Japan adopts Bill to prevent further ‘Padding’ of Disabled Employment
“The labor ministry will be granted review and advisory power to check whether such agencies are employing disabled people according to the rules.”
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Swiftly create environment where disabled people can work stably [Yomiuri Shimbun Editorial]
“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.”
‘Workshops’ that employ disabled people in Japan to receive less funding [Video]
“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.”
Japan Govt to Allow Disabled People to Work Part Time Beforehand
“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.”
Japan to recruit over 1,200 people with disabilities by end of 2020
“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.”
Japanese disabled people play a major role at cold-resistant banana farm
“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.”
Draft Employment Act For Disabled Persons to be announced by Japanese Parliament early January
“A draft of the bill to revise the Employment Promotion Act for Persons with Disabilities submitted to the ordinary Diet session next year by the government will be announced on Thursday 3rd 2019 January, to deal with the problem in increasing the employment of persons with disabilities such as central ministries.”
80 Percent of Japan’s State Bodies Lack Disabled Employees
“Japan’s welfare ministry said Tuesday that the number of disabled employees stood below the standard required by law at 35 of the 43 state institutes as of June 1 this year.”
NHK reporting about jobs for disabled people on Christmas Day [Video in English]
A video from an report by NHK from the NHK G 9pm news broadcast on December 25th 2018
Yamagata Prefecture examines employment for persons with disabilities
From The Sankei Shimbun November 13th 2018 In Yamagata Prefecture, where the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare’s disabled employmentContinue Reading
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