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.”
Category: Employment
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
Majority of small-to-midsize Japanese firms are failing to meet disabled employment quotas
“Only 35 percent showed willingness to hire people with mental or physical disabilities either “positively” or “to abide by the law,” the survey conducted by staffing firm En-japan inc. showed.”
Govt accepting unified exam applications from the disabled
“Through the exams, comprising first-round paper tests set for February and subsequent interviews by separate government bodies, a total of 676 people will be hired. The final passers will be posted on March 22.The authority said people can take the exams if two or more years have passed since their junior high school graduation and they have certificates for their disabilities. Applications will be accepted until Dec. 14.”
35 prefectures exclude job applicants with mental, intellectual disabilities
“As many as 35 of Japan’s 47 prefectural governments exclude regular job applicants with mental or intellectual disabilities despite legal requirements protecting their being hired.”
Japan government ponders telecommuting to hire more disabled people
“The call will go out for ministries and agencies to consider measures by the end of March to make it easier for disabled officials to use telecommuting programs, mainly by reviewing current rules, the sources said Monday.”
After out-of-court settlement, an intellectually disabled man describes ‘Power Harassment’ at Tokyo company
“”It is my wish to have an environment that allows people with disabilities like me to work”
32 prefectures keep inappropriate conditions for job applicants with disabilities
“Refusing to hire an applicant because of their use of a wheelchair or an artificial respirator is prohibited for private employers as “undue, discriminatory treatment” under the revised Act on Employment Promotion etc. of Persons with Disabilities implemented in April 2016.”
Japan’s PM Abe apologizes for ‘nearly 20 years of neglecting’ disability employment issue
“ “”I am sorry as a head of an administration for a problem that had been neglected for nearly 20 years,”Abe said”
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