Japan Overtime 100-Hour Deregulation Guide
This content applies specifically to Japan, South Korea, United Kingdom, United States. If your employer says Japan will soon permit 100 hours of overtime every month, that description misses the central rule. The reported change does not create a new 100-hour statutory cap: standard overtime remains generally limited to 45 hours per month and 360 hours per year , while special provisions still require overtime plus holiday work to remain below 100 hours in any single month . The confusion comes from mixing up a legal ceiling with administrative guidance. The exact effective date and final implementation details have not been confirmed, so relative claims such as “next month” need checking against Japanese government notices. What limits still apply Japan’s statutory hours are, in principle, eight hours a day and 40 hours a week. Work beyond them requires a 36 Agreement —a labor-management agreement concluded with a union or employee representative and filed with the compet...