"残業時間も開示義務化か　日本でも強まる人権重視," 5 December 2024

[Unofficial description by Business & Human Rights Resource Centre]

A panel of experts at the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been arguing that it should be made mandatory for companies to disclose information about employee working hours, including overtime and holiday hours.

EU's Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, which requires companies to disclose information such as whether they pay wages fairly, how employees take various types of leave, and the occurrence of workplace accidents, has an underlying emphasis on human rights.

In Japan too, attention is beginning to be paid to corporate attitudes toward human rights.