・Main contents of the latest Labor Newspaper (December 22nd issue) Main Contents of the Latest Labor Newspaper [Top News] ▼ Reason for treatment differences / "Explanation can be requested" clarified at the time of hiring part-time workers, etc. - Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare: The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare presented a draft report to the Labor Policy Council's Same Work Same Pay Subcommittee, titled "Strengthening efforts to ensure fair treatment regardless of employment type or work style."... [Claim] ▼ Minimum wage takes effect, but part-time job offers decrease [News] ▼ Termination of employment period recognized - Contract "forgotten to be deleted" - Tokyo District Court In a trial where a worker who worked at a tax accountant corporation in Tokyo claimed the establishment of an indefinite-term labor contract and sued that the refusal of permanent employment due to the expiration of the term was illegal, the Tokyo District Court (Judge Hiroji Ogawa) determined that the contract was fixed-term and recognized the termination at the end of the term.... ▼ Location of work can be limited by year - Area type for securing new graduates - YUATEC, which performs equipment construction and construction work, etc., in the Tohoku Electric Power Group (Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, President and Representative Director Ikumi Kobayashi) will introduce a system from April next year that allows employees to limit their work location to a specific prefecture.... ▼ Consultations on spot work and holiday allowance are noticeable - Based on the operation of industry organizations - Kanagawa Labor Bureau: The Kanagawa Labor Bureau (Director Fumio Koyano) revealed that consultations regarding industry rules have increased since September, when the "industry rules" regarding appropriate labor management presented by the Spot Work Association began to be implemented.... ▼ Partial non-payment of overtime pay sent to prosecution - "Allowance" paid but insufficient - Chiba Labor Standards Office The Chiba Labor Standards Office (Director Hitomi Kudo) sent documents to the Chiba District Public Prosecutors Office on suspicion of violating Article 37 of the Labor Standards Act (overtime, holiday, and late-night premium wages) against Showa Medical Science Co., Ltd. (Machida City, Tokyo), a clinical laboratory business, and the person in charge of the company's general affairs department for not paying part of the overtime pay to 11 workers.... [Labor Case Law] ▼ Tokai Case - Six months off due to leukemia, refused transfer and wished to return to original position - Transfer considering health condition is valid: An employee who was engaged in cleaning work within the hospital took six months off due to acute leukemia and wished to return to their original position, but was ordered to be transferred and sued that it was invalid.... ▼ The ABCs of responding to supervisory guidance - Up to the actual situation of sending to prosecution - Final installment: Announcement of cases - The Labor Bureau knows more - Regarding "case overview" / Lawyer Ayako Asano, Hokuto General Law Office