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2025.10.17
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Office Closed – Anniversary of the establishment of PMP
Please be announced November 10th,2025 is the 31st anniversary of the establishment of PMP. We are thanking to everybody’s support and continue workin…
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2024.12.23
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Seasons Greetings PMP
Dear valued clients and friends: As we near the end of 2024, we reflect on the year behind us. With the postal rate increase in October, Japan P…
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2024.10.25
- Labor administration: Trends
Are Japan’s dismissal regulations not strict compared to international standards?
During the recent LDP leadership election, a female candidate known for her strong conservative views remarked that “Japan’s dismissal regulations are…
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2024.05.27
- Judicial decisions
The Supreme Court reversed the second trial court’s decision to deny the application of the deemed working hours system outside the workplace, and sent the case back to the High Court.
On April 16th, the Supreme Court (Presiding Judge Yukihiko Imazaki) overturned the ruling of the second instance, which had denied the application of …
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NEWS
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2024.05.23
Supreme Court Rules that Reassignment Without Consent is Illegal in the Case of Duty Limitations
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2023.07.27
Overview of The Basic Policy on Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women 2023
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2022.06.30
Unfair Dismissal – A court case to determine if the dismissal of a department head with an annual salary of 42 million yen unfair – please consider reviewing your Company’s employment regulations!
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2022.05.23
Notice of PMP relocation
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2022.04.22
A large multinational consulting Company has been sent to the Prosecutors Office for Violation of the Labor Standards Act.
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2022.03.31
Summary of Childcare Leave Law revision
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2022.02.01
Childcare Leave Law revision from April 2022
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2022.01.11
Post-Corona PMP’s “New Normal”
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2021.10.29
Childcare Leave Law -Japan’s overly complicated system-
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2021.04.28
Health Management and Prevention of COVID-19 in the Workplace through the State of Emergency
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Reflections from a Veteran HR Consultant
Masakazu Suzuki, the representative of PMP, shares his insights and experiences from years of labor consulting through his personal blog, “HR Compass.”
Please note that “HR Compass” is available in Japanese only.