“The bill would obligate central government ministries, agencies and local municipalities to confirm a job applicant’s disabled status by verifying specific documents.”
“The labor ministry will be granted review and advisory power to check whether such agencies are employing disabled people according to the rules.”
“The important thing is to make preparations for accepting them. Should these new workers be hired on a massive scale and in a coercive manner, just to make up the numbers, it would be difficult for these individuals to settle into their new workplaces. It is a matter of course to aim at meeting the statutory hiring rate soon, but such endeavors should be advanced carefully, in keeping with workplace conditions.”
“Businesses that employ disabled people in Japan are called ‘Type B workshops’. A report by a disability group reports that 60% of 866 such ‘workshops’ say they received smaller government rewards this fiscal year.”
“The Japanese government plans to allow people with disabilities hired by government agencies to work part time before officially beginning their full-time duties, officials said.”
“Of the 38 prefectures in Japan in which prefectural government departments and boards of education inappropriately reported jobs information, 26 prefectures are planning to recruit at least about 1,200 people by the end of 2020 due to the lack of recruiting persons with disabilities.”
“Chieko Saito, a former nursery teacher with no prior farming experience established “Okayama Ohisama (Sun) Farm” in May 2017, hoping to promote social integration of people with disabilities by providing them with jobs growing bananas.”
