Guideline for improving the environment for freelance Government review meeting June 24, 18:11
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The government's all-generation social security review meeting has announced a draft interim report to be compiled on the 25th. In order to improve the working environment of people who work as freelancers, we will develop guidelines during the current fiscal year that include contractual agreements so as not to be disadvantaged when dealing with businesses.
The government's Council for All-Generation Social Security Review compiled an interim report in December last year, but the results of the subsequent discussions will be summarized as the "Second Interim Report," which will be summarized on the 25th. became.
Among them, it was pointed out that it is indispensable to expand free work appropriately in order to expand diverse work styles and employment of the elderly, and then we will provide guidelines for improving the working environment during this year. I am planning to formulate.
The guidelines stipulate that a contract document should be exchanged so as not to be disadvantaged when dealing with a business operator.
In addition, we are considering the expansion of coverage to make it easier for freelance workers to take out industrial accident insurance.
Regarding the increase in the minimum wage, it announced that it will stick to the policy of achieving an average national wage of 1,000 yen at an early stage, while SMEs have been placed this year due to the spread of the new coronavirus. We are considering the situation in consideration of the severe situation.
In order to reduce the economic burden of infertility treatment in measures against declining birthrate, treatments that have a clear effect have been considered, such as broadly considering the application of medical insurance and expanding support.
With regard to nursing care, where there is a serious labor shortage, we are promoting the use of cutting-edge technologies such as sensors to monitor the elderly so that the number of people can be reduced while maintaining the quality of service.
It also includes taking necessary measures, assuming that new infections of the new coronavirus are causing new social security issues such as a decrease in the number of elderly people going out and an increase in suicides.
On the other hand, regarding the medical field, including the concrete system design to raise the burden of medical expenses for late-stage elderly, we postponed the final report at the end of this year.