Annual Report
FY2009
(April 2009 ～ March 2010)
National Personnel Authority
Government of Japan
In compliance with Article 24 of the National Public Service Act, the
National Personnel Authority submits its Annual Report to the Diet and the
Cabinet every year.
This English version is based on extracts from the original Japanese report.
Foreword
Number and Type of Public Employees
An Introduction to the NPA
Volume One - Personnel Administration
Part 1. Major Trends in Personnel Administration in the Past Year and Future
Challenges
Section 1. Securing and Developing Human Resources
1. Efforts towards a Fundamental Review of Recruitment Examinations
2. Development of Public Employees that Fit Contemporary Need
3. Promotion of Activities to Secure Human Resources
4. Expansion in the Recruitment of Experienced Personnel /Conducting of the
National Public Employee Mid-career Recruitment Examination
5. Promotion of Personnel Exchanges with the Private Sector
6. Expanded Employment and Promotion of Female Participation in the Public
Service
Section 2. Ensuring Proper Remuneration of Public Employees
NPA Recommendations for May 2009
1. Report and Recommendations
2. Treatment of Remuneration Recommendations
3. Revision of the Remuneration Act, etc., Based on Remuneration Recommendations
NPA Recommendations for August 2009
1. Report and Recommendations
2. Treatment of Remuneration Recommendations
3. Revision of the Remuneration Act, etc., Based on Remuneration Recommendations
Section 3. Consideration of the Employment of Elderly Public Employees
1. Recommendations on the Gradual Extension of the Mandatory Retirement Age
up to 65 years old and Efforts toward the Realization of this
2. Improving Work Environment to Encourage Work until the retirement age
of 60, in accordance with the Prohibition to Mediate Reemployment
Section 4. Improvement of Working Environment, etc.
1. Offer of Opinions on the Revision of the Child Care Leave Act
2. Revision of the Child Care Leave Act, etc., in accordance with the Opinions
of the NPA
3. Review of the System Pertaining to Overtime Work
4. Enhancement, etc. of Mental Health Care Measures
5. Improvement of the System for Part-time Employees
Section 5. Appropriate Response to Objections filed and Complaint Counseling
1. Tackling of Troubleshooting Counseling and Filing Objections etc.
Concerning the Implementation of a New Personnel Evaluation System
2. Appeals for Review Pertaining to Dismissals Due to Changes in Status
Associated with the Abolition of the Social Insurance Agency
Section 6. Promotion of Personnel Management Based on Ability and Performance
1. Introduction of a New Personnel Evaluation System
2. Supporting the Utilization of Evaluation Results
3. Efforts on Training Regarding Evaluation
II. The Labor-Management Relationships of National Public Employees in
Foreign Countries
1. Perspectives of Consideration
2. The United Kingdom
3. Germany
4. France
5. The United States
Part 3. NPA Activities in FY 2009
Chapter 1. Appointment of
Employees
Section 1. Recruitment
Examinations
1. Securing Human Resources
2. Recruitment Examinations
3. Method of Recruitment
Examinations
4. Review of the qualifications to take the recruitment examination for Aeronautical
Safety College Students
5. Conducting Recruitment Examinations
Section 2. The Situation Relating to Appointments
1. The Recruitment Situation
2. Situation Related to
Incumbency and Separation
3. Appointment to Specified Government Positions (Directors at headquarters,
etc.)
4. Promotion of Level Ⅱ and Ⅲ Employees to Senior Posts
Section 3. Promoting Recruitment of Human Resources from the Private Sector
1. Recruiting Personnel from
the Private Sector for the Invigoration of the Public Sector
2. Fixed-Term Employment
3. Fixed-Term Employment of Researchers
4. Utilization Status of the Experienced Personnel Recruitment System
5. Personnel Exchanges between
the Government and the Private Sector
Section 4. Situation Related to
Changes in Employment Status
Section 5. Dispatch to Law
Schools
Chapter 2. Human Resources Development
Section 1. Outline of Training Systems for National Public
Employees
Section 2. Training Courses Given by the NPA
1. Training by Levels of
Positions
2. Dispatch Training
3. Training to Improve Personnel Evaluation
Abilities
4. Training Courses per Theme and per Specific
Personnel
5. Training courses for Fostering Instructors
Section 3. Training Courses Conducted by the Cabinet Office and
Each Ministry
1. Training Courses Conducted by the Cabinet
Office and Each Ministry
2. Support for the Cabinet Office and Each Ministry
Section 4. Overseas study costs
repayment system
Chapter 3. Remuneration of Employees
Section 1. Report and Recommendations on
Remuneration
1. Mechanism for Remuneration Recommendations
2. 2009 Report and Recommendation
3. Survey of the Remuneration of National Public
Employees
4. Survey of Job-by-job Pay Rates in Private
Sector
Section 2. Implementation of the Remuneration Act, etc.
1. Amendments to Remuneration
System not based on Remuneration Recommendations
2. Revision of the Fixed Numbers of Staff in
Each Grade of the Salary Schedule, etc.
3. Disclosure of Remuneration Levels in Incorporated Administrative Agencies,
etc.
Chapter 4. Working Hours
and Leave
1. Overtime Work
2. Survey on Working Hours and Leave Systems
Chapter 5. Employee
Welfare and Efficiency
Section 1. Health and Safety
Measures
1. Promotion of Health Management
2. Ensuring Safety
3. Instructions on Health and Safety Management
Section 2. Measures to Prevent
Sexual Harassment
1. Meetings for Officials Who Engage in Measures to Prevent Sexual Harassment
2. Sexual Harassment Prevention Week for National Public Employees
3. Development and Implementation of Training Materials to Prevent Sexual
Harassment
Section 3. System for Child-care
Support, etc.
1. Expansion of the Child-care Leave System
2. Child-care Leave Actually Taken, etc.
Section 4. Leave for
Self-Development, etc.
Chapter 6. Accident
Compensation
Section 1. Revision of the
Accident Compensation System, etc.
1. Revision of Regulations in Accordance with the Revision of the Seaman’s
Insurance Act
2. Revision of Guaranteed Minimum, etc. for Average Remuneration
Section 2. Status of the
Implementation of the Accident Compensation System
Section 3. Operation of the Accident Compensation System
Appropriate Management of the Compensation System
1. Audit of Payrolls
2. Audit of Health and Safety Management
3. Audits of Implementation of Accident
Compensation
Chapter 8. Employee
Discipline and Disciplinary Action
Section 1. Service Discipline
Section 2. Disciplinary Action
1. Outline of the Disciplinary Action System and
Giving Instruction on Disciplinary Actions
2. The Situation Relating to Disciplinary
Action
Section 3. The Concurrent Holding of Positions
1. Concurrent Positions as Executive Members in Profit-making Enterprises
2. Concurrent Engagement in the Operation of a Business on an Employee’s
Own Account
3. Reports on Participating in the Management of Profit-making Enterprises
through the Holding of Stocks
Chapter 9. Planning Life
after Retirement
1. Implementing the
Re-appointment System
2. Support for Planning Life after Retirement
3. Status of Compulsory Retirement
Chapter 10. Employee
Organization
Section 1. Scope of Managerial
Personnel, etc.
Section 2. Registration of
Employee Organizations
Section 3. Officials Acting on Behalf of Employee Organization
1. Exclusive Engagement
2. Short Term Engagement
Section 4. Meetings with Employee
Organizations
Section 1. Objections in Relation
to Adverse Action
Section 2. Requests for Administrative
Action Regarding Working Conditions
Section 3. Requests for Review
Related to the Implementation of the Accident Compensation System and Requests
for Measures Related to Welfare Services
Section 4. Requests for
Reviews Related to Remuneration Decisions
Section 5. Complaints Counseling
Chapter 12. International
Cooperation
Section 1. Status of Personnel
Dispatches Based on the Employee Dispatching Act
Section 2. International
Cooperation and Exchange
1. The China-Japan-Korea Personnel Policy
Network
2. Cooperation with Developing Countries
3. Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program
4. Invitation Program for Foreign Government
Officials
5. Research Groups from Abroad
Chapter 13. Personnel and
Remuneration Duties Information System
Chapter 15. NPA President's Award and Exchanging Opinions with a Variety of Groups
Section 1. NPA President's Award
Section 2. Exchange of Opinions with a Variety of Groups
1. Exchanging Opinion on Public Service Issues
2. Exchange of Opinions with
Enterprise Owners
3. Exchanging Opinion with Advisors
4. Monitor Survey on National Public Employees and Visits to Public Service
Workplaces by Editorial Writers, etc.
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Volume Two -Activities of the National Public Service Ethics Board
Ethics Board Activities in FY 2009
Section 1. Awareness-raising Activities to Maintain Ethical
Standards
1. Thorough Familiarization
with the Ethics System and Public Relations Activities
2. Training on the Maintenance
of Ethical Standards Related to Official Duties of Public Employees
3. Hearing Opinions on the Ethics System
Section 2. Status of Reporting
System under the Ethics Act
1. Outline of the Reporting
System
2. Reports Submitted in Recent
Years
Section 3. Investigations and
Disciplinary Action for Suspected Violations of the Ethics Law, etc.
1. Outline of Investigations
and Disciplinary Procedures
2. Status of Investigations
and Disciplinary Action for Suspected Violations of the
Ethics Act, etc.
Appendix
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Government of Japan
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Published in February, 2011
NATIONAL PERSONNEL AUTHORITY