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Nikkei Business Associé

April 3, 2007

FEATURE

 

The Way You Work and Earn Wages Will Change!

 

Part 1: The Questions and Issues that Are Being Raised

 

Q1         What is the goal of introducing white-collar exemption?

Q2         What is the real management thinking behind the introduction of white-collar exemption?

Q3         Do you all know about it?  Do you approve of the idea?

Q4         Is death from overwork an individual time management problem?

Q5         Why do people overwork?

Q6         Why is there so much overtime in Japan?

Q7         Why is Japan’s labor productivity the lowest among industrialized countries despite all this work?

Q8         Does management seek the introduction of white-collar exemption because employees’ work levels are not good?

Q9         Do labor unions nowadays offer support to younger employees?

Q10       Won't young workers rise up in protest?

Q11       Why not follow the U.S. and introduce it? 

Q12       Are all corporate executives monsters?

Q13       Are temporary workers actually gloating over the fate of full-time employees?

Q14       Is it true that the introduction of white-collar exemption is a way of dealing with the declining birthrate?

 

COLUMN

 

An international survey shows the correlation between sex and work hours

 

Part 2: How to Survive a Drop in Salary and a Stressful Society!

A Prescription for Surviving the White-collar Exemption Era.

 

Q15       Which party will you vote for at the Upper House elections?

Q16       How to make up for the loss of overtime pay?

Q17       Even if your salary goes down to 3 million yen a year, you shouldn’t walk away?

Q18       What techniques will make one's work stand out in the white-collar exemption era?"

Q19       How to be good at leaving work before your colleagues?

Q20       I love to work! What’s wrong with working endless hours?

Q21       Do you use alcohol to relieve stress? or is it retail therapy?

Q22       Would it be OK if overtime hours were short?

Q23       What can you do to make yourself stronger mentally?

Q24       How do you make yourself aware both of your own stress levels, and also those of your colleagues and subordinates?

Q25       What are the conditions for getting a work-related accident recognized, if things get out of hand?

 

SKILL UP

 

Business management as a job, by Tadashi Yanai, President and CEO, UNIQLO Co., Ltd.

 

May I request a transfer just because of the lack of encounter at the section where I work now?  

 

Nikkei Business Associé

April 3, 2007

FEATURE

 

The Way You Work and Earn Wages Will Change!

 

Part 1: The Questions and Issues that Are Being Raised

 

Q1         What is the goal of introducing white-collar exemption?

Q2         What is the real management thinking behind the introduction of white-collar exemption?

Q3         Do you all know about it?  Do you approve of the idea?

Q4         Is death from overwork an individual time management problem?

Q5         Why do people overwork?

Q6         Why is there so much overtime in Japan?

Q7         Why is Japan’s labor productivity the lowest among industrialized countries despite all this work?

Q8         Does management seek the introduction of white-collar exemption because employees’ work levels are not good?

Q9         Do labor unions nowadays offer support to younger employees?

Q10       Won't young workers rise up in protest?

Q11       Why not follow the U.S. and introduce it? 

Q12       Are all corporate executives monsters?

Q13       Are temporary workers actually gloating over the fate of full-time employees?

Q14       Is it true that the introduction of white-collar exemption is a way of dealing with the declining birthrate?

 

COLUMN

 

An international survey shows the correlation between sex and work hours

 

Part 2: How to Survive a Drop in Salary and a Stressful Society!

A Prescription for Surviving the White-collar Exemption Era.

 

Q15       Which party will you vote for at the Upper House elections?

Q16       How to make up for the loss of overtime pay?

Q17       Even if your salary goes down to 3 million yen a year, you shouldn’t walk away?

Q18       What techniques will make one's work stand out in the white-collar exemption era?"

Q19       How to be good at leaving work before your colleagues?

Q20       I love to work! What’s wrong with working endless hours?

Q21       Do you use alcohol to relieve stress? or is it retail therapy?

Q22       Would it be OK if overtime hours were short?

Q23       What can you do to make yourself stronger mentally?

Q24       How do you make yourself aware both of your own stress levels, and also those of your colleagues and subordinates?

Q25       What are the conditions for getting a work-related accident recognized, if things get out of hand?

 

SKILL UP

 

Business management as a job, by Tadashi Yanai, President and CEO, UNIQLO Co., Ltd.

 

May I request a transfer just because of the lack of encounter at the section where I work now?