Publications

This is the April 2013 version of the Japan Employment Law Update.

The topics covered are:

1. Abe cabinet's ambitious plan to reform employment regulations;

2. Implementation of the amended Labour Contract Law – Employers beware! The "five-year period" has started running;

3. Mandatory employment of disabled employees: new requirements;

4. Ex-banker cleared of income tax evasion charges; and

5.  Court Judgment – Dismissal of employee placed on PIP held null and void (Tokyo District Court – 5 October 2012).

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