The world's third-largest economy has begun to notice that, while remote working also brings freedoms to employees, it also brings with it a risk of harassment, often in unfamiliar forms.
Being frequently contacted by a boss who doubts whether employees are actually working at home can, for example, create an atmosphere of constant surveillance, according to specialists recently cited by the leading Japanese business dailyWritten instructions by email can meanwhile also be perceived as a having harsh, commanding tone.
Addressing what they called"remote harassment" of employees, workplace psychology experts in Japan are thus calling for clear rules of conduct in a work-from-home context. As it emerges from a state of emergency, Japan's government now wants to promote working from home while pushing ahead with the development of its digital infrastructure and the changes to corporate culture this brings.
Countless Japanese employees have had to continue working in offices during the state of emergency, partly because Japan's administrative regulations require documents to bear a"hanko" .
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