Companies plan to hire 43,000 workers since adoption of 52-hour maximum work week
- 6 years ago
Companies are planning to hire thousands of workers following the adoption of the 52-hour maximum working week in July.
According to the Labor Ministry’s field study conducted in August on some three-thousand five-hundred companies, twenty-six-point-three percent were planning to add more jobs, creating a total of forty-three-thousand new positions.
That number is almost double what was found in a previous field study conducted ahead of the introduction of the new maximum working hours.
The field study has also found that about 200 companies have also adopted flexible working hours.
The study was conducted about a month after the new 52-hour maximum working week was implemented to find out how companies are reacting to the shortened maximum working hours.
According to the Labor Ministry’s field study conducted in August on some three-thousand five-hundred companies, twenty-six-point-three percent were planning to add more jobs, creating a total of forty-three-thousand new positions.
That number is almost double what was found in a previous field study conducted ahead of the introduction of the new maximum working hours.
The field study has also found that about 200 companies have also adopted flexible working hours.
The study was conducted about a month after the new 52-hour maximum working week was implemented to find out how companies are reacting to the shortened maximum working hours.