The Unique ROE (Rules of Employment) in Japan

Japan’s tradition and culture are nearly unique in the world. It is no shock if rules of employment differ too. The lifetime employment and the tradition of working overtime are quite popular and other countries may have heard about it.

Here, are the rules of employment in Japan which works majorly and differ from the other culture in the world;

Wage Pay

The Japanese firm hires the employees at the lower wages with the belief that as the employee keeps working, the wages will likely to rise with the time. Hence, the senior employee will have higher pay as compared to employee recently recruited.

This practice set up lifetime employment in Japan tradition.

Work Rules

Work Rules cannot be established without the agreement of employees. The employer has to submit the work rules in the Labor Standards Inspection Office with either 10 or more employees or the head representing the labor/employees.

Leaves & Holidays

An employee must have a continuous six months of working period under the same employer to be eligible for leaves. A Japanese employee gets 10 leaves a year initially and the leaves add up with another year to make it 20 which adds up after the six and a half year of continuous service.

Also, the employee who is a parent of a child whose age is below one year is eligible for taking an unpaid leave of a maximum 12 months.

Holidays: There are 16 holidays an employee could have in a year which includes the festivals and the Emperor’s birthday.

Recruitment of Disables

The Japanese culture is completely unbiased for disables as compared to other countries. They provide special space for them for their survival. The Japanese employer who has 50 or more employees has to provide 2% recruitment quota to that of total employees.

The employer failing to do so has to bear with the penalty and those who exceed the quota will be rewarded, only if the employer recruits more than 100 employees regularly.

CompensatingJapanese Employees

Compensation is a great source of motivation especially if we are talking about Japanese culture. Overtime and low wages are ordinary for Japanese and hence it is the responsibility of the firm to provide them benefits.

Here, you can read more on; 

Why CompensatingJapanese Employees are Necessary? 

 and also;

What is the Compensation System in Japan?

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