Employment Notes
Tag: overtime
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Japan: New measures to prevent death due to overwork
The Government has enacted legislation to promote measures to prevent death due to overwork. Japan is notorious for its overtime working culture. …
Japan: No pay for overtime
As part of Shinzo Abe’s economic reform, there has been heated debate in Japan over the introduction of an amendment law to extend the categories of …
Japan: Court guidance on implementation of fixed overtime allowances
Under the Japanese Labour Standards Act (LSA) an employer must enter into an agreement regarding overtime and holiday work with a union or employee …
UK: Statutory holiday pay - overtime pay must be taken into account
Voluntary overtime pay should be taken into account when calculating statutory holiday pay for a worker's 4 week EU-derived holiday entitlement, …
UK: 48 hour working week - employers can rely on reasonable policy to refuse overtime to non-opted out employees
It is lawful for employers to adopt a reasonable policy of refusing overtime to employees who have not opted out of the 48 hour maximum working …