Mie Board of Education ‘padded’ disability employment numbers
“Keiko Hirota, education chief, said, “It was not intentional padding, there were not enough confirmation of notebooks, administrative mistakes had overlapped.” ”
Category: Employment
Why it is important for Japan to hire disabled people
“Do these people really understand why hiring people with disabilities is important to society?”
Half of ‘disabled’ workers at central government institutions were miscounted: labor minister
“Half of workers hired by central government institutions based on a measure to promote the employment of people with disabilities did not qualify under guidelines for the measure as of June 1 last year, the government announced Tuesday. 28th August.”
More local gov’t bodies inflated number of people with disabilities in employment
“”We had no intention of padding our numbers, but what we did was inappropriate,” the police force said, and offered an apology. The prefectural police had used the same calculation method since at least the 2007 fiscal year.”
Japan’s Welfare Ministry confirms 3460 ‘padded jobs’ in disability employment report
“3460 people were padded by 27 administrative agencies, which is 80% of the central ministries”
Japan Govt Pads Disabled Worker Number by Over 3,000
“Tokyo, Aug. 25 Japanese government agencies are projected to have padded the number of people with disabilities they claimed to have employed by over 3,000, informed sources said Saturday.”
At least 11 local governments in Japan admit reporting incorrect data on their employment of disabled staff
“At least 11 Japanese local governments have been found to have padded data on the proportion of people with disabilities on their payrolls.”
Nagasaki Prefecture misreported disability employment rates for 20 years
“Nagasaki Prefecture announced on 21th that it had calculated the employment rate of persons with disabilities to include those that were not handicapped for the past 20 years, and did not confirm the medical certificate of designated doctors.”
Three prefectures give detailed reports of ‘padding’ of employees as disabled
“According to the prefecture, it said that “Understanding of the system of person in charge was not enough,” explained that it was included without permission for the people who are lightly disabled without making necessary confirmation. He said that he had continued to respond similarly more than 15 years ago.”
Japanese Government’s Ministries & agencies alleged to have misrepresented disability employment rates
“Ministries and agencies are believed to have misrepresented the rates by including in their head counts personnel with relatively mild disabilities who do not carry disability certificates. Officials at the land and internal affairs ministries have said that people without the disability certificates may have been included in the calculations.”
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