#workstylereform — Public Fediverse posts

As Australia's Victoria will soon have the world's first work-from-home laws, businesses in Melbourne are worried about how it will affect the city's economy. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/02/economy/work-home-laws-melbourne-economy/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #australia #workstylereform #telework #melbourne #covid19

The Takaichi administration has started discussing a possible easing of working-hour regulations, raising concerns among labor officials that work-style reforms introduced in recent years could be rolled back. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/04/01/japan/society/work-style-reform-backsliding/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #workstylereform #overwork #jobs

A labor ministry survey has shown that 10.5% of workers in the country want to work longer hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2026/03/06/japan/workers-long-survey/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #surveys #mhlw #sanaetakaichi #overwork #workstylereform

The mother of Matsuri Takahashi, a 24-year-old employee of advertising giant Dentsu who died by suicide in 2015 after working excessive hours, has voiced her opposition to any relaxation of regulations on work hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/21/japan/dentsu-suicide-mother-opposition-labor-regulation/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #dentsu #suicide #workstylereform #overwork #karoshi #health

Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said on Thursday she only sleeps for between two and four hours every night, while she also faces criticism for encouraging people to overwork. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/11/14/japan/politics/takaichi-sleep-overwork/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #overwork #health #sleep #jobs #workstylereform

A Japanese group of lawyers tackling karōshi, or overwork-related deaths, has protested new Liberal Democratic Party leader Sanae Takaichi's remarks calling on the ruling party's members to "work like workhorses" https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/10/08/japan/politics/lawyers-protest-takaichi-remarks/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #politics #sanaetakaichi #overwork #workstylereform #ldp

Miho Koshiba, cofounder of Midori.so, wants to create a more enjoyable environment for today’s creatives and professionals. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2025/06/28/our-lives/miho-koshiba-midoriso/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #community #ourlives #coworkingspace #jobs #workstylereform #nonregularworkers #freelance #freelanceemployment

The government plans to strengthen support for regional companies that hire urban corporate workers with specialized know-how in the form of side jobs or dual jobs. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/03/02/companies/regional-firms-urban-workers-hire/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jobs #shigeruishiba #rurallife #workstylereform #freelance #telework

Colombia's "webcam models" are speaking out about abuse in one of the world's top providers of adult webcam content. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/01/28/world/society/colombian-webcam-models-abuse/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #society #colombia #southamerica #pornography #workstylereform #sexualharassment #powerharassment #overwork

In the wake of the work-from-home revolution the pandemic brought on, hybrid work became the norm in the United States, but now, several major companies are abandoning the compromise approach. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2025/01/20/companies/us-teleworkers-turn-back/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #jobs #workstylereform #telework #us #goldmansachs #tesla #amazoncom #jpmorgan #elonmusk #vivekramaswamy

Employees at large companies in Tokyo are being allowed more flexibility in their working style as the number of people who travel to the office daily to work slipped below 50%. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2024/12/08/companies/japan-hybrid-work-style/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #companies #workstylereform #surveys #telework #covid19injapan

New regulations are aimed at easing the stress of the badly paid hard slog of trucking, and making it more attractive to young people in aging Japan, where some 90% of goods are transported by road. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2024/10/20/japan/society/2024-problem-trucking-sector/ #japan #society #trucks #workstylereform #jobs #overwork

Some 77.1% of teachers at public junior high schools in Japan worked beyond the 45-hour monthly overtime cap in fiscal 2022, providing further evidence of their notoriously long working hours. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/04/28/national/teachers-overwork-survey/?utm_content=buffer2e734&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bufferapp.com&utm_campaign=buffer #news #japan #teachers #overwork #juniorhighschools #mext #surveys #workstylereform