## Employment Measures for the Elderly

## Overview Structure of FY2014 Employment Measures for the Elderly

## [1] Obligation to implement employment security measures for the elderly

○ Enlightenment instructions are provided at Hello Works, etc. to business operators that set the mandatory retirement age of younger than 65 to either [1] raise the mandatory retirement age, [2] introduce a continued employment system, or [3] abolish the mandatory retirement age.

## [2] Enhancement/strengthening of reemployment support for the elderly

○ Enhancement/improvement of reemployment support through implementation of support regarding the review of work-life plans and employment support by employment support teams at major Hello Works nationwide and the holding of skills training in neighborhoods, thereby enabling the elderly to receive reemployment support without any undue worries.

• Implementation of general employment support projects for the elderly

(Implementation of employment support toward redesigning work-life plans and support by employment support teams, etc. through establishment of consultation desks for employment of the elderly at major Hello Works nationwide)

(Implementation of skills training and job-interviews, etc. in a unified manner in cooperation with business operator organizations and public employment security institutions, etc.)

• Provision of various subsidies, including subsidies for the employment development of designated job seekers

### [3] Promotion of employment of the elderly in regions, etc. toward realizing an “Ageless Society”

## [Support for enterprises] Promotion of employment of the elderly toward realizing an “ageless society” in which people can work according to their motivation and ability to work and regardless of their age

○ Enhancement of support for enterprises that allow workers to continue to work regardless of their age, and development of a social sentiment toward realization of an ageless society, including the holding of seminars for people to reconsider how to live their lives after retiring at the mandatory retirement age.

• Implementation of ageless society realization projects

(Development of regional sentiments through the model efforts of core enterprises in regions, implementation of consultations for business operators on employment management that aims at an ageless society, and holding seminars on work-life plans for the elderly, etc.)

• Provision of subsidies for improved employment security for the elderly

(Subsidies for business operators that develop employment environments for the elderly)

• Consultations and assistance for business operators by the Japan Organization for Employment of the Elderly, Persons with Disabilities and Job Seekers

## [Regional support for the elderly] Expanding the places where the elderly can work or engage in activities to support society

○ Expanding members and employment opportunities and securing employment opportunities that suit the various employment needs of the elderly after they have retired at the mandatory retirement age, etc. through utilization of the Silver Human Resource Centers’ Project toward the realization of an ageless society in which the elderly play active roles as supporters of society.

• Promotion of Silver Human Resource Centers’ Projects

• Implementation of ageless society realization projects (repeat)

(• Promotion of active roles of the elderly toward the realization of an ageless society through utilization of “regional human resource development projects” implemented with FY2013 supplementary budget)