This roundtable aims to provide a regular platform to exchange insights and experiences on HR related topics and is only open to CEOs & HR representatives of our member companies.

About the event:

HR related matters are one of the core topics of German companies in Japan: 3 out of 7 top challenges identified in “German Business in Japan 2018” - the annual business climate survey of AHK Japan – are HR related.

This time’s roundtable is about educating participants about labour compliance improvement at their organizations.

The first theme of the seminar is the Workstyle Reform Act and its associated revised laws, which have come into effect since this April 1 in stages. They are composed of three main pillars: 1. establishment of a legal upper limit on overtime working hours, 2. equal pay for equal work, 3. enhancement of flexible working hour system. We will particularly update participants about which documents to prepare to cope with the revision and at which timing each regulation will be applied by company size.

The second theme is to provide practical insights on how to structure and set provisions at rules of employment to prevent labour-related troubles at working places by demonstrating specific examples.

Key Points of the event:

• Key aspects of the Workstyle Reform Act
• Documents and systems to be prepared in association with the revision
• How to utilize rules of employment such as, compulsory articles, flexible working hour system, long-term injury and sickness leave, disciplinary actions
• What are disadvantageous modification of working condition?

About the speakers:

Ms. Kaoru Kurata

Member of Tokyo Certified Social Insurance and Labour Consultant Association since 2014.

Contracted labour management attorney at Tokyo Employment Consulting Center, offering consultation and making presentation on labour-related issues. Beforehand, she used to work at foreign-affiliated firms in financial sector over 20 years.

Mr. Tatsuro Fujita, Lawyer, Ocean Law Offices

Tatsuro Fujita had several years of experience working on a patent firm and specializes in intellectual property law (including legal issues about information technology). On the other hand, so far, he also has had much experiences of dealing with legal issues about labor management both employers and employees have.

Mr. Fujita will join for the Q&A and networking parts of the roundtable to cover any questions that participants might have.

About Tokyo Employment Consultation Center:

TECC (Tokyo Employment Consultation Center) was launched in January 2015 in the National Strategy Special Zone of Tokyo metropolitan area with the aim of providing support to venture companies and global corporations, etc. Any employers and employees can receive the service of TECC for free with a certain limit. So that they can understand employment-related rules in Japan and smoothly set up their business enterprises.

Lawyers with knowledge of Labor-related laws and social insurance give them legal advice and even provide them with concrete legal support such as documentations of offer letters, employment regulations, etc.

Agenda:

17:15 – Registration open
17:30 – Greetings from the chairs
17:35 – Keynote by Kaoru Kurata
18:35 – Q&A
19:00 – Networking and discussion
20:00 – Close

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