Japanese Labor & Employment Law and Practice, 2nd Edition

*GLOSSARY........................................................................................................................

*QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS......................................................................................

*FUNDAMENTAL POINTS AND CURRENT TOPICS

  Fundamental points.................................................................................................

  Pension fraud and 2011 earthquake — The labor and employment 
  perspective........................................................................................................

  Pension reform and older workers in the aged society......................................

  Amendments to non-regular employees..............................................................

  Official Administrative Notification on Bullying and 
  Work-Relatedness of Mental Sickness........................................................

*THE ENFORCEMENT OF STATUTES, RULES AND AGREEMENTS ON LABOR/EMPLOYMENT LAWS

Labor and Employment Laws

  Legislation.................................................................................................................

  Work Rules of Employment..................................................................................

  Labor-Management Agreement............................................................................

  Collective Bargaining Agreement..........................................................................

  Enforcement.............................................................................................................

  Confederations of Labor Unions and Confederations of Employers............

*SUMMARY OF LABOR/EMPLOYMENT LAWS

  Executive summary — Overview.........................................................................

*EXAMPLES OF DOCUMENTS TO BE SUBMITTED AND PROCEDURES FOR HR PRACTITIONERS

  Under the Employment Standards Act................................................................

  Under the Employment Safety & Sanitation Act..............................................

  Under the Minimum Wage Act..............................................................................

  For female employees and raising children.........................................................

  Related to the Social Insurance System..............................................................

  Related to the Labour Insurance System............................................................

  Special report to the Public Employment Security Office................................

*HIRING, PROBATION, RETIREMENT AND RELATED MATTERS

  The validity of an employment contract.............................................................

  Hiring, probation and retirement...........................................................................

 * TYPES OF EMPLOYMENT CONTRACTS AND RELATED MATTERS

  Types of employment contracts...........................................................................

  Non-regular employees...........................................................................................

  Worker dispatch, worker supply, service-providing contract and secondment..................

  Internal transfer........................................................................................................

  Assigning the employment contract.....................................................................

  Statutory directors and statutory corporate auditors........................................

  Titles of members and sample agreements.........................................................

*FEMALE EMPLOYEES, GENDER DISCRIMINATION, SEXUAL HARASSMENT AND BULLYING

  Special treatment of female employees..............................................................

  Gender discrimination.............................................................................................

  Harassment and bullying........................................................................................

*WORKING HOURS AND REMUNERATION

  Remuneration...........................................................................................................

  Working hours and rest hours................................................................................

  Overtime and special working hour systems.......................................................

  Other monetary compensation..............................................................................

  Payroll administration.............................................................................................

*NON-WORKING DAYS, ANNUAL PAID LEAVE, SICKNESS & INJURY LEAVE AND MATERNITY LEAVE

  Non-working days....................................................................................................

  Annual paid leave....................................................................................................

  Long-term injury & sickness leave........................................................................

  Other types of leave.................................................................................................

*HEALTH & SAFETY AND SANITATION

  Health and safety....................................................................................................

  Workers accident compensation insurance.........................................................

*DEMOTION AND DISCIPLINARY ACTIONS

  Demotion...................................................................................................................

  Disciplinary actions..................................................................................................

*OTHER BASIC EMPLOYMENT TERMS AND CONDITIONS

  Employers’ fundamental duties and obligations...............................................

  Emergency.................................................................................................................

  Guarantee..................................................................................................................

  Protection of information.......................................................................................

*LABOR & SOCIAL INSURANCE, FRINGE BENEFITS AND RELATED TAX ISSUES

  Fringe benefits — Legislation.................................................................................

  Health insurance......................................................................................................

  Tax..............................................................................................................................

  Pension.......................................................................................................................

  Unemployment insurance......................................................................................

*SEVERANCE, UNILATERAL TERMINATION AND REDUNDANCY

  Types of severance..................................................................................................

  Lawful dismissal.......................................................................................................

  Alternatives to dismissal.........................................................................................

  Procedures.................................................................................................................

*INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS

  Legislation.................................................................................................................

  Labor unions.............................................................................................................

  Enterprise bargaining...............................................................................................

  Industrial grievances and disputes........................................................................

*EXPATRIATES AND FOREIGN WORKERS

  Challenges of expatriate management................................................................

  Critical success factors for expatriate assignments...........................................

*SAMPLE LETTERS, FORMS AND POLICIES

Recruitment

  Recruitment procedures..........................................................................................

  Employee requisition...............................................................................................

  Advertising.................................................................................................................

  Position vacant advertisement scripts..................................................................

  Applications forms...................................................................................................

  Interviews and assessments...................................................................................

  Rejection....................................................................................................................

Job descriptions and job specifications

  Job analysis...............................................................................................................

  Job descriptions........................................................................................................

  Job specifications.....................................................................................................

Contract of employment

  General.......................................................................................................................

  Flexible.......................................................................................................................

Induction, training and employment

  Induction...................................................................................................................

  Training......................................................................................................................

  Confirmation............................................................................................................

  Promotion..................................................................................................................

  On-the-job travel......................................................................................................

  Other records.............................................................................................................

  Employee relations..................................................................................................

Performance appraisal

  Appraisal....................................................................................................................

Occupational safety and health

  General Health Policy..............................................................................................

  Emergency procedures............................................................................................

  Safety inspection checklist.....................................................................................

Salary packaging and benefits

  Salary packaging......................................................................................................

  Annual leave and holidays.....................................................................................

  Medical benefits.......................................................................................................

  Flexi-Benefit Program.............................................................................................

  Other benefits............................................................................................................

Discipline

  Disciplinary procedure.............................................................................................

Termination

  Resignation................................................................................................................

  Dismissal....................................................................................................................

  Redundancy..............................................................................................................

  Retirement.................................................................................................................

  Other types of termination.....................................................................................

  Exit interviews...........................................................................................................

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 only, since 1995, from the viewpoint of employers and companies.  He acts on behalf of both Japanese and non-Japanese multinational companies, advising them on any and all aspects of labor and employment.  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.