• Government to consider legal changes for continuing employment past 65;
• MHWL proposal on “Equal Pay for Imaginary Worker” to be allowed as comparison for dispatch employees;
• “Continuing employment and encouraging self-help for elderly people” in revision of pension system – MHWL;
• Modified working-hours system presented by MEXT;
• Heated debate between labor and business over definition of power harassment in MHWL subcommittee;
• 40% of dispatch workers “want to work as regular employees” – MHWL survey;
• Organized-crime boss and others wanted on illegal dispatching charges possibly connected to Olympics-related labor shortages;
• Half of public school teachers over the karoshi line while also taking work home;
• And more!
(Translated from Japanese)