• Expansion of eligibility for Welfare Pension (Kosei Nenkin): increased enrollment of part-timers to be discussed;
• MHWL presents draft guidelines on “equal pay for equal work”;
• Government considers extending working age to 70;
• Budget request for 2019: total amount goes to 102 trillion, 765.8 billion yen;
• Attacked by a customer and suffering PTSD, saleswoman sues Sumitomo Life;
• Employment of handicapped people: officials at central government offices testify to intentionally inflating numbers by “adding in deceased staff”;
• Foreign teachers who handed out protest leaflets not allowed to attend graduation ceremony: unfair labor practice judgement appropriate – Osaka Superior Court;
• Osaka City eliminates gender field on application to take employment exam;
• And more!
(Translated from Japanese)