This year marks five years since the enactment of the Work Style Reform Act, which first introduced caps on overtime work, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has begun discussions on revising the law in a study group made up of experts.
The Work Style Reform Related Act, which came into effect in 2019,
introduced a cap on overtime work of 720 hours per year and less than 100 hours per month, including working on holidays, and also introduced regulations
regarding the acquisition of paid leave. , companies are now required to require workers who are given 10 or more days of paid vacation a year to take at least 5 days.
The law is to be reviewed five years after its enforcement, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare set up a study group made up of experts, and the first meeting was held on the 23rd.
The committee members who attended
were of the opinion that, as the number of people working from home is increasing, it is necessary to examine whether it is appropriate to apply the same working hours system as those who commute to work, and
▼Discretionary labor system, flextime, etc. As work style systems become more complex, opinions were expressed that the rules and procedures established by the government should be made simpler.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will hold repeated discussions at study groups and seek opinions from councils that include labor and management, with the aim of creating legislation to improve the working environment.