Some 45% of full-time employees in Japan are “quiet quitters” — workers doing the bare minimum to meet their job requirements — according to a survey by job-matching company Mynavi. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/28/japan/society/quiet-quitter-japan-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #surveys #mynavi #workstylereform

More prefectures will introduce an allowance in April to alleviate the burden of utility costs for employees working from home. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/27/japan/prefectures-remote-work-allowance/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #workstylereform

A national cap on overtime hours has come into effect on Japan’s trucking industry, with an outsize impact on the challenging environment of Hokkaido. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/03/03/japan/hokkaido-truck-industry-struggles/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #hokkaido #trucks #workstylereform #jobs

The government plans to strengthen support for regional companies that hire urban corporate workers with specialized know-how in the form of side jobs or dual jobs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/02/companies/regional-firms-urban-workers-hire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jobs #shigeruishiba #rurallife #workstylereform #freelance #telework

With its flexible hours and work-at-your-own-pace environment, driving a cab is becoming an increasingly popular job in Sendai. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/10/sendai-taxi-drivers/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #driving #sendai #workstylereform #jobhunting

Japanese workers are job-hopping more these days, and this might be helping to drive up salaries. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/02/03/economy/job-hopping-wages/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #jobs #wages #workstylereform

Colombia's "webcam models" are speaking out about abuse in one of the world's top providers of adult webcam content. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/world/society/colombian-webcam-models-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #colombia #southamerica #pornography #workstylereform #sexualharassment #powerharassment #overwork

In the wake of the work-from-home revolution the pandemic brought on, hybrid work became the norm in the United States, but now, several major companies are abandoning the compromise approach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/20/companies/us-teleworkers-turn-back/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jobs #workstylereform #telework #us #goldmansachs #tesla #amazoncom #jpmorgan #elonmusk #vivekramaswamy

Employees at large companies in Tokyo are being allowed more flexibility in their working style as the number of people who travel to the office daily to work slipped below 50%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/08/companies/japan-hybrid-work-style/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #workstylereform #surveys #telework #covid19injapan

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is planning to introduce a four-day workweek starting April next year as part of a push for work-style reform. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/12/04/japan/society/tokyo-four-day-work-week/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #tokyo #yurikokoike #workstylereform

Miyagi Gov. Yoshihiro Murai has unveiled plans to expand the option for a four-day workweek to all prefectural employees from fiscal 2026, marking the first initiative of its kind in the Tohoku region. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/30/japan/miyagi-four-day-workweek/ #japan #workstylereform #miyagi #jobs #telework

New regulations are aimed at easing the stress of the badly paid hard slog of trucking, and making it more attractive to young people in aging Japan, where some 90% of goods are transported by road. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/20/japan/society/2024-problem-trucking-sector/ #japan #society #trucks #workstylereform #jobs #overwork

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Wednesday that it will seek a record general-account budget of ¥34.3 trillion ($237 billion) for fiscal 2025, up 1.4% from the previous year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/28/japan/health-ministry-budgets/ #japan #mhlw #workstylereform #nursingcare #doctors #socialwelfare

A new law in Australia means employees, in most cases, cannot be punished for refusing to read or respond to contacts from their employers outside work hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/08/26/australian-employees-work-emails-calls/ #business #australia #workstylereform

The Japan Coast Guard is promoting work style reform for its members as it grapples with a declining number of applicants and its rising turnover rate. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/08/22/japan/japan-coast-guard-work-style-reform/ #japan #japancoastguard #workstylereform

Despite recent trends in South Korea to work less and maintain a better work-life balance, some businesses might be moving back to the idea of longer hours meaning more productivity, with a few influential companies telling executives to work longer hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/08/06/companies/south-korean-firms-6-days-week/ #business #companies #southkorea #jobs #overwork #workstylereform #overtime #sixdayworkweek #worklifebalance

A special committee of a panel advising the education minister has compiled a comprehensive package of measures to secure public school teachers, featuring proposals to strengthen support for young teachers and reduce their burdens. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/07/17/japan/society/hiring-young-teachers/ #japan #society #schools #teachers #overwork #mentalhealth #education #wages #workstylereform

The Japanese government has urged the construction industry to do more to improve labor conditions to secure workers amid a growing worker shortage. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/07/01/companies/construction-industry-labor-shortage/ #business #companies #constructionindustry #wages #overwork #workstylereform #laborlaws

Amid a series of safety incidents at Japan Airlines, ground handling staff and pilots at the carrier have expressed apprehension about a lack of on-the-job training and difficulties communicating with more senior employees. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/06/26/japan/jal-safety/ #japan #jal #airlines #aviation #overwork #workstylereform

Palme d’Or-winning director Hirokazu Kore-eda is supporting a fundraising effort aimed at making radical reforms to working conditions in Japan’s film industry. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/culture/2024/06/21/film/film-industry-startup/ #culture #film #japanesefilm #wages #workstylereform #startups #hirokazukoreeda