”State of Reinstatement of Dismissed Employees Following Court Decisions to Nullify Dismissal”@『Japan Labor Issues』 Autumn 2025

JILPTの英文誌『Japan Labor Issues』の2025年秋号に、”State of Reinstatement of Dismissed Employees Following Court Decisions to Nullify Dismissal”を掲載しました。

https://www.jil.go.jp/english/jli/documents/2025/054-00.pdf

The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training (JILPT) conducted a survey in October and November 2023 (hereinafter, the “2023 Survey”) at the request of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW), to examine the state of dismissed employees’ return to their original job (reinstatement) following court decisions nullifying their termination.
The findings are published in July 2024 as a research report (Hamaguchi 2024a) which provides a detailed account of the JILPT research project, including the 2023 Survey, while also analyzes policy developments and the broader framework of the financial compensation system for unfair dismissal in Japan.
This article offers an overview of previous studies on reinstatement following judicial annulment of dismissals and presents key findings from the 2023 Survey.

I. Previous surveys on the state of reinstatement of dismissed employees

II. Summary of the 2023 Survey

III. State of reinstatement of dismissed employees following court decisions to nullify dismissal