Japan’s first civil service exam for disabled falls 3,000 short of target
“[To] achieve the hiring rate of the disabled for public institutions set by the country’s law at 2.5 percent of all officials, the government needs to secure 3,000 more.”
Category: Padded Jobs
Japan’s Government approves Bill requiring confirmation of a job applicant’s disability status
“The bill would obligate central government ministries, agencies and local municipalities to confirm a job applicant’s disabled status by verifying specific documents.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
