Hideki Thurgood Kano
Partner- 03-6888-1061
- 03-6888-3061
Practice Areas
Practice
Hideki Thurgood Kano has been practicing in the area of labor and employment and currently devotes his practice exclusively to this area from the viewpoint of employers and companies (instead of employees and workers), such as follows:
I. Collective Labor-Matters
(Collective Bargaining Sessions with Labor Unions, Concerted Activities (Strike, Picketing, and so on) of Labor Unions)
II. Individual Employment Matters
(Dismissal and Voluntary Resignation, Disciplinary Actions, Internal Transfer, External Secondment, Confusion between Workers Dispatch and Service-Providing Contract, Job Search, Employment of Aged People and Disabled People, Establishment of Wage Payment Systems and Retirement Benefit Systems, Implementation of Pay-per-Performance Systems, Sexual Harassment, Bullying, Mental Health, Occupational Safety and Health, Preparation of and Amendment to Work Rules of Employment, Preparation of Employment Contracts, Fixed-Term Employment Contracts, Executive Service Agreements, Prevention of Infringement of Corporate Data by Employees, Companies’ Protection and Transfer of Employees’ Data, Companies’ Rights Subsisting in Employees’ Invention or Works of Authorship, Whistle-blowing, Employment of Non-Japanese Workers and their Residing Permit, etc.)
III. Labor Insurance, Social Insurance and Pension Plans
(Workers Accident Compensation Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Health Insurance, Welfare Pension Insurance, Defined Contribution Pension Plan, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Welfare Pension Fund, Tax-Qualified Retirement Pension, etc.)
IV. Labor and Employment Related Dispute Resolution and Litigation
(Labor-Related and Employment-Related Litigation, Mediation on Individual Employment Dispute, Employment Tribunal Dispute Resolution, Remedy for Unfair Labor Practices, etc.)
Thurgood acts on behalf of both Japanese and non-Japanese multinational companies, advising them on all aspects of labor and employment. Although he advises companies on ways to avert formal labor and employment disputes, he is also an experienced labor and employment litigator, having successfully defended many cases. He has written and lectured extensively on labor and employment matters in addition to matters unrelated to labor and employment law.
I. Collective Labor-Matters
(Collective Bargaining Sessions with Labor Unions, Concerted Activities (Strike, Picketing, and so on) of Labor Unions)
II. Individual Employment Matters
(Dismissal and Voluntary Resignation, Disciplinary Actions, Internal Transfer, External Secondment, Confusion between Workers Dispatch and Service-Providing Contract, Job Search, Employment of Aged People and Disabled People, Establishment of Wage Payment Systems and Retirement Benefit Systems, Implementation of Pay-per-Performance Systems, Sexual Harassment, Bullying, Mental Health, Occupational Safety and Health, Preparation of and Amendment to Work Rules of Employment, Preparation of Employment Contracts, Fixed-Term Employment Contracts, Executive Service Agreements, Prevention of Infringement of Corporate Data by Employees, Companies’ Protection and Transfer of Employees’ Data, Companies’ Rights Subsisting in Employees’ Invention or Works of Authorship, Whistle-blowing, Employment of Non-Japanese Workers and their Residing Permit, etc.)
III. Labor Insurance, Social Insurance and Pension Plans
(Workers Accident Compensation Insurance, Unemployment Insurance, Health Insurance, Welfare Pension Insurance, Defined Contribution Pension Plan, Defined Benefit Pension Plan, Welfare Pension Fund, Tax-Qualified Retirement Pension, etc.)
IV. Labor and Employment Related Dispute Resolution and Litigation
(Labor-Related and Employment-Related Litigation, Mediation on Individual Employment Dispute, Employment Tribunal Dispute Resolution, Remedy for Unfair Labor Practices, etc.)
Thurgood acts on behalf of both Japanese and non-Japanese multinational companies, advising them on all aspects of labor and employment. Although he advises companies on ways to avert formal labor and employment disputes, he is also an experienced labor and employment litigator, having successfully defended many cases. He has written and lectured extensively on labor and employment matters in addition to matters unrelated to labor and employment law.
Practice Groups
・Labor Law
Publications
| ・ | Japanese Labor & Employment Law and Practice (CCH, 2011) |
| ・ | Japan Staff Employment Law Guide (CCH, 2010) |
| ・ | International Practitioner's Deskbook Series: International Labor and Employment Law: A Practical Guide (Japan Chapter) (American Bar Association, 2006) |
| ・ | Shukan Josei (Shufu to Seikatsu Co., Publishers, 2002) |
| ・ | Case Commentary on Secondment, Employment Transfer, Retirement and Disemployment (Dai-ichi Hoki Co., Publishers, 2002) |
| ・ | Freeters (permanent part-timers) (Shufu to Seikatsu Co., Publishers, 2001) |
| ・ | The Life of Unemployment, Earning \150,000 per year (Mikasa Shobo Co., Publishers, 2001) |
| ・ | E-Law (Tokyo Nunoi Shuppan Co., Publishers, 2000) |
| ・ | Dismissal is Not Scary (Tokuma Shoten Co., Publishers, 1999) |
| ・ | Great Divorces (Fuso Co., Publishers, 1998) |
| ・ | Useful Divorce Handbook (Geibun Co., Publishers, 1997) |
| Papers | |
| ・ | "Labor & Employment Issues for Corporate Reorganization Including Merger, Business Transfer and Corporate Divestiture" (2007) |
| ・ | "Due Diligence Investigations and the Whistleblower Protection Act" (2005) |
| ・ | "Non-Payment of Wages for Overtime Work, Late-Night Work and Rest-Day Work" (2004) |
| ・ | "Companies prepare employees for life after retirement" (2003) |
| ・ | "Legal Problems in Cyber Space" (2000) |
| ・ | "Marriage and Freedom of Love" (1999) |
| ・ | "Summaries and Analysis of the Judicial Precedents on Anesthetic Accidents" (1997) |
| ・ | "Hearsay Rule" (1993) |
| Lectures | |
| ・ | "Basic Legal Issues for Recruitment, Employment and Termination of Employment," JMA Management Center Inc. (2011) |
| ・ | "Labor Management that enhances humans resources development while protecting compliance ~Focusing on labor turnover~," Japan Corporate Auditors Association (2010) |
| ・ | "The possibility of downsizing and payment deduction in depression," Takara Printing Co., Ltd (2010) |
| ・ | "Severance of Regular Employees," CCH (2010) |
| ・ | "Impact of Deteriorating Mental Health and Practical Countermeasure," JMA Management Center Inc. (2010) |
| ・ | "Positive mental health for strategic investment in Human Capital ~ Social resource related problem and direction of solutions," Sompo Japan Healthcare Services (2010) |
| ・ | "Basic Legal Practice for Dispatched Workers," Management Research Group (2010) |
| ・ | "Basic Legal Practice for Dispatched Workers," JMA Management Center Inc. (2010) |
| ・ | "Legal Practice for Dispatched Workers," Takara Printing Co., Ltd.(2010) |
| ・ | "Investigations on Bullying & Sexual Harassment," CCH (2010) |
| ・ | "Basic Legal Issues for Recruitment, Employment and Termination of Employment," JMA Management Center Inc. (2010) |
| ・ | "Impact of Deteriorating Mental Health and Practical Countermeasure," Takara Printing Co.,Ltd. (2010) |
| ・ | "Considering Risk of Workers' compensation and Current Situation and Countermeasures for Labor Management Issue" MD-net (2010) |
| ・ | "Legal Practice for Sexual harassment and Bullying," Management Research Group (2010) |
| ・ | "Legal Practice for Employment of Dispatched Worker and Part-Timer," JMA Management Center Inc. (2010) |
| ・ | "Impact of Deteriorating Mental Health and Practical Countermeasure," Sompo Japan Healthcare Services (2010) |
| ・ | "Impact of Deteriorating Mental Health and Practical Countermeasure," NEC Users Association (2010) |
| ・ | "Legal Practice for Dispatched Workers," Management Research Group (2010) |
| ・ | "Basic Legal Issues for Recruitment, Employment and Termination of Employment," JMA Management Center Inc. (2009) |
| ・ | "Latest Developments of Labor/Employment Law," CCH (2009) |
| ・ | "Legal Practice for Dispatched Workers," Management Training Centre (2009) |
| ・ | "Basic Knowledge on Overtime Work and Basic Seminar for Solution to Issues relating Unpaid Wages for Overtime Work," Management Research Group (2009) |
| ・ | "Impact of Deteriorating Mental Health and Practical Countermeasure," Sompo Japan Healthcare Services (2009) |
| ・ | "Basic Seminar on Sexual Harassment & Bullying," Management Research Group (2009) |
| ・ | "Downsizing, Payment Deduction and Legal Risks," Management Research Group (2009) |
| ・ | "Impact Brought on by Deterioration of Mental Health," Japan Research Institute for New Systems of Society (2009) |
| ・ | "Impact Brought on by Deterioration of Mental Health," JMA Management Center Inc. (2009) |
| ・ | "How Employers Should Handle Cases of Workers with Mental Stress," CCH (2009) |
| ・ | "Legal Practice for Dispatched Worker and Terminable Contract Workers," JMA Management Center Inc. (2009) |
| ・ | "Basic Seminar for Working Hours and Extra Wages for Overtime Work," Management Training Centre (2009) |
| ・ | "Reexamination of Rules of Employment posed by Amendments to Labor Law," Relocation International (2009) |
| ・ | "Downsizing, Payment Deduction and Legal Risks," Japan Research Institute for New Systems of Society (2009) |
| ・ | "Basic Seminar for Countermeasures for Issues regarding Downsizing and Turnover," Management Training Centre (2009) |
| ・ | "Working Hours And Failure To Pay Overtime Work Allowances," CCH (2009) |
| ・ | "Mental Risks Held by Corporations," MD. Net (2009) |
| ・ | "Basic Legal Issues for Recruitment, Employment and Termination of Employment," JMA Management Center Inc. (2009) |
| ・ | "Worker Dispatch & Workers With a Limited Period of Employment," CCH (2009) |
| ・ | "Mental Risks Held by Corporations," MD. Net (2009) |
| ・ | "Practical Noteworthy Points for Return of Employee with Deteriorated Mental Health to Workplace," Depression Rework Research Association (2009) |
| ・ | "Legal Issues and Noteworthy Points for Personnel and Labor Matters Succeeding Corporate Reorganization - Basic Seminar Made from Viewpoints of Personnel and Labor Law Practitioner," Management Training Centre (2009) |
| ・ | "Legal Practice for Employment of Dispatched Worker and Part-Timer," JMA Management Center Inc. (2009) |
| ・ | "Basic Legal Issues for Recruitment, Employment and Termination of Employment," JMA Management Center Inc. (2008) |
| ・ | Lectured at "Mental Health Support Club" organized by Sompo Japan Healthcare Services (2008) |
| ・ | "WORKING HOURS AND FAILURE TO PAY OVERTIME WORK ALLOWANCES," CCH (2008) |
| ・ | "Basic Knowledge and Practical Noteworthy Points for Employment and Termination of Employment of Company Which Aims to Become Attractive," Management Training Center (2008) |
| ・ | "Seminar on Legal Issues for Mental Health," JMA Management Center Inc. (2008) |
| ・ | "Understanding how Asian employment law applies to and affects foreign expatriates seconded to work in MNC's Asian operations," International Bar Association Conference (2008) |
| ・ | "Addressing Directly Mental Health Issues - Obligations to be Exercised by Enterprise," Management Training Center (2008) |
| ・ | "Impact of Deteriorating Mental Health and Practical Countermeasure," Sompo Japan Healthcare Services (2008) |
| ・ | "Impact of Deteriorating Metal Health on Management," Kabushiki Kaisha Peace Mind (2008) |
| ・ | "Seminar on Legal Issues for Employment of Dispatched Worker and Part-Timer," JMA Management Center Inc. (2008) |
| ・ | "Seminar on Legal Issues for Mental Health," JMA Management Center Inc. (2008) |
| ・ | "Recent Movements in Japanese Labor Law and Termination of Employment," CCH (2008) |
| ・ | "Basic Seminar on Recruitment, Employment and Termination of Employment," JMA Management Center Inc. (2008) |
| ・ | Lectured at "Mental Health Support Club" organized by Sompo Japan Healthcare Services (2008) |
| ・ | "Company's Risk and Countermeasures for Overwork," Management Training Center (2008) |
| ・ | "Workers Without Borders: The Age of Global Employee," Annual Conference of Inter Pacific Bar Association (2008) |
| ・ | "Employee with Mental Disorder - Countermeasures and Personnel Management Based on Recent Legal Risk Management," Sompo Japan Healthcare Services (2008) |
| ・ | "Employment of Atypical Worker," Business Art (2008) |
| ・ | "Mental Healthcare Countermeasures as Business Strategy," Sompo Japan Healthcare Services (2007) |
| ・ | "Employment of Atypical Worker," Business Art (2007) |
| ・ | "Recent Movement in Japanese Labor Law," CCH (2007) |
| ・ | "Various Issues for Establishment, Development and Termination of Labor Contract," Management Training Center (2007) |
| ・ | "Company's' Countermeasures for Bullying and Harassment," Lexis Nexis (2007) |
| ・ | "Company's' Countermeasures for Bullying and Harassment," Institute for Financial Affairs (2007) |
| ・ | "Company's Impact and Practical Response to Not Paying Overtime Work, Work on Days-off and Late-Night Work," Management Training Center (2007) |
| ・ | "Practical Labor Seminar for Mental Health," Japan Research Institute for New Systems of Society (2007) |
| ・ | "The Equal Employment Act, Impact and Countermeasures for Sexual Harassment and Power Harassment," Management Training Center (2007) |
| ・ | "Camouflage Contracting, Camouflage Subcontracting and Worker Dispatching Practice," Management Research Group (2007) |
| ・ | "Making Serious Efforts for "Mental Health" - Company's Responsibilities and Practice-," Management Training Center (2007) |
| ・ | "Corporate Personnel Management and Labor Law," lectured at Doshisha University Graduate School of Law with Professor Takashi Shimoi (2007) |
| ・ | "Risk and Practical Countermeasures for "Overtime Work" - Movement of Regulatory Administration in Overtime Without Pay and Practical Countermeasures for "Mental Health" Caused by Crushing Labor," Corporate Legal Practice Institute (2006) |
| ・ | "Labor Management for Protection and Utilization of Information and Intellectual Property," Association of Copyright for Computer Software (2006) |
| ・ | "Camouflage Contracting, Camouflage Subcontracting and Worker Dispatching Practice," Management Research Group (2006) |
| ・ | "Making Serious Efforts for "Mental Health" - Company's Responsibilities and Practice-," Management Training Center (2006) |
| ・ | "Violation of Laws, Official's Instructions and Compulsory Efforts under Labor Law Practice which Considerable Companies Are Easy to Lapse into," Management Training Center (2006) |
| ・ | "Issues Concerning Agreement and Development of Employment Contract and Countermeasures Thereto," Management Training Center (2006) |
| ・ | "Basic Course in Termination of Employment and Legal Precautions and Practical Countermeasures to be Taken for Atypical Employment," Management Training Center (2006) |
| ・ | "Basic Course in Contemporary Issues and Legal Precautions and Practical Countermeasures to be Taken in Employment and Separation," Business Research Institute (2006) |
| ・ | "Company's' Countermeasures for Harassment," Institute for Financial Affairs (2006) |
| ・ | "Non-depreciable "Employee's Mental Health", Company's' Responsibilities and Countermeasures," Management Training Center (2006) |
| ・ | "Company's Impact and Practical Response to Not Paying Overtime Work," Management Training Center (2006) |
| ・ | "How Employers Should Handle Cases of Employees with Mental Stress," ALB In-house Legal Summit Tokyo (2006） |
| ・ | "Latest Developments on Labor/Employment Law in Japan & Preparation of Employment Contracts," CCH International Conference (2006) |
| ・ | "Non-depreciable "Employee's Mental Health", Company's' Responsibilities and Countermeasures," Management Training Center (2006) |
| ・ | "Industrial Tribunal System and Unfair Labor Practice Remedies," Chuo University Graduate School of Law (2006) |
| ・ | "Risk of Leading Criminal Cases by Not Paying Overtime Work and Practical Countermeasures Taken by Personnel Department," Institute for Financial Affairs (2006) |
| ・ | "Company's' Responsibilities and Countermeasures for Bullying (Power Harassment) and Sexual Harassment," Management Training Center (2006) |
| ・ | "Company's Impact and Practical Response to Not Paying Overtime Work," Management Training Center (2005) |
| ・ | "Labor Management for Protection and Utilization of Information and Intellectual Property," Association of Copyright of Computer Software (2005) |
| ・ | "Recent Amendments on Laws Relating to Labor and Employment," Management Training Center (2005) |
| ・ | "Personal Information and Company's Confidentiality," Management Training Center (2005) |
| ・ | "Non-depreciable "Employee's Mental Health", Company's' Responsibilities and Countermeasures," Management Training Center (2005) |
| ・ | "Company's Impact on Rapidly Increasing Not Paying Overtime Work and Its Countermeasures," Management Training Center (2005) |
| ・ | "Company's' Responsibilities and Countermeasures for Never Decreasing "Intra-Company Harassment"," Management Training Center (2005) |
| ・ | "Current Status of Leaks of intellectual Property and Corporate Data and Practical Precautions," (2005) |
| ・ | “Labor Tribunal System”, American Chambers of Commerce in Japan (2004) |
| ・ | "Sexual Harassment & Bullying,” Management Training Center (2004) |
| ・ | "Overtime Work Allowances,” Management Training Center (2004) |
| ・ | "The Employment Contract: Get It Right Or Pay The Price," CCH International Conference (2004) |
| ・ | "Perils of Not Paying Overtime Work in Japan," In-House Congress (2004) |
| ・ | "Risk Management, Managing Information to Prevent Leaks of Corporate Secrets by Researchers and Engineers in Business Collaborations," Business Research Foundation Institute (2003) |
| ・ | "Flexible Work Hours," Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (2003) |
| ・ | "Business Know-how, Trade Secret Confidentiality Agreements, and In-House Management Systems," Business Research Foundation Institute (2002) |
| ・ | "Managing Personal Information and Intellectual Property Protection," Computer Software Copyright Association (2002) |
| ・ | "Intellectual Property Rights and Labor Law in the Digital Age," Computer Software Copyright Association (2001) |
Education
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 1991; LL.M., 1993); The Legal Training and Research Institute of the Supreme Court of Japan, 1993-1995; graduate study, Cornell Law School (LL.M., 1999). Associated with Lillick & Charles (currently Nixon & Peabody) in San Francisco, 1999-2000.
Professional Admissions
・Japan
Professional and Academic Associations
・Tokyo Bar Association
Languages
・Japanese (first language)
・English
・English
