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by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 19, 2023 0

Disability News Japan Podcast: Japan to Raise Required Employment Rate for People with Disabilities to 2.7% (Kind of)

A Japanese labor ministry panel will propose to boost the legally required employment rate for disabled people at companies to 2.7 pct from 2.3 pct at present, it was learned Wednesday 18th January.

The panel plans to propose keeping the required employment rate unchanged at 2.3 pct in fiscal 2023 starting in April and raising the rate in stages to 2.5 pct in fiscal 2024 and 2.7 pct in fiscal 2026.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 18, 2023 1

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Japan to Raise Required Employment Rate for Disabled to 2.7 Pct

A Japanese labor ministry panel will propose to boost the legally required employment rate for disabled people at companies to 2.7 pct from 2.3 pct at present, it was learned Wednesday.

With an aim to secure more opportunities to work for people with disabilities, a subcommittee of the Labor Policy Council, which advises the labor minister, discussed at a meeting the same day plans to revise related regulations after deciding on details of the employment rate hike proposal.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 11, 2023 1

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Proxy agencies in Japan for hiring people with disabilities grows as firms try to fill quota

Japanese firms have been using proxy agencies to employ disabled people, hiring them to work for unrelated farming schemes in a move seen as a way to fulfill official disability quotas, a welfare ministry probe and a Kyodo News investigation found Monday.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt January 8, 2023 0

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“Hiroshima Abilympics” held, people with disabilities compete in customer service and cleaning skills

Yoshihide Sasaki, head of the Hiroshima branch of the Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers, which supports the employment of people with disabilities, said, “I hope that through the competition, people will learn about the high level of skills of people with disabilities.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 26, 2022 0

Disability Employment Japan

Prefecture in Western Japan prepares for ‘Ablympics’ to promote employment for people with disabilities

The Ablympics are held every year to promote employment for people with disabilities by enhancing the skills they have developed in the workplace.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt October 11, 2022 0

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Civil suit finally awards woman with intellectual disabilities working at facility for people with disabilities redress for sexual abuse

A court here ordered the former head of a facility providing support for people with disabilities to pay compensation to a young woman, who herself has an intellectual disability, for sexual abuse she suffered while working there.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt September 8, 2022 0

Disability Employment Japan

Firms in Japan struggle to hire people with disabilities at legally mandated rate

Many companies in Japan are finding it hard to maintain the legally mandated employment rate for people with disabilities as those hired during the 1970s and 1980s begin to reach retirement age, a Mainichi Shimbun survey has revealed.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 21, 2022 0

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Death of carer working alone at Nagoya care facility for disabled triggers movement to improve working conditions

In November 2020, a man in his late 30s who worked at a short-term facility for people with disabilities in Nagoya died. He collapsed while working the night shift alone and was found in the morning. The cause of death was subarachnoid hemorrhage

by Michael Gillan Peckitt August 6, 2022 0

Disability Employment Japan

Number of people with disabilities employed through ‘Hello Work’ in Okayama increased for the first time in two years

According to the Okayama Labor Bureau, there were 1,904 cases of persons with disabilities finding employment through Hello Work in the prefecture last fiscal year, an increase of 149 cases, or 8.5%, from the previous fiscal year, the first increase in two years.

by Michael Gillan Peckitt June 19, 2022 0

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People with mental disabilities in Japan who work shorter hours to be included in the employment numbers

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) is planning to allow mentally disabled people who work 10-20 hours per week to be included in the employment rate for disabled people, which companies are obliged to employ. The aim is to encourage people with disabilities who have difficulty working long hours to take up employment.