【New Year's Special Contribution】 ▼ What is the purpose of the minimum wage policy? No meaning in showing the absolute amount. The level should be determined by social consensus. ▼ Introduction and expansion of year-round hiring: Two-year intensive efforts ▼ Increase Japan's real wages by 1% 【2026 Spring Labor-Management Negotiation Materials】 ▼ Wage increase in 2025 ▼ Regular pay raises and base-up ▼ Bonuses and lump-sum payments ▼ Part-time wages ▼ Model wages, standard living expenses, and starting salaries ▼ Working hours ▼ Consideration of "effective field of view" when introducing warning devices, etc. ▼ Obligation to confirm through post-event response: Three examples of interviews with relevant parties ▼ Inform job seekers: "Rules" for contact methods, etc. 【New Year's Address to Managers in 2026】 Masakiyo Wakabayashi, President, National Federation of Certified Social Insurance and Labor Consultants Associations and others 【Wage Increase Forecast 2026】 ★ Other unlisted content Annual Access Ranking (Labor Newspaper 2025 articles) ▼ 1st place: Dismissal for lack of ability is valid: 10 years after joining the company as a new graduate, Tokyo District Court ▼ 2nd place: Daily allowance of basic allowance increased from August: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ▼ 3rd place: Continue to facilitate dependent certification: Measures for the income wall, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ▼ 4th place: Sent to prosecution for 134 hours of overtime per month: Kurume Labor Standards Inspection Office ▼ 5th place: Cabaret club: Recognizing cast members as workers: Tax deductions, etc., are illegal: Tokyo District Court ▼ 6th place: Commuting allowance: Increase the non-taxable limit: Applicable from April 1st: National Tax Agency ▼ 7th place: "Sleeping with children" is working hours: Correction recommendation from the Labor Standards Inspection Office: Osaka Prefecture ▼ 8th place: Overtime of up to 147 hours per month: Trucking company sent to prosecution: Hirosaki Labor Standards Inspection Office ▼ 9th place: Sickness and injury allowance: Mental illness exceeds 70,000 cases: Increase of more than 10,000 cases: Association Kenpo, FY6 benefit status ▼ 10th place: Constant care at 186,000 yen: Increase the upper limit of care compensation benefits: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare ▼ 11th place: Pre-prosecution for unqualified crane operation: Funabashi Labor Standards Inspection Office ▼ 12th place: Recommendation to two shippers: Publication of company names: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism ▼ 13th place: Sequential start of sending qualification confirmation letters: Association Kenpo ▼ 14th place: Minimum wage: Uniform effective date standard nationwide: Local Minimum Wage Council requests in its report ▼ 15th place: Harassment: Dismissal and suspension for six months are valid: Supreme Court dismisses firefighter's claim ▼ 16th place: Abolition of "Category 3 insured persons": Policy proposal for FY24 announced: National Federation of Social Insurance and Labor Consultants Associations ▼ 17th place: Disciplinary action is possible for "refusal of promotion": Saitama Keikyo (Economic Federation) seminar ▼ 18th place: Sent to prosecution for 102 hours of overtime: Social insurance and labor consultant's advice did not improve the situation: Osaka Minami Labor Standards Inspection Office ▼ 19th place: Considering changing dispatch destinations: Improving the treatment of permanent employees: Dispatch Association, report meeting ▼ 20th place: Illegal overtime discovered in 40%: Over 80 hours per month in 5,000 workplaces: Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare