• MHWL presents tentative plan for “Equal Pay for Equal Work” guidelines;
• Legislation directed for working until 70;
• MHWL presents list of five “high-level professional” industries;
• Hitachi and interns agree on framework for compensation;
• Man sues for unpaid wages after being told that “time off spoils people”;
• Discriminatory conditions in recruiting people with disabilities found in multiple central ministries and agencies;
• Employed population at 67.15 million, setting new record;
• Dependence on young foreign workers as much as one in two in some prefectures;
• And more!
(Translated from Japanese)