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A labor ministry official. The ministry plans to more effectively name and shame companies that illegally have employees work long hours, part of the government’s efforts to reduce instances of death from overwork. (Asahi Shimbun)
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The planned further revision of the standards will contribute to the disclosure of more company names to some extent.
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Wakarimasen
what a totally meaningless statement. Meanwhile millions of employees' lives are made miserable by the expectation to work excessive hours (although some of my colleagues seem to prefer being at work to going home).
Aly Rustom
useless. nothing will change. just another beaurocrat yapping away..
GW
For cryin out loud!! If this is all the Labour Ministry has got then just close it DOWN, fire them all, utterly useless while MILLIONS are being exploited & abused......or is that wa....
borscht
Maybe they could enforce the law rather than discuss, revise, get the people to 'understand', and "urge" companies to do the right thing.
First thing they need to enforce is the right to be a whistleblower without being bullied by the company. Whenever an employee complains about overwork or bullying or forcing false documentation on the public/government the Labor Ministry should just assume the whistleblower is right and the company wrong. Then, unless the company can prove otherwise (an impossibility), fine and jail the company and company executives. That will force changes more than Abe's urges and countless revisions of laws that will be ignored by everyone.
Not gonna happen.