Hideki Thurgood Kano - Partner, Anderson, Mori & Tomotsune
Hideki Thurgood Kano is a Partner of Anderson Mori & Tomotsune which is one of the largest and most diversified full service law firms in Japan. Thurgood has been practicing in the area of labor and employment since 1995.
He acts on behalf of both Japanese and non-Japanese multinational companies, advising them on all aspects of labor and employment, including, but not limited to,(α) Collective Labor-Management (Collective Bargaining Sessions with Labor Unions, Handling of Collective Activities of Labor Unions);(β) Individual Labor-Management (Dismissal and Voluntary Resignation, Disciplinary Actions, Internal Transfer, External Secondment, Confusion between Workers Dispatch and Service Agreement, Job Search, Employment of Aged People and Disabled People, Establishment of Wage Payment Systems and Retirement Benefit Systems, Refraining from Implementing Pay-per-Performance Systems, Sexual Harassment, Bullying, Mental Health, Occupational Safety and Health, Preparation of and Amendment to Rules of Employment, Preparation of Employment Contracts, Fixed-Term Employment Contracts, Executive Service Agreements, Prevention of Infringement of Corporate Data by Employees, Companies' Protection and Transfer of Employees' Data, Companies' Rights Subsisting in Employees' Invention or Works of Authorship, Whistle-blowing, Employment of Non-Japanese Workers, etc.); (γ) Labor Insurance, Social Insurance and Pension Plans (Workers Accident Compensation Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Health Insurance, Welfare Pension Insurance, Defined Contribution Pension Plan, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Welfare Pension Fund, Tax-Qualified Retirement Pension, etc.); and (δ) Labor and Employment Related Dispute Resolution and Litigation (Labor-Related Litigation, Mediation on Individual Labor Dispute, Labor Tribunal Dispute Resolution, Remedy for Unfair Labor Practices, etc.)..
Although he advises companies on ways to avert formal labor and employment disputes, he is also an experienced labor and employment litigator, having successfully defended many cases. He has written and lectured extensively on labor and employment matters in addition to matters unrelated to labor and employment law.
