In order to promote continuous employment until the age of 65, the introduction of post-retirement continuous employment systems will be encouraged and directed. Consultation and assistance concerning fair wages and personnel management will also be promoted. Furthermore, various subsidies concerning the employment of the elderly will be utilized.
For those elderly people whose wages have declined considerably since they were 60 years old, allowances for continuous employment of the elderly, which is part of employment insurance, will be utilized to respond to their will to work.
Considering physical and psychological changes associated with aging, efforts will be made to prevent industrial accidents and improve workers' health and working environments.
b. Securing diverse employment and working opportunities
As people get older, health and physical strength condition differs among individuals and their needs for working diversify. It is, therefore, necessary to provide diverse working opportunities while maintaining close cooperation among the parties concerned.
To help the unemployed elderly find new jobs, labor demand and supply coordinating functions of public employment security offices will be enhanced by promoting professional ability development, exploiting job offers, providing employment information and implementing reemployment assistance measures. Reemployment assistance programs offered for retired people by private organizations will also be promoted.
In addition, to help the elderly work at their own discretion, the special exemption system for labor dispatch programs concerning the elderly will be implemented appropriately and labor dispatch programs, which will be carried out by the Center for the Utilization of the Professional Experience for the Elderly, will be promoted.
Furthermore, in order to provide temporary and short-term employment opportunities after retirement on a regional basis, silver human resource center programs will be enhanced, including the expansion of target areas.
So that working people can prepare for their lives when they get old or after retirement, assistance programs, such as information services, provided by private organizations, etc. will also be promoted.
(2) Helping working people exhibit their abilities throughout their lives
a. Ability development over long professional careers
