Eriko Ogata
Lawyer biography
Eriko Ogata is a partner at Nagashima Ohno & Tsunematsu from 2016. Her practice focuses on dispute resolution, including domestic and cross-border litigation, and employment matters. She is experienced in a wide range of commercial dispute matters and has represented both domestic and foreign clients.
She earned an LL.B. degree from the University of Tokyo in 2003 and an LL.M. degree from Duke University School of Law in 2010.
Updates
Employment & Immigration
Amendments to Child Care and Family Care Leave Act
Japan | 14 October 2020At present, employees can take a half-day to care for a sick or injured child or family member. In order to allow employees to take such care-related leave more flexibly, the Child Care and Family Care Leave Act has been amended, effective as of 1 January 2021, to allow employees to take such time off on an hourly basis. Employers must ensure that the relevant rules of employment are amended and up to date before the amended act enters into force.
Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on employment
Japan | 27 May 2020In April 2020 the government declared a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In response, prefectural governors have requested certain industries to suspend their business operations. This article provides information for employers on how to handle employment matters during the COVID-19 crisis, including employment adjustment subsidies, salary reductions and dismissals.
Overtime regulation bill enacted
Japan | 17 October 2018The National Diet recently enacted a bill relating to work style reform, which has amended the Labour Standards Act, the Industrial Safety and Health Act and relevant laws. Most amendments will come into effect on 1 April 2019. The amended Labour Standards Act stipulates that the upper limit for overtime will be, in principle, 45 hours a month and 360 hours a year. However, there are exceptions for certain business sectors.
New Action Plan for Realisation of Work Style Reform
Japan | 07 June 2017The Council for the Realisation of Work Style Reform recently approved its action plan. To implement the plan, which the government has since adopted, certain legal amendments must be enacted. A number of related bills are expected to be tabled before the National Diet in 2017 and will likely garner significant attention.
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare strengthens overtime regulations
Japan | 19 April 2017In recent years, excessively long overtime hours have been an issue in Japan. In accordance with the Labour Standards Act, the maximum working hours are eight hours a day, 40 hours a week, and company directors who violate this article are subject to imprisonment with labour or a fine. While an employer can extend its employees working hours in certain circumstances under a so-called '36 agreement', the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has set out the upper limits for such overtime work.
