Amendment on Regulations regarding Working Hours and Annual Paid Leave

Author: Satoshi Hosokawa

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Publisher: Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu

Journal / Book: NO&T Japan Legal Update No.16 (March, 2019)

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I. Introduction
Recently passed amendments to Japanese labor and employment laws will become effective on April 1, 2019. Below we set out in brief an overview of the important amendments regarding working hours and annual paid leave. It is important to note from the outset that certain elements of the amendments will enter into force at different times depending on the size of the relevant company or entity. In some cases, the new regulations will become effective in relation to small or medium sized companies from 2020. We have specified these cases in our overview below.

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