Labour and employment compliance in Japan / Yoshikazu Sugino.
2014
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Author
Title
Labour and employment compliance in Japan / Yoshikazu Sugino.
Published
Alphen aan den Rijn, The Netherlands : Kluwer Law International, [2014]
Copyright
©2014
Call Number
Jpn 660 Su35 2014
Edition
Second edition.
ISBN
9789041156389 (pbk.)
9041156380 (pbk.)
9041156380 (pbk.)
Description
108 pages ; 24 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)893405871
Note
At head of title: International Bar Association.
"This publication is part of the International labour and employment compliance handbook."
"This publication is part of the International labour and employment compliance handbook."
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Added Corporate Author
Table of Contents
1.
Legal Framework: Employment Laws
1
2.
Contracts of Employment
1
2.1.
Overview
1
2.2.
Written Employment Contracts
2
2.3.
Oral Contracts
4
2.4.
Employee Handbooks
4
2.5.
Job Descriptions
5
2.6.
Offer Letters
6
2.7.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
6
3.
Recruiting, Interviewing, Screening and Hiring Employees
7
3.1.
Overview
7
3.2.
Recruiting
7
3.3.
Employment Applications
9
3.4.
Pre-employment Inquiries
9
3.5.
Pre-employment Tests and Examinations
9
3.6.
Background, Reference, and Credit Checks
9
3.7.
Interviewing
10
3.8.
Hiring Procedures
10
3.9.
Fines and Penalties
11
3.10.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
11
4.
Managing Performance/Conduct
11
4.1.
Overview
11
4.2.
Coaching and Counselling
14
4.3.
Written Evaluations
14
4.4.
Warnings and Suspensions
14
4.5.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
15
5.
Termination of Employees for Performance or Disciplinary Reasons
15
5.1.
Overview
15
5.2.
Separation/Severance Pay
22
5.3.
Fines and Penalties
23
5.4.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
23
6.
Layoffs, Reductions in Force, and/or Redundancies as a Result of Job Eliminations or Other Restructuring
23
6.1.
Overview
23
6.2.
Reductions in Force/Layoffs/Job Eliminations
25
6.3.
Fines and Penalties
26
6.4.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
26
7.
Labour and Employment Law Ramifications Upon Acquisition or Sale of a Business
26
7.1.
Acquisition of a Business
26
7.2.
Acquisition Checklist
28
7.3.
Sale of a Business
32
7.4.
Sale Checklist
33
8.
Use of Alternative Workforces: Independent Contractors, Contract Employees, and Temporary or Leased Workers
33
8.1.
Overview
33
8.2.
Independent Contractors
35
a.
Definition
35
b.
Creating the Relationship
35
c.
Compensation
35
d.
Other Terms and Conditions
35
8.3.
Contract Workers
35
8.4.
Leased Workers
36
8.5.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
40
9.
Obligation to Bargain Collectively With Trade Unions: Employees' Right to Strike and a Company's Right to Continue Business Operations
40
9.1.
Overview of Unions' Right to Organize
40
9.2.
Right of Employees to Join Unions
41
9.3.
How Employees Select Unions
42
9.4.
Pre-election Campaigning
42
9.5.
Unfair Labour Practices
42
9.6.
Relocation of Work/Shutdown of Business
43
9.7.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
43
10.
Working Conditions: Hours of Work and Payment of Wages - by Statute Or Collective Agreements
44
10.1.
Overview of Wage and Hours Laws
44
10.2.
Minimum Wage
45
10.3.
Overtime
46
10.4.
Meal and Rest Periods
46
10.5.
Deductions from Wages
46
10.6.
Garnishment
47
10.7.
Exemptions to Wage and Hour Laws
47
10.8.
Child Labour
48
10.9.
Recordkeeping Requirements
50
a.
Information That Must Be Maintained
50
b.
Records That Must Be Retained
50
c.
Failure to Maintain Required Records
50
10.10.
Reductions in Compensation Caused by Economic Downturn
51
10.11.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
51
11.
Other Working Conditions and Benefits: by Statute, Collective Agreements, Or Company Policy
51
11.1.
Health and Other Insurance
51
11.2.
Pension and Retirement Benefits
53
11.3.
Vacation and Holiday Payments on Termination
56
11.4.
Leaves of Absence
56
a.
Personal Leave
56
b.
Medical or Sick Leave
56
c.
Bereavement Leave
56
d.
Family Leave
57
e.
Pregnancy Leave
59
f.
Maternity Leave
59
g.
Injury at Work
59
11.5.
Government Subsidies, Etc.
60
11.6.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
60
12.
Workers' Compensation
60
12.1.
Overview
60
12.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
61
13.
Company's Obligation to Provide Safe and Healthy Workplace
61
13.1.
Overview of Safety and Environmental Laws and Regulations
61
13.2.
Requirements
62
13.3.
Rights of Employees
62
13.4.
Rights of Employer
62
13.5.
Specific Standards
67
13.6.
Injury or Accident at Work
67
13.7.
Workplace Violence
67
13.8.
Fines and Penalties
67
13.9.
Checklists of Do's and Don'ts
68
14.
Immigration, Secondment and Foreign Assignment
68
14.1.
Overview Laws Controlling Immigration
68
14.2.
Recruiting, Screening and Hiring Process
71
14.3.
Obligation of Employer to Enforce Immigration Laws
71
14.4.
Fines and Penalties
72
14.5.
Secondment/Foreign Assignment
72
14.6.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
72
15.
Restrictive Covenants and Protection of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information
72
15.1.
Overview
72
15.2.
Restrictive Covenants and Non-compete Agreements
75
15.3.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
75
16.
Protection of Whistleblowing Claims
75
16.1.
Overview
75
16.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
77
17.
Prohibition of Discrimination in the Workplace
77
17.1.
Overview of Anti-discrimination Laws
77
17.2.
Age Discrimination
78
17.3.
Race Discrimination
79
17.4.
Sex Discrimination/Sexual Harassment
79
17.5.
Handicap and Disability Discrimination
81
17.6.
National Origin Discrimination
81
17.7.
Religious Discrimination
81
17.8.
Military Status Discrimination
81
17.9.
Pregnancy Discrimination
82
17.10.
Marital Status Discrimination
82
17.11.
Sexual Orientation Discrimination
82
17.12.
Retaliation
82
17.13.
Constructive Discharge
83
17.14.
Term Contract
83
17.15.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
83
18.
Smoking In The Workplace
83
18.1.
Overview
83
18.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
84
19.
Use of Drugs and Alcohol in the Workplace
84
19.1.
Overview
84
19.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
84
20.
AIDS, HIV, SARS, Bloodborne Pathogens
84
20.1.
Overview
84
20.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
85
21.
Dress and Grooming Requirements
85
21.1.
Overview
85
21.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
85
22.
Privacy, Technology and Transfer of Personal Data
86
22.1.
Privacy Rights of Employees
86
22.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
86
23.
Workplace Investigations for Complaints of Discrimination, Harassment, Fraud, Theft, and Whistleblowing
86
23.1.
Overview
86
23.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
87
24.
Affirmative Action/Nondiscrimination Requirements
87
24.1.
Overview
87
24.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
88
25.
Resolution of Labour, Discrimination and Employment Disputes: Litigation, Arbitration, Mediation and Conciliation
88
25.1.
Internal Dispute Resolution Process
88
25.2.
Mediation and Conciliation
88
25.3.
Arbitration
91
25.4.
Litigation
91
25.5.
Fines, Penalties and Damages
92
25.6.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
93
26.
Employer Recordkeeping, Data Protection, and Employee Access to Personnel Files and Records
94
26.1.
Overview
94
26.2.
Personnel Files
99
26.3.
Confidentiality Rules
105
26.4.
Employee Access
105
27.
Required Notices and Postings
106
27.1.
Overview
106
27.2.
Checklist of Do's and Don'ts
107