Prime Minister Abe Takes more than one month of childcare leave for male civil servants Instructs to examine specific measures November 1 11:28
Prime Minister Abe says that in order to improve the male childcare leave acquisition rate, it is first necessary for national civil servants to take the initiative and make bold efforts. I instructed the Minister in charge of the National Public Service System for Takeda to consider specific measures.
At the ministerial meeting held after the cabinet meeting on the 1st, the minister in charge of the national civil servant system, Takeda said, “From the perspective of ensuring that male national civil servants have time to participate in childcare, all male employees who have children were 1 the prospect of more months, aims to be able to get the vacation-leave due to child care, I said I want to go to drastic measures. "
In response, Prime Minister Abe said, “It is important for government officials to take the initiative and make bold efforts to improve the acquisition rate of childcare leave, etc. in Japan as a whole. Minister Takeda has been instructed to immediately consider appropriate initiatives.
In response to this, Minister Takeda will compile concrete measures to allow male government officials to take childcare leave and leave accompanying spouse's childbirth for more than a month. It is.
According to the Cabinet Personnel Bureau, the rate of childcare leave for male national civil servants is on the rise, but it was still low at 12.4% last year, and the proportion of those who took childcare leave for more than one month was 30%. It remains to the extent.
Secretary-General “I want to move forward with the government”
Secretary of the Secretariat said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting, “Making childcare leave for men is extremely important from the perspective of men's childcare participation, women's active participation, and ultimately measures against the declining birthrate. It is an indispensable effort to realize that it is important for government officials to take the bold initiative to become a model for private enterprises in order to promote the movement of the entire country. I would like to move forward. "