Volume 4 Issue 2 ISSN 2186-277X
October-December 2014 Print: ¥1,620 Online: Free!
THE
AGENDA ®
Japan’s first bilingual
HR magazine published by The Japan HR Society (JHRS)
Workplace Wellness
When Their Wellness Becomes Your Business
Re-Working Work
Achieving Work-Life Balance Through Workplace Wellness
Transformative Messages Take Center Stage at SHRM 2014
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Designing A Strategy That Delivers Healthy Results 12
Spotlight on Healthy Companies Beyond the Physical
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Addressing the Problems Affecting Employees’ Psychological Well-Being 27
CONTENTS
EDITOR’S NOTE Atley Jonas
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MAIL BAG Atley Jonas
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PUBLISHER’S MESSAGE
Re-Working Work: Achieving Work-Life Balance Through Workplace Wellness Jun Kabigting, mba/ms/hrmp
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JHRS COMMUNITY NEWS
Transformative Messages Take Center Stage at SHRM 2014: 4 Inspiring Speakers, 4 Insightful Lessons That HR Can Apply to Business
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What Global HR Means for Japan: Leaders Gather at marcus evans HR Japan Summit 2014
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The HR Agenda
Mike Kanert
F E AT U R E
When Their Wellness Becomes Your Business: Designing A Strategy That Delivers Healthy Results
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Hilda Rosca Nartea
KNOWLEDGE@WHARTON
Helping Employees to Be Healthier: How About a Sweepstakes? HR BEST PRACTICES
Spotlight on Healthy Companies
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Atley Jonas
COUNTRY FOCUS
What They Don’t Tell You in the Recruitment Brochure An Expat’s View of Prevalent HR Practices in the UAE Murad Salman Mirza ASK HR
Employee, Health, Safety and Welfare
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Andrew Manterfield & Yoshi Matsui HR LEGAL CLINIC
Dealing with Mental Illness in the Workplace in Japan Atty. Vicki Beyer & Atty. Jiro Oyama
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EDITORIAL
Beyond the Physical: Addressing the Problems Affecting Employees’ Psychological Well-Being Stephenie Overman
As Japan’s first and only bilingual HR magazine, The HR Agenda offers an incredibly unique platform. By sourcing material written in both English and Japanese, funding translation and encouraging bilingual submissions from contributors, we offer a genuinely two-way exchange. For a century and a half Japan has been translating Western knowledge into Japanese. We create a forum where Japanese voices can also be heard in international circles. Our aim is to understand both sides of the coin; all facets of an issue. We want to encourage collegiality through open-minded and sincere dialogue amongst our readers in Japan and overseas, and amongst HR professionals, researchers, and key opinion leaders throughout the world. 1
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To facilitate the exchange of up-to-date and relevant knowledge, information and resources affecting and influencing human resources (HR) professionals in Japan, and to become a bridge between Japanese and non-Japanese HR management systems so that we can facilitate the exchange of information and HR best practices, standards, and HR body of knowledge.