Guidance on joining the Shizuoka Teachers and Staﬀ Mutual Aid Association

Support forEconomy and health,Motivation in life

Due to revisions of the Mutual Aid Association Law for Local Public Servants(Local Mutual Aid Law), (October 1, 2022), please read the information for those
who are eligible to join Shizuoka Prefecture Teachers and Staﬀ Mutual Aid Association Members

What is a Mutual Aid Association?
The association aims to promote and develop education and culture in Shizuoka Prefecture,as well as
to stabilize the lives and improve the welfare of its members (teachers and educators).
・Established October 1, 1953
・Base on Shizuoka Prefecture Ordinance Concerning the Mutual Aid System for Teachers andStaﬀ (Enacted on October 16, 1956)
・members
Comprised of School teachers and educators working in Shizuoka Prefecture join
About 30,000 current members / About 32,000 retired members

Contribution
Mutual aid system with a small contribution in case of emergency

・contribution (monthly)

6/1000 of monthly salary (rounded down to the nearest yen)
Before and after childbirth and during childcare leave are exempted from the premium.
(Example) If your monthly salary is 200,000 yen,
the term contribution (monthly amount) is 200,000 yen X 0.006 = 1,200 yen.

・Payment by salary deduction
Income deductible as social insurance premiums At the time of the year-end tax adjustment,
15% of the short-term contributions paid in that year are deductible as social insurance premiums.

Secretariat
You can see the details of the organization, business, etc. on the homepage.

Homepage http:/gojomaru.com/Headquarters Oﬃce
General Aﬀairs Section

Lifetime Welfare Section
1-12 Sunpu-cho, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka-shi

Union Member Section

Retirement Mutual Aid Department Section
Tel: 054-254-3626

Branches (15 branches in the prefecture)

Kamo Branch, Tagata Branch, Tozu Branch, Mishima Branch, Sunto Branch, Numazu Branch, Fuji Branch
Shizuoka Branch (Seian Oﬃce, Shizuoka Oﬃce), Shida Branch, Haibara Branch, Ogasa Branch,Banshu Branch,Hamamatsu Branch, Kosai Branch, High School Branch

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Business introduction

Guidance on joining the Shizuoka Teachers and Staﬀ Mutual Aid Association
Medical expenses beneﬁts are deﬁned as core sector, health sector and welfare

sector implemented.For details, please see the Mutual Aid Association homepage.

Supports stability in life
In case of hospital visits for illness or injury
・medical expenses beneﬁts

For visits hospital (medical/dental, inpatient/outpatient) within the same month when receiving

medical treatment covered by insurance.
Prescription drug cost are also calculated (Beneﬁts for medical treatment less than 100 yen are rounded down)(Example) The beneﬁt amount when paying 7,500 yen at a hospital medical treatment covered by insurance(7,500 yen - 3,000 yen) × 0.95 = 4,275 yen → beneﬁt amount of 4,200 yen
Payment amount at thehospital

Mutual Aid Beneﬁts for Medical Expenses 4,200yen.

7500 yen

Final co-paymento amount

3,300 yen・Family medical expenses beneﬁt

Beneﬁts for dependents of union members (certiﬁed under health insurance) use the same calculation method
as medical care beneﬁts※billing method.Beneﬁts are paid through your place of work.
※Additional beneﬁts from mutual aid associationswill be deducted, and beneﬁts will be paid up to the amount ofthe medical expenses that the person actually bears.
Final co-pay amount

Mutual Aid Beneﬁts for Medical Expenses

Beneﬁts of aﬃliated mutual aid associations※The calculation method is scheduled to be changed from medical treatment in January 2023 (published in the Mutual Aid Newspaper in October and November 2022)

Support for life events・Monetary wedding gift

20,000 yen when a union member marries during the union membership period or within 3 months after retirement

・Maternity allowance

When a union member or a union member's spouse gives birth 20,000 yen per child

Support for health management

・Inﬂuenza Vaccination Subsidy

Subsidies provided for up to 2,000 yen for the cost of vaccinations given once during the year as a union member

・Subsidies for medical examinations

Subsidies up to 5,000 yen for the cost of medical examinations.
Colorectal cancer screening, dental (periodontal disease) screening, hepatitis screening, breast cancer screening
cervical cancer screening, osteoporosis screening, prostate cancer screening, PET screening
new coronavirus PCR screening

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Supporting a richer life
・Mutual aid newspaper (distributed via the aﬃliated oﬃce)

Introducing Mutual Aid Associations and disseminating information useful for daily life Issued on the 1st of
odd-numbered months

・Ticket sales

Gojomaru Ticket Service （Ticket Bia Web Ticket Service）

Arrangement of tickets for concerts and events held in the prefecture at preferential or discounted prices
Tokyo Disney Resort Corporate Program … Arrangement of vouchers that can be used to purchase park tickets

Contributions for the promotion and development of local culture・school tour performance

Holding school concerts at schools, etc.

・performing arts performance

Holding concerts, etc. through ticket arrangement

・educational lectures

Holding educational lectures at schools, etc.

Support for worries and concerns

・Consultation center

Telephone consultation (toll-free number, free consultation)Counselors will help ﬁnd solutions based on consultations. Reception hours: Tuesday to Friday (excluding holidays) 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Appointment of expert committee members

We introduce lawyers, tax accountants, and clinical psychologists. Mutual aid association will bear the ﬁrst consultation fee (consultation ticket)

・Marriage counselingDiscounts on the initial cost of joining a marriage information service company

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Nursing care leave benefits

Injury and sickness compensation

Disaster relief money

Disability payment

Death of Spouse

Monetary condolences in case of

Death condolence money

Monetary condolences in case ofMaternity allowance

Monetary wedding gift

Family medical expenses

Medical expenses

Benefit name□Benefit business(県費外)

Unpaid Salary ：monthly 20,000 yen + premium equivalentMore than 10 days off in a month 20,000 yen per month
Less than 10 days off in a month 10,000 yen per month

to sick leave

When a union member takes nursing care leave and partor all of his/her salary is reduced（As of September 2022）

Reduced Salary ：20,000 yen per month

5,000 yen to 300,000 yen

50,000 yen to 200,000 yen

100,000 yen

100,000 yen for members of less than 1 year.

200,000 yen

20,000 yen

When a union member receives a pay cut or no pay duefire, etc.

When a union member's residence is damaged by a flood,etc.

or injury and is issued a handicapped person's certificate,

When a member is physically handicapped due to illness

When the member's spouse dies

When a member dies(including stillbirth / miscarriage)

When a union member or her spouse gives birthcompany

member gets married within 3 months after leaving the20,000 yen※Non-payment when the calculated amount is less than 100 yen

covered by insurance due to illness, injury, etc.

When a union member gets married (when a union(Insurance applicable co-payment -3,000 yen) x 0.95

and prescription medicines.

insurance due to illness, injury, etc.

When a member's dependent receives medical treatment

Same month, hospital visits (medical/dental, inpatient/outpatient)

Benefit amount

Shizuoka Prefectural Teachers Mutual

When a member receives medical treatment covered byContent

Business inntrodution

As of April 1, subsidies for the cost of neural checkups for union members who have reached the relevant age

Assistance with participation fees for training trips (recommended plans)

Neural medical assistanceStudy trip assistanceHolding concerts, etc.

Holding a school concert

Co-sponsored a lecture

School tour performance

Educational lecture

Content（As of September 2022）Mutual aid newspaper (published in odd-numbered months) and information provided on the Mutual Aid Association website

contracted company

Inheritance-related business mediation Discounts on fees for various procedures related to inheritance and inheritance at a

Discounts for members of a contracted marriage information service company

Telephone consultation (free consultation, confidentiality)

Shosoin Exhibition, Kabuki Appreciation, and Fieldwork Held

Performing arts performance

Benefit type

□Public service support

PR business

Consultation business

Cultural businessArrangement of tickets for the Tokyo Disney Resort Corporate Program

Arrangement of tickets for concerts and events held in the prefecture at preferential or discounted prices

Subsidies up to 2,000 yen for various vaccination costs

Influenza Vaccination Subsidy

Ticket sales

A subsidy of up to 5,000 yen for medical examinations conducted by local governments

ContentShizuoka Prefectural Teachers Mutual

Health check subsidy sector

Benefit type

□Welfare and cultural benefits(県費外)