Editorial · Safety & Workforce
Law & Compliance
10 articles
Slinging Special Education vs Skills Training — What Changes at the 1-Ton Lifting Capacity Boundary
Slinging is split between special education and skills training at the "1-ton lifting capacity" boundary. We organize the legal basis, training hours, costs, and on-site judgment axes — including multilingual delivery for foreign workers.
Retention Period and Format for On-Hire Training Records — A Complete Guide from Paper to Digital
After delivering on-hire safety and health training, for how many years and in what format should you keep the records? We organize the 3-year retention obligation under Industrial Safety and Health Regulations Article 38, the 7 items to record, and the migration steps from paper to digital — for HR and general affairs officers.
Safety Training for Technical Interns — Pitfalls of the Current Program and Preparation for the Ikuseishu Transition
Safety training for technical interns is a three-layer structure of "sending organization, supervising organization, receiving employer." We organize the tendency to formalize and what changes with the April 2027 transition to the Ikuseishu program — for receiving employer staff.
Complete List of 59 Special Education Categories — With Multilingual Status by Work Type
We organize the 59 work categories defined in Industrial Safety and Health Regulations Article 36 by construction machinery, electrical, lifting, and other categories. Differences from skills training, walls in multilingual delivery for foreign-worker employment, and Labona's coverage — for managers.
Ikuseishu (Trained Worker) vs Technical Intern — A Full Comparison of Safety Training (Preparing for 2027 Implementation)
With the Ikuseishu (trained worker) program starting in April 2027, how does safety training for foreign workers change? We compare it against the technical intern program — quick-reference table, pre/post-arrival training, transfer handover, and the receiving employer's scope of responsibility — for those preparing at receiving companies.
On-Hire Training at Dispatch / Secondment Destinations — Who's Responsible, Dispatch Agency or User Company?
When accepting dispatch workers / secondees, who delivers on-hire safety and health training — the dispatch agency or the user company? We organize the relationship between Industrial Safety and Health Act Article 59 and the Worker Dispatch Act, covering responsibility split, record retention, and additional considerations for foreign dispatch — for both dispatch agencies and user companies.
Duty of Care and Foreign Workers | The Risk of "Training They Don't Understand," Lessons from Case Law
The duty of care (安全配慮義務) applies fully to foreign workers. Starting from the Osaka District Court ruling of July 2024 — which found that Japanese-only safety training violated this duty — this article organizes the relationship between Article 5 of the Labor Contract Act and the Industrial Safety and Health Act, the compensation risk for companies, and practical countermeasures, written for legal, general affairs, and executive readers.
Reiwa 6 (April 2024) Expansion of On-Hire Safety & Health Training in Japan — Scope and 8 Mandatory Items
The April 1, 2024 expansion of on-hire safety and health training in Japan. We organize the key points of the revision — the abolition of the omission clause in 労働安全衛生規則 (Industrial Safety and Health Regulations) Article 35, which now makes all 8 items mandatory across every industry — along with the scope and the required items, written for compliance officers.
Complete Guide to Hire-Time Safety and Health Training | Law, Procedures, and Multilingual Delivery
Hire-time safety and health training was expanded to cover all industries and all employment types under the April 2024 (令和6年4月) revision. Labona — operator of a five-language e-learning platform — gives a systematic walkthrough of the duty scope under Article 59 of the Industrial Safety and Health Act, the eight statutory training items, online delivery, dispatch workers, record retention, and multilingual delivery.
Safety & Health Training Obligations Under Japan's Ikuseishuro Program (Effective April 2027) — 5 Things Receiving Companies Must Prepare Now
Japan's new Ikuseishuro (Training & Employment) program launches in April 2027. We explain, from a frontline practitioner's view, the scope of safety and health training obligations imposed on receiving companies, the differences from the Technical Intern Training Program, and how to roll out multilingual training.