4.2 Recruitment

Japan has a government-run employment agency known as "Hello Work" with offices throughout Japan. Hello Work offers free support for people looking for work and companies looking for workers; all industries are covered by the agency. Similarly, some regional public organizations and education institutions such as universities provide employment services for free. There are also many privately-run employment agencies; these come in several types, including executive search-type agencies, as well as those which build up a database of registered potential employees and employers, カジノ ゲーム 無料here the agency collects fees on a contingency basis (i.e., when someone from their database is successfully employed with a company). Japan also has a wide range of newspapers, magazines (e.g., job-transfer magazines, industry-specific magazines, etc.), and Internet websites through which companies can advertise their job opportunities and vacancies.

As far as labor contracts are concerned, the principle of freedom of contract applies to the hiring of workers, and allows an employer to decide what kinds of workers and how many to hire. There are, however, some restrictions. For instance, under カジノ ゲーム 無料qual Employment Opportunities Act, employers must afford equal opportunities regardless of sex when recruiting and hiring workers. For that reason, employers may not specify male or female employees when advertising situations vacant, with カジノ ゲーム 無料xception of a few specific positions.

Under カジノ ゲーム 無料mployment Measures Act, employers must also afford equal opportunities regardless of the age when recruiting and hiring workers, and employers are, with some exceptions, prohibited from specifying the age limit in their recruitment and hiring.

Selection criteria should be based on whether the applicant has the aptitude and ability necessary for performing the job in question. Personal matters unrelated to aptitude and ability (such as an applicant’s nationality, family, personal beliefs and other matters) should not be used as application conditions or hiring standards.

Companies must indicate the working conditions when recruiting workers through newspapers, magazines or the internet or when posting job offerings to “Hello Work” or private employment agencies. At that time, the companies must indicate the following conditions in writing.

If the working conditions of the labor contract are different from the conditions indicated in the initial job-offering, カジノ ゲーム 無料mployer must indicate the difference. The difference should be indicated by a document through which a jobseeker can compare the difference, or by highlighting or underlining the changes in working conditions made in the document when concluding a labor contract(see also 4.3.1).Also, the following working conditions must be indicated in writing.

Enterprises with more than a certain number of workers are obliged to raise the ratio of workers with physical disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and mental disabilities to more than the statutory employment rate. The statutory employment rate for private companies is 2.5% from April 2024 and 2.7% from April 2026.