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Paid Holidays in Japan

Masako Fujii

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Mandatory ‘regular’ holiday in Japan

the employee should be entitled to:

one day per week

or four days per four weeks

Labor Standards Act, Art.35

Paid Holiday regulation in Japan

minimum entitle 10 days after 6 months employment and the attendance is over 80% of working days

Labor Standards Act, Art.39

depending on the length of stay in the company

year 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.5 6.5+ days 10 11 12 14 16 18 20 valid for two years

Another Obligation regarding Paid Holidays

make sure that each employee is taking more than 5 paid holidays per year

Dedicated Regulation issued in 2019, April

Practices in Society

1. Public Holidays are off (if not in retail)

2. Yearend 3-4 days and New year 4-5 days off

3. August home visiting, 3 days off (obon)

4. for making 5-7 days off throughout the company, the company can set ‘planned paid holidays’ out of the employee’s paid holidays account

paid holiday optional offer

additional

- can start from the day one of employment - can start from 20 days - can add ‘sick leave’ extra or separately - etc.

cf. minimum year 0.5 1.5 2.5 3.5 4.5 5.5 6.5+ days 10 11 12 14 16 18 20

appendix: public holidays in 2021

Jan 1 New Year Day July 22 Marine Day Jan11 Coming of Age Day July 23 Sports Day Feb 11 National Foundation Day Aug 8 Mountain Day Feb 23 Emperor’s Birthday Aug 9 Special Holiday in 2021 Mar 20 Vernal Equinox Day Sept 20 Respect for the Aged Day Apr 29 Showa Day Sept 23 Autumnal Equinox Day May 3 Constitution Memorial Day Nov 3 Culture Day May 4 Green Day Nov 23 Labor Thanksgiving Day May 5 Children’s Day

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