limiting the scope to present regular workers (former non-regular workers) who left their previous work in the past five years. It indicates that many of those were generally transferred to regular employment in the same industry as their previous work. This tendency is notable in medical and welfare, construction, education and learning support industries. According to Table 74 that shows labour turnovers by occupation, the proportion of turnovers to regular employment is largest in the same occupation. In particular, professional and engineering workers make up the majority. This shows that the accumulation of advanced knowledge and skills through work is effective for the shift to regular employment. Figure 75 shows more detailed occupational classifications. Occupations with a large number of workers who moved to regular employment include: sales (70.6%) - a remarkably high ratio of shift to regular employment (6.8% in proportion of those who moved to regular employment in the occupation to the total number of workers who moved to regular employment), followed by nurse (49.0%) (3.4% in proportion), automobile drivers (47.1%) (3.8% in proportion) and construction and engineering workers (45.7%) (3.3% in proportion). On the other hand, the ratio of shift to regular employment is low in service workers and carrying, cleaning, packaging and related workers.

Figure 70: Changes in the ratio of employees by period of employment contract and position at the workplace

☐ Looking at the increase of non-regular employment after 1992 by period of employment contract, the ratio of non-regular employees increased (even in "temporary/daily employees"), while the ratio of "permanent" non-regular employees is increasing.

Source: Compiled independently by the Office of Counselor for Labour Policy, MHLW, questionnaire data of the “Basic Statistical Survey on Employment Structure” Statistics Bureau, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications

(Note) 1) "Temporary/daily employees" refer to those whose employment contract is less than 1 year. "Permanent employees" are calculated for those whose employment contract is not less than 1 year in the 2012 survey (specifically, of fixed-term employees, those whose contract period is "more than 1 year and less than 3 years," "more than 3 years and less than 5 years," and "other period" plus "no fixed employment contract period," and "unknown period."

2) Limited to employees who "mainly work" here.

3) "Regular" and "non-regular" in the figure mean "regular staff/employees" and "part-time employees," "workers dispatched by temporary staffing agencies," "contract employees," "temporary employees" and "other non-regular workers" in the survey, respectively.

## Figure 71: Ratio of non-regular employees who wish to become regular employees

Of non-regular workers, the ratio of workers who wish to become a regular employee is in an increasing trend.

Source: "General Survey on Diversified Types of Employment" Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

(Note) 1) "Ratio of non-regular employees who wish to become a regular employee" is determined by multiplying the ratio of non-regular workers who answered that "they wish to work in a different employment form in the current company or other company" by those who answered that they "wish to become a regular employee."

2) Total includes temporary and temporarily relocated employees.