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is the
Japanese English name for the
Japanese government
The Government of Japan consists of legislative, executive and judiciary branches and is based on popular sovereignty. The Government runs under the framework established by the Constitution of Japan, adopted in 1947. It is a unitary state, c ...
's Employment Service Center, it is a public institution based on the Employment Service Convention No. 88 (ratified in Japan on 20 October 1953) under Article 23 of the Japanese
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
The is a cabinet level ministry of the Japanese government. It is commonly known as in Japan. The ministry provides services on health, labour and welfare.
It was formed with the merger of the former Ministry of Health and Welfare or and the ...
. Hello Work offices maintain an extensive database of recent job offers made accessible to job seekers via an in-house
intranet
An intranet is a computer network for sharing information, easier communication, collaboration tools, operational systems, and other computing services within an organization, usually to the exclusion of access by outsiders. The term is used in c ...
system and over the
internet
The Internet (or internet) is the global system of interconnected computer networks that uses the Internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to communicate between networks and devices. It is a '' network of networks'' that consists of private, pub ...
. Additionally, it manages
unemployment insurance
Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by authorized bodies to unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are funded by a comp ...
benefits for both Japanese and
foreign
Foreign may refer to:
Government
* Foreign policy, how a country interacts with other countries
* Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in many countries
** Foreign Office, a department of the UK government
** Foreign office and foreign minister
* Unit ...
unemployed workers, a means tested allowance paid to low-income job seekers without employment insurance who participate in
vocational training
Vocational education is education that prepares people to work as a technician or to take up employment in a skilled craft or trade as a tradesperson or artisan. Vocational Education can also be seen as that type of education given to an ind ...
, and also provides job-matching programs to the unemployed.
Operations
Facilities
There are 544 main offices countrywide that are responsible for administering
unemployment benefits
Unemployment benefits, also called unemployment insurance, unemployment payment, unemployment compensation, or simply unemployment, are payments made by authorized bodies to unemployment, unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are fun ...
, providing
job search support and placement to registered job seekers. As of October 2013 the offices employ 32 765 and serve over 6.6 million people. The core of employment services – placement and counseling – are publicly provided but many of the other services can be outsourced to the
prefecture
A prefecture (from the Latin ''Praefectura'') is an administrative jurisdiction traditionally governed by an appointed prefect. This can be a regional or local government subdivision in various countries, or a subdivision in certain international ...
and local governments.
Services
Services for job-seekers
Hello Work provides job-seekers with two major services:
* Job application procedures (job application, employment consultation, occupation introduction)
* Employment Insurance Procedures (Unemployment etc. benefits, Employment promotion benefits, Education training benefits, continued employment benefits (continued employment of older people,
childcare
Child care, otherwise known as day care, is the care and supervision of a child or multiple children at a time, whose ages range from two weeks of age to 18 years. Although most parents spend a significant amount of time caring for their child(r ...
leave, nursing care leave))
Other services include providing information on employment/work, required qualifications and experience for finding employment, information on vocational training courses, etc.
Services for young job-seekers
Young job seekers benefit from specialized services with dedicated resources through two additional types of front offices:
* Hello Work for New Graduates was established in 2010 and provides job search support (including job openings and supporting career
guidance counselors in schools and universities) for
student
A student is a person enrolled in a school or other educational institution.
In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementar ...
and young people who graduated from
high school
A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...
or
higher education
Higher education is tertiary education leading to award of an academic degree. Higher education, also called post-secondary education, third-level or tertiary education, is an optional final stage of formal learning that occurs after completi ...
within the last three years and have little to no job experience. There are 57 offices as of 2017.
* Hello Work for Youth was established in 2012 and provides intensified job search assistance,
interview
An interview is a structured conversation where one participant asks questions, and the other provides answers.Merriam Webster DictionaryInterview Dictionary definition, Retrieved February 16, 2016 In common parlance, the word "interview" ...
training and placement to job seekers with previous experience up to the age of 45.
Psychologist
A psychologist is a professional who practices psychology and studies mental states, perceptual, cognitive, emotional, and social processes and behavior. Their work often involves the experimentation, observation, and interpretation of how indi ...
consultations and
aptitude tests
An examination (exam or evaluation) or test is an educational assessment intended to measure a test-taker's knowledge, skill, aptitude, physical fitness, or classification in many other topics (e.g., beliefs). A test may be administered verba ...
are also offered. There are 28 offices as of 2017.
Services for foreign job-seekers
Hello Work recommends that
foreign residents in Japan improve their
Japanese language
is spoken natively by about 128 million people, primarily by Japanese people and primarily in Japan, the only country where it is the national language. Japanese belongs to the Japonic or Japanese- Ryukyuan language family. There have been ma ...
skills, and as a way to do this it suggests Japanese classes. Tokyo Hello Work suggests the "Tokyo Nihongo Volunteer Network", founded in 1993, which offers free Japanese lessons. Almost-free Japanese classes are also offered by many
Japanese "International Society" NPOs funded by local governments throughout Japan.
Not all offices offer services in languages other than Japanese. Those that do only offer them during limited hours and in limited languages. Usually
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
and
Mandarin Chinese
Mandarin (; ) is a group of Chinese (Sinitic) dialects that are natively spoken across most of northern and southwestern China. The group includes the Beijing dialect, the basis of the phonology of Standard Chinese, the official language of ...
services are available, and some offices offer services in
Spanish
Spanish might refer to:
* Items from or related to Spain:
**Spaniards are a nation and ethnic group indigenous to Spain
**Spanish language, spoken in Spain and many Latin American countries
**Spanish cuisine
Other places
* Spanish, Ontario, Cana ...
,
Portuguese
Portuguese may refer to:
* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
, or other languages. There are a number of centers that specialize in support for foreigners:
*Shinjuku Foreigners' Employment Assistance and Guidance Center
*Nagoya Employment Service Center for Foreigners
*Osaka Employment Service Center for Foreigners
*Hamamatsu Employment Service Center for Foreigners
Services for employers
Regarding employers, its main services are
human resources
Human resources (HR) is the set of people who make up the workforce of an organization, business sector, industry, or economy. A narrower concept is human capital, the knowledge and skills which the individuals command. Similar terms include m ...
(job offering, introduction of applicants) and application for employment insurance.
Hello Work also provides
subsidies
A subsidy or government incentive is a form of financial aid or support extended to an economic sector (business, or individual) generally with the aim of promoting economic and social policy. Although commonly extended from the government, the ter ...
and benefits for employers including:
* Subsidy for employers who have to perform employment adjustment.
*
Grants
Grant or Grants may refer to:
Places
*Grant County (disambiguation)
Australia
* Grant, Queensland, a locality in the Barcaldine Region, Queensland, Australia
United Kingdom
*Castle Grant
United States
* Grant, Alabama
*Grant, Inyo County, C ...
for employers hiring people.
* Grants for business owners who wish to start business or develop into new fields.
* Grants for business owners who do capacity development.
* Other grants.
Other services include employment management services (consultation and assistance concerning recruitment and placement, assistance for employment management of the elderly and disabled) and providing information.
Issues
Misleading job offers
An investigation had found that at least 41 percent of job advertisers were misleading job-seekers by listing exaggerated pay and conditions. Applicants reported being forced to work longer hours than described, and for less pay, and being told to sacrifice holidays they were entitled to by law.
Dangerous work overseas
In March 2005, a study published in the
Japanese Communist Party
The is a left-wing to far-left political party in Japan. With approximately 270,000 members belonging to 18,000 branches, it is one of the largest non-governing communist parties in the world.
The party advocates the establishment of a democr ...
’s agency newspaper ''
Shimbun Akahata
is the daily organ of the Japanese Communist Party in the form of a national newspaper. It was founded in 1928 and currently has both daily and weekly editions. '' found that recruitment of Japanese workers working in
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
as construction contractors with high salaries were undertaken in Japan and published as Job Openings on Hello Work. At the time, the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the government department responsible for the state's diplomacy, bilateral, and multilateral relations affairs as well as for providing support for a country's citizens who are abroad. The entit ...
had issued a recommendation for the evacuation of Japanese citizens in Iraq. According to Hello Work
Nagasaki
is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan.
It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
, although they had introduced two people, the company in question asked for a withdrawal of the job offer around March 10 of the same year.
Harassment case at the Hello Work office in Shizuoka city
A 40-year-old female part-time employee who was forced to take a temporary leave due to her boss at the Hello Work office in the
Shimizu Ward
is the easternmost of the three wards of the city of Shizuoka in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
History
Shimizu-ku was created on April 1, 2005, when Shizuoka became a city designated by government ordinance (a "designated city"). Its area is alm ...
of
Shizuoka City
is the capital city of Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, and the prefecture's second-largest city in both population and area. It has been populated since prehistoric times. the city had an estimated population of 690,881 in 106,087 households, and ...
on the 10th of August 2017 filed a suit against the
Shizuoka District Court for about 6.3 million
yen
The is the official currency of Japan. It is the third-most traded currency in the foreign exchange market, after the United States dollar (US$) and the euro. It is also widely used as a third reserve currency after the US dollar and the e ...
in
reparations. According to the complaint, in January 2015 the plaintiff's boss hit her left arm three times. The woman was subsequently diagnosed with
depression and
anxiety
Anxiety is an emotion which is characterized by an unpleasant state of inner turmoil and includes feelings of dread over anticipated events. Anxiety is different than fear in that the former is defined as the anticipation of a future threat wh ...
, taking a total of about 5 months of work.
References
External links
Sitemap (in English) of the official website of the Japan Employment Service CenterOfficial website (in Japanese)
{{Authority control
Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare
Employment agencies of Japan
Labor in Japan
Public employment service
Social security in Japan