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.”
Category: Employment
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.”
Japan’s Welfare Ministry to offer subsidies to companies employing disabled people
“As the number of people with mental disorders increases, it aims to boost employment of people who have difficult symptoms for a long time. From the end of this month, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will begin having meetings with experts to examine concrete subsidy plans.”
Japan’s Imperial couple visit Hokkaido farm that employees disabled people
“Since its establishment in 2014, Takumi Takeuchi, 38, and his wife, Ai, 35, who manage the farm, have been collaborating with a welfare office under a government program for developing the linkage between agriculture and welfare, an initiative aimed at promoting the employment of people with disabilities.”
Japan’s Welfare Ministry research group proposes subsidies to increase number of short term disabled employees
“The research group proposes a subsidy system for companies hiring disabled people who work in a short time of less than 20 hours a week and certification system for small and medium sized enterprises with disabled people working environment that is easy to work.”
Over 500 Employees in Japan Suffer Work-Caused Mental Illness
“The number of employees in Japan who were officially recognized as suffering from work-caused depression and other mental disorders exceeded 500 for the first time ever in fiscal 2017, the labor ministry said Friday.”
Disabled People Emerging as Bearers of Traditional Craft Culture in Kyoto
“Intellectually impaired people aiming to acquire professional techniques to make traditional crafts, such as “Nishijin-ori” textiles and “wa rosoku” Japanese candles, are expected to be new bearers of the long-established industrial art of Kyoto, which has a 1,200-year history.”
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