TOKYO, Nov 13 (News On Japan) –
Japan’s Ministry of Well being, Labour and Welfare’s advisory panel has outlined a proposal for amending the regulation to ban working greater than 14 consecutive days. Beneath the present system, employees can technically work as much as 48 days in a row by means of a system referred to as ‘four-day-off-per-four-weeks,’ whereas labor agreements additionally enable for vacation work, which means there are not any efficient restrictions on consecutive workdays.
Throughout Tuesday’s professional panel assembly, the Ministry’s panel offered a draft proposal for amending the Labor Requirements Act, aiming to forestall overwork by limiting consecutive working days to 14. This proposal seeks to guard employees’ well being by addressing lengthy work durations, such because the “two-week steady work” normal used to acknowledge work-related accidents.
Moreover, the panel proposed a revision relating to extra time for employees with facet jobs, suggesting that mixed extra time for each main and secondary jobs could now not be obligatory, selling facet job alternatives.
The Ministry plans to compile the panel’s report throughout the present fiscal yr and transfer ahead with discussions towards authorized revisions.
Supply: TBS
