This bulletin contains information on law changes that have either passed, or are being discussed, in parliament, court decisions, and other labor issues in Japan that are of interest to activists.
In this bulletin:
- Work safety for the working elderly: companies to have a duty of effort, says MHWL policy
- Freelancers to be covered: law to be amended, clients to be required to report work accidents
- Proposal to raise Basic Pension by 30%; securing stable funding an issue — MHWL
- Vietnamese technical interns file complaint at LSIO: “fines” for such things as “room cleaning”
- Minamata City employs five people for less than minimum wage; city to back-pay difference of \4.13 million for three years
- Disney pays 6.6 billion settlement in gender wage gap case
- Strike at VW in Germany: first large strike in six years
- Oita Prefectural Hospital: 400 million in unpaid overtime? LSIO citation
- JCM to demand 12,000 base pay raise, highest demand ever, in 2025 Shunto
- RENGO decides to demand pay increase of at least 5% or more, including at major companies, in next year’s Shunto
- Price hikes planned for 4,000 food items next year; rush predicted through Spring
- Price hikes planned for 4,000 food items next year; rush predicted through Spring
- OECD Economic Outlook predicts stable growth, but warns of risks of protectionism
- UA Zensen to demand 6% wage hike next Shunto–in yen amount, the largest ever
And more!