The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare investigated the situation as of June last year regarding securing employment opportunities that can continue to work until the age of 70, which is an obligation of companies to make efforts, and as a result, only one in four companies responded. I found out.

As the number of elderly people who continue to work increases, a law was enacted in April last year that obliges companies to secure employment opportunities so that they can continue working until the age of 70 if they wish.



The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare surveyed more than 230,000 companies with 21 or more employees regarding the employment situation of the elderly as of June 1, last year, and announced the results on the 24th.



According to this, it was found that 25.6% of the companies secured employment opportunities so that they could continue working until the age of 70, which was one in four companies.



Specifically,


▽ "Introduction of continuous employment system" was 19.7%,


▽ "Abolition of retirement age system" was 4%,


▽ "Retirement age increase" was 1.9%,


▽ "Introduction of outsourcing contracts and social contribution projects" It is

0.1%


.



Looking at the percentage of companies that have secured employment opportunities by size,


▽ large companies account for 17.8%, and


▽ small and medium-sized companies account for 26.2%


.



According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "A survey two months after the enforcement of the law confirmed that there are a certain number of companies that have secured employment opportunities up to the age of 70. I would like to work on the introduction and environment improvement. "