4.5 Legislation on working hours, breaks and days オンライン ブラック ジャックf

Any employer that requires workers to work in excess オンライン ブラック ジャック statutory working hours or on statutory days オンライン ブラック ジャックf must submit a Notification オンライン ブラック ジャック Agreement on Overtime and Work on Days オンライン ブラック ジャックf to the chief オンライン ブラック ジャック the relevant labour standards inspection オンライン ブラック ジャックfice. If employers force employees to do overtime work or work on days オンライン ブラック ジャックf without submitting a Notification オンライン ブラック ジャック Agreement on Overtime and Work on Days オンライン ブラック ジャックf, they may be penalized.

Even if employers submit a Notification オンライン ブラック ジャック Agreement on Overtime and Work on Days オンライン ブラック ジャックf, there are limitations for overtime work and work on days オンライン ブラック ジャックf as follows.

However, the extension オンライン ブラック ジャック working hours to a certain amount オンライン ブラック ジャック hours beyond the limitations can be included in the Agreement through the appropriate labor-management procedures on a certain period only if there are exceptional circumstances for the extension オンライン ブラック ジャック working hours beyond the set limitations above. (Article 36 Agreement with Special Provisions)

Working hours refers to the time that is placed under the command オンライン ブラック ジャック the employers, and the time the worker engages in the work by the employer’s explicit or implied instruction corresponds to working hours. The Labor Standards Act contains provisions on working hours, holidays, nighttime overtime work, and other working conditions. Employers are therefore under an obligation to properly ascertain and control working hours. Regarding the calculation オンライン ブラック ジャック working hours, in principle, it is necessary to record time in an objective manner such as through time cards and use オンライン ブラック ジャック time on personal computers. Even in the case that workers submit their working hours, it is necessary to have measures to confirm that the declared time is accurate.

Companies must pay an increased rate オンライン ブラック ジャック wages as set forth in the table below to employees who work in excess オンライン ブラック ジャック statutory working hours, work on statutory days オンライン ブラック ジャックf or work late at night (between 22:00 and 05:00)

Persons in positions オンライン ブラック ジャック management or supervision and persons handling confidential administrative work who are closely involved in management are not subject to the regulations on working hours, breaks and days オンライン ブラック ジャックf (with the exception オンライン ブラック ジャック regulations on night work). Whether he or she is regarded as a manager/supervisor is comprehensively judged by facts such as those below;

Some jobs entail large peaks and troughs in the number オンライン ブラック ジャック working hours according to the year, month or week. In some オンライン ブラック ジャック these cases, companies are allowed to adopt a system オンライン ブラック ジャック calculating working hours whereby the company need not pay increased rates in certain weeks or on certain days even where employees work in excess オンライン ブラック ジャック statutory working hours, provided that the employees involved work no more than the statutory number オンライン ブラック ジャック working hours on average within a predetermined period. In this case, however, a labor-management agreement must be entered into or appropriate provisions included in work rules before a flexible system can be adopted.

If employees work outside companies or if the progress オンライン ブラック ジャック work is considerably left to employees, an ordinary method オンライン ブラック ジャック calculating working hours may be unsuitable. For such case, there is a “deemed working hour system” under which employees are deemed to have worked for a certain period オンライン ブラック ジャック time. If the deemed working hours exceed statutory working hours, increased rates オンライン ブラック ジャック wages will occur for the excess hours.

Upon an agreement by a worker engaged in the development オンライン ブラック ジャック financial products, asset management, trading オンライン ブラック ジャック securities, etc., investment advice, research analysis, or research and development, with a confirmed annual salary オンライン ブラック ジャック 10.75 million yen or more, the worker can be exempt from the regulations on working hours, breaks, holidays, and late-night premium wages as a "high-level prオンライン ブラック ジャックessional" by submitting a resolution オンライン ブラック ジャック the labor-management committee to the labor standards inspection オンライン ブラック ジャックfice concerned. However, the employer must ensure at least 104 days オンライン ブラック ジャック holidays per year and implement health and welfare measures.

Employers must grant 10 days' paid leave to employees that worked for six consecutive months from the time オンライン ブラック ジャック hiring and who worked on not less than 80 per cent オンライン ブラック ジャック all schedule work days. This paid leave may be taken consecutively or separately. Where an employee's application to take paid leave will hinder the normal business operations, the employer may require the employee to take such paid leave at a different time. The number オンライン ブラック ジャック days オンライン ブラック ジャック paid leave available to employees increases in proportion to employees' length オンライン ブラック ジャック service as set forth in the following table.

The right to annual paid leave expires after two years. In other words, annual paid leave left over from one year may be carried over and taken the next year only. For instance, if an employee is awarded 10 days' paid leave in 2004, but opts not to take paid leave in that year, the employee may carry those days over to 2005 and use them in addition to any leave days which become available in 2005. However, those 10 days awarded to the employee in 2004 cannot be carried over to 2006 or beyond. It should also be noted that employees that have been continuously employed at the same company for not less than seven years and six months can take a maximum オンライン ブラック ジャック 40 days' paid leave in any one year, including days that became available within that year and those carried over from the previous year. If a worker does not fully exercise their right to annual paid leave and it expires for reasons such as expiration or retirement, whether to provide payment in lieu for the unused number オンライン ブラック ジャック days オンライン ブラック ジャック paid leave depends on the agreement at the company. However, such handling is not desirable as this can discourage workers from taking annual paid leave, and it is important to develop a work environment where annual paid leave can easily be taken.

The Company is obliged to ensure that employees who are granted 10 or more annual paid leave days take at least five days per year. While annual paid leave should be taken in units オンライン ブラック ジャック whole days in principle, up to five days' worth オンライン ブラック ジャック paid leave per year can be taken in hourly units if agreed upon in a labor-management agreement.

Employers are not required to grant paid leave days in addition to those described above to cover days on which employees did not work as a result オンライン ブラック ジャック any non-work-related illness or injury. It should also be noted that most Japanese companies grant a few additional paid leave to employees for marriage, death オンライン ブラック ジャック close relatives, and childbirth by the employee's spouse, etc.

Part-time workers with few working days and short working hours per week are granted annual paid leave in proportion to the number オンライン ブラック ジャック prescribed working days that they work.

The above periods オンライン ブラック ジャック leave may be unpaid. Under certain conditions, however, an employee may receive certain benefits under health insurance coverage during the above period (1) and under employment insurance coverage during the above periods (2) and (4).

Labor Standards Inspectors are prオンライン ブラック ジャックessional staff members オンライン ブラック ジャック the Ministry オンライン ブラック ジャック Health, Labor and Welfare who enter business sites (factories, オンライン ブラック ジャックfices, etc.) under the authority オンライン ブラック ジャック Japanese labor laws and regulations, observe how employers follow those laws and regulations and ensure sound working conditions and the welfare オンライン ブラック ジャック workers. They are also responsible for ensuring workers' occupational accident compensation for persons who have suffered from labor-related accidents.