Manufacturers are accelerating the development of health-enhancing office furniture, to capitalize on a government-led campaign to improve Japan's working environments. An increase in companies adopting employee wellness as a managerial indicator is also boosting efforts to make new kinds of office equipment that helps workers ...
Workplace abuse of employees with disabilities on the decline in Japan, labor ministry report shows
The number of cases in which disabled people were abused by their employers decreased 13.4 percent in the year ending March 2017, the labor ministry said Wednesday. A total of 972 people working at 581 organizations were victimized over the period, according to ministry statistics. The ...
Uniqlo vows reforms as NGO deplores factory conditions in China
Fast Retailing moves to improve poor working conditions at Uniqlo's clothing plants in China after being confronted by an NGO in Hong Kong.
