According to the National Personnel Authority, the National Personnel Authority investigated the working conditions of national civil servants in the second year of Reiwa, when the infection of the new corona spread, and found that the percentage of employees who worked overtime exceeding the upper limit was higher than the previous year depending on the department, such as corona response. It turned out that it increased by nearly 5 points.
Regarding the overtime hours of national government employees, in departments where the amount of work is determined beyond the framework of ministries and agencies such as parliamentary response and budget negotiations, the upper limit is set by the National Personnel Authority rules so that it is less than 100 hours a month and 720 hours a year or less. Exceeding the upper limit is permitted as a special case only when responding to a large-scale disaster or when formulating an important policy.
When the National Personnel Authority investigated the work situation in Reiwa 2 when the infection of the new corona spread, it was found that the percentage of employees who worked overtime exceeding the upper limit was 13.6%, an increase of 4.9 points from the previous year. rice field.
The most common reason for exceeding the upper limit was "parliamentary work" at 20.2%, followed by "new corona measures-related work" at 18.8% and "budget / accounting-related work" at 11.5%.
The number of staff members for "new corona countermeasure-related work" has increased 1.9 times from the previous year, and the National Personnel Authority says that it is the cause of the increase in the upper limit.
The National Personnel Authority said, "Although the response to the new corona continues after that, the boss grasps the overtime situation of the staff in the middle of the month and asks for improvement measures if there is a lot of overtime, etc. I want to be thorough. "