• Labor Ministry’s guidance for “black companies” results in payment of 44.6 billion yen (!) in unpaid wages;
• MEXT to experiment with AI in English lessons;
• 12,000 club-activity instructors to be assigned to public junior high schools in order to lighten teachers’ workload;
• Increasing dismissals of dispatch workers on the horizon: 3-year limit to arrive at the end of September;
• Man who worked for 12 years as contract employee at Bandai files suit seeking to void his dismissal;
• Workplace abuse of people with disabilities at its highest ever [note: due to greater awareness and reporting] – up 30% from previous year;
• Reuters industry survey: employment of foreigners failing to spread, over 60% negative on unskilled labor;
• “Partner system” to be introduced in Chiba City – same-sex and common-law couples eligible;
• And more!
(Translated from Japanese)