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Avoiding Unintended Outcomes With Fixed-term Workers

Different categories of worker exist in Japan and the classification can have a significant impact on various aspects of employment.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Overview Of The Japanese Mandatory Retirement Age System

Japan Employment

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Japan Employment

IG

Iwata Godo

Doing Business In... 2024 - Law & Practice

Japan Commercial

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Amendment Of Status Of Residence Regarding Digital Nomads

Japan Immigration

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Overview Of The New Freelance Act And Some Remaining Issues For Freelancers

Japan Employment

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Labor And Employment Law Bulletin - Obligation To Clarify The "Right To Request The Conversion" And The "Terms And Conditions Of Employment Applicable After The Conversion" Associated With The Amendment To The Regulation For Enforcement Of The Labor Standards Act―Amendments To The Rules Concerning Clarification Of Conditions Of Employment Of April 2024―

Japan Employment

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

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Employee Benefits & Compensation

Recruiting In Japan: Key Considerations For Employers

It is essential for employers operating in or entering the Japanese market to understand the rules around recruitment.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Spotlight On Japan: Japan's New Freelance Act – A Comparative Overview With U.S. And EU Legal Frameworks

As work styles continue to diversify globally, businesses are increasingly engaging with freelance workers across industries. Japan's new law governing freelance work, officially the Act on Ensuring Proper...

Japan Employment

WS

Winston & Strawn LLP

Employer Essentials For Japan's Working Time Regulations

In Japan, standard working hours are limited to eight hours per day and 40 hours per week.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

An Employer's Guide To Pay And Perks In Japan

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Changes To Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave And Other Measures For The Welfare Of Caregiving Workers Under Japanese Law

Japan Employment

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Japan Introduces Changes To Child And Family Leave

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Straying From "The Plan": Patricia Barbieri Of Daiichi Sankyo On Journey To Success (Podcast)

Japan Employment

LS

Lowenstein Sandler

Japan Legal Update: 2025 Amendments To Japan's Act On Childcare Leave And Caregiver Leave

Japan Employment

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

Overview Of The Japanese Mandatory Retirement Age System

Japan Employment

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

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Employee Rights/ Labour Relations

Recruiting In Japan: Key Considerations For Employers

It is essential for employers operating in or entering the Japanese market to understand the rules around recruitment.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Employer Essentials For Japan's Working Time Regulations

In Japan, standard working hours are limited to eight hours per day and 40 hours per week.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Avoiding Unintended Outcomes With Fixed-term Workers

Different categories of worker exist in Japan and the classification can have a significant impact on various aspects of employment.

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Changes To Childcare Leave, Caregiver Leave And Other Measures For The Welfare Of Caregiving Workers Under Japanese Law

Japan Employment

Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

Japan Introduces Changes To Child And Family Leave

Japan Employment

IL

Ius Laboris

Labour and Employment Comparative Guide

Japan Employment

IG

Iwata Godo

CONVINUS Global Mobility Alert - Week 47.2024

Worldwide Immigration

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CONVINUS

最三小判、外国人の技能実習に係る監理団体の指導員が事業場外で従事した業務につき、労働基準法38条の2第1項にいう「労働時間を算定し難いとき」に当たらないとした原審の判断に違法があるとされた事例

Japan Litigation

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

育児・介護休業法の改正案を閣議決定、国会に提出

Japan Employment

AM

Anderson Mori & Tomotsune

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