Yoichi Shimada

Senior Counsel, Member of Tokyo Daini Bar Association

Admitted to the bar in 2006, he taught labor law at Waseda University School of Law from April 1996 to March 2023, and has experience in labor practice in legal clinic classes since the establishment of Waseda University School of Law in 2004. He has served as a representative director of the Japan Association of Labor Law, a director of the Japan Industrial Relations Association, and a director of the Japan Labor Relations Association. He has also been deeply involved in university administration at Waseda University, serving as Dean of Student Affairs, Director of Campus Planning, and Executive Director and Vice President. He has also served as a member of the Judicial Examination Review Committee of the Ministry of Justice, an expert member of the Regulatory Reform Council of the Cabinet Office, and a member of the Consumer Affairs Agency’s “Study Group on Improving the Effectiveness of the Whistleblower Protection System”. He is also currently a member of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare’s “Study Group on Reform of Work Styles of Doctors,” a member of the External Evaluation Committee of the Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training, and a member of the Steering Committee for Training on Individual Labor Dispute Resolution.

Education and Professional Background

March 1975 Graduated from Waseda University Faculty of Law
Mar 1977 Completed Master’s program, Graduate School of Law, Waseda University
Mar 1983 Withdrawal with Completion of Course Requirements from the Doctoral Program (Second Semester) of the Graduate School of Law, Waseda University
Apr 1983 Lecturer at Otaru University of Commerce
Oct 1984 Assistant Professor, Otaru University of Commerce
Oct. 1994 Professor, Otaru University of Commerce
Apr. 1996 Assistant Professor, School of Law, Waseda University
Apr. 1997 Professor, Faculty of Law, Waseda University
Apr. 2004 Professor, School of Law, Waseda University
Apr. 2023 Professor Emeritus, Waseda University
Dean of Student Affairs, Waseda University, November 2006-November 2010
Director, Campus Planning and Legal Affairs, Waseda University, November 2010-November 2014
Vice President, Waseda University, Executive Director (in charge of corporate governance), November 2014 – November 2018
Registered as an attorney (affiliated with Waseda University Legal Clinic), 2006

Practice Areas

Personnel and labor affairs, labor disputes, university administration, whistleblowing and internal reporting

Membership and Official Positions

Director, Japan Labor Law Association
External Evaluation Committee Member, Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training
Member of the Steering Committee for Individual Labor Dispute Resolution Training (National Federation of Labor Standards Organizations)

Publications

Changes in the Employment System and the Development of Labor Law Policy (Sole author, Jumho, 2023).
Labor Law, 6th Edition” (co-author, Yuhikaku, 2020)
The Casebook of Labor Law, Fourth Edition (co-author, Yuhikaku, 2015)
Article 9 of the Labor Standards Law” (Annotated Labor Standards Law and Labor Contract Law, Vol. 1, edited by Hisashi Araki et al. Yuhikaku, 2023)
The Birth of the ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work’ Norm in France,” (Waseda University Law Review Centennial Essays, Volume 4, Seibundo, 2022)
A Study of the Criteria for Judging the Labor Status of Professionals,” in Tetsuya Michiyuki et al. (eds.), Independence and Solidarity in Social Law (JUNPOSHA, 2022).
Memorandum on the ‘Equal Pay for Equal Work Principle’ and the ‘Living Wage Principle'” in Yoichi Shimada et al. (eds.), The Contribution of Law to a ‘Dignified Society’ (Junkosha, 2019).
pp. 119-147
Issues in Workplace Reform and Working Hours Legislation,” Jurist No. 1517 (2018), etc.

Message

I will use my experience in labor clinics and university administration to take on the challenge of a new field.

Languages

Japanese

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