The ever-complex labour market in Japan has seen a significant number of challenges in recent times. One of the more positive developments however, has been the implementation of a new labour law that aims to transform Japan’s notorious culture of ‘overworking’. The result of this has been a rise in hiring activity for strategic, senior HR professionals and the increasing use of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS), underlined by a consistent demand for recruiters and talent acquisition skills.

Three-time J-League winners, Yokohama F. Marinos, are based in Yokohama, Japan’s second largest city. The popularity of football has grown in Japan in recent years and is fast becoming the most popular sport in the country. The Club’s Nissan stadium is the largest sports stadium in Japan, with capacity for over 72,000 fans.

The past ten years saw some dramatic changes to the world of work, including technological transformation and new ways of working. Equally big changes to the world of work can be expected for the new decade and it is essential business leaders and their organisations are ready.

Organisations value productivity because it’s one of the two main drivers of business and economic growth – the other being increases in the number of people working. But, according to Hays, many organisations are starting to question the current ways of measuring productivity.

The implementation of the revised Worker Dispatching Act is coming into force from the 1st of April this year in Japan as a part of Work Style Reform, and this prohibits the unfair and imbalanced treatment between the full-time workers and temporary workers. The implementation requires dispatch providers to select between an “Equal Pay and Benefits” or “Labour Management Agreement” method of dispatch.