Employment and Labor Regulation

Miura & Partners' team of lawyers draws on extensive experience in labor and employment regulations to provide legal advice in the field of employment management, support M&A and group restructuring, and represent clients in labor and employment related disputes.

Daily personnel and labor advice

There are a wide range of issues related to day-to-day personnel and labor issues. Miura & Partners offers the following legal support:

Advice on a working hour system
Wage-related advice (unpaid overtime, supervisors, fixed overtime, equal pay for equal work, etc.)
Retirement recommendation and advice on dismissal (advice on dealing with problem employees)
Advice on reassignment, transfer, demotion, and disciplinary action
Advice on leave of absence for employees with mental health problems, etc.
Advice on how to respond to harassment (victim response, perpetrator response, etc.)

Litigation and disputes, labor relations commission and labor unions correspondence

Hiring employees may lead to trouble, resulting in a lawsuit or labor tribunal, or a dispute with a labor union leading to a dispute before the Labor Relations Commission. Miura & Partners handles all types of personnel and labor disputes, including the following representative disputes:

Lawsuits for unpaid overtime
Lawsuits for confirmation of status on the grounds of invalidity of dismissal, etc.
Drafting written responses to letters from labor unions and attending and responding to collective bargaining as a representative
Response to strikes and street protests
Response to the Labor Relations Commission: petition for relief to the Labor Relations Commission on the grounds of unfair labor practice

Fraud and harassment investigations, human due diligence

If an employee engages in sexual or power harassment within the company or engages in misconduct within the company, we will respond to investigations into such misconduct. We also perform human due diligence for M&A and business restructuring.

Investigation, analysis, and advice on the facts of the harassment
Investigation, analysis, and advice on internal fraud by employees
Human due diligence related to M&A

Advice on job placement and worker dispatch services

In relation to personnel and labor affairs, there are job placement and worker dispatch services. Miura & Partners also provides the following routine advices:

Dealing with disguised outsourcing (whether outsourcing is in fact a dispatch or a worker)
Whether the outsourcing corresponds to a substantive dispatch or a worker
Dealing with the boundary between the job placement business and the business of providing recruitment information

Labor administration support

The Labor Bureau and the Labor Standards Inspection Office, which have jurisdiction over personnel and labor laws and regulations, may conduct on-site inspections and issue corrective recommendations and guidance. Miura & Partners also provides the following advice to deal with labor administrations:

Response to corrective action recommendations, guidance sheets, etc. from the labor standards bureau
Advisory guidance from the labor bureau and handling of mediation
Dealing with fraudulent acquisition of employment adjustment subsidies