( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “paid annual leave.” Japan’s government is trying to address a worrisome labor shortage by coaxing more people and companies to adopt four-day workweeks. [CutID: <Cuts> JAPAN-WORK-WEEK-house-q-MONam.mp3 Time: 28s Title: JAPAN-WORK-WEEK-house-q-MONam Out-cue: paid annual leave] TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The labor ministry recently started offering free consulting, grants […]
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Japan wants its hardworking citizens to try a 4-day workweek
( ) -q-28- UNDATED (Correspondent Jeremy House) “paid annual leave.”
Japan’s government is trying to address a worrisome labor shortage by coaxing more people and companies to adopt four-day workweeks.
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TAG: Correspondent Jeremy House reporting. The labor ministry recently started offering free consulting, grants and a growing library of success stories as further motivation.
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VERBATIM: Japan is a nation so hardworking its language has a term for literally working oneself to death. The country’s government first expressed support for a shorter working week in 2021. The concept has been slow to catch on, however. Hoping to produce more takers, especially among small and medium-sized businesses, the government launched a “work style reform” campaign that promotes shorter hours and other flexible arrangements along with overtime limits and paid annual leave.