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Work style reform

On this page, through various work styles, including telework, we will introduce various and flexible work styles spread to small and medium-sized enterprises and citizens in the city, and to become a comfortable town.

Last Updated October 1, 2023

About teleworking

The Telework Comprehensive Portal Site, a portal site established by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW) offers a variety of information on teleworking.

Freelancers

On the website of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, you can see various information such as guidelines on freelance for those who work as freelancers and businesses that outsource their work to freelancers.

Prevention of overwork death

In November 2014, the Law Concerning the Prevention of Overwork Death, etc. was enacted, and in July 2021, the government established the "General Rules for Measures to Prevent Overwork Death". The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and other related organizations will be introduced on initiatives aimed at achieving "zero overwork death".

Other related sites

The Kanagawa Work Style Reform Promotion Support Center provides consultation on work style reforms for business owners of small and medium-sized businesses and small businesses.

(conducted in previous fiscal year) Online seminar “Basic knowledge of childcare leave and new mechanisms from FY2022” “Is this also harassment? - the gray zone that lurks in you."

Details of implementation

Regarding the content of the revision and measures to address the "Childcare and Family Care Leave Law" and the "Act on the Regulation of Women's Participation and Harasssment Regulation Law", which required many companies need to take action from fiscal 2022.
We implemented a system that allows employees to easily understand the system that can be used by corporate managers, personnel and labor managers, and employees, as well as employees.

Content

Part 1 “Basic Knowledge of Childcare Leave and New Mechanisms from FY2022” (15 minutes)

 We introduced examples of how to take childcare leave, examples of acquisition patterns and benefits by couples.

■Main topics
 ・Outline of childcare leave system (exceptional "papa leave" for parents to work together
  "Papa and mom's childcare leave plus, etc.)
 ・Childcare leave benefits (with income during childcare leave)
 ・Timing and duration of taking childcare leave (Introducing the four patterns acquired by couples)
  (Acquisition in two separate installments immediately after childbirth and after returning to his wife))
 ・Revision of the Childcare and Family Care Leave Law (enforced on April 1, 2022)
  Etc.

Part 2 "Is this also harassment?" ~ Gray Zone lurking in you ~" (15 minutes)

 I would like to explain the stages and types of harassment.

■Main topics
 ・Overview of the Harassment Regulation Law
  (Large companies from June 2020, small and medium-sized enterprises, April 2022, etc.)
 ・Types of harassment in the workplace
 ・"Power Harassment" stage ("The state that cannot be said to be power harassment" to "irrecoverable"
  Introducing the four stages from here.)
 ・About "Matahara-Patahara"
 ・Prevention of Harassment (practical points)
  Etc.

(Past-year business) Online Seminar "WITH Corona Work Style Reform"

Details of implementation

Content

Part 1 "Points of the same labor system as telework situation"--Kanagawa Work Style Reform Promotion Support Center Social Insurance and Labor Consultant Hidemi Kiryu (30 minutes)

 We explained the current status of telework introduction by companies, which have been introduced due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, and introduced points to be addressed regarding the "same wage and same labor system" that came into effect in April 2021.

Part 2: “Various Corporate Support Menu: There are still and planned in the future” - by representatives in charge of the country, Kanagawa Prefecture, and Yokohama City ~ (30 minutes)

 Persons in charge of the government (Work Style Reform Promotion Support Center), Kanagawa Prefecture, and Yokohama City will introduce the support menu for companies and employees that are currently available and those that are scheduled to be implemented in the future. I did it.

Part 3 "Interview with Work Style Reform" Companies -Oak Co., Ltd. (IT company) / Yoshioka Seiko Co., Ltd. (Manufacturing) -(20 minutes)

 What kind of hurdle for small and medium-sized enterprises in Yokohama, which had been pursuing work style reforms?
I heard the real voice of what measures were taken to overcome it, and how to do it in the future.

Interview with Oak Corporation (IT company)

(Part 3 and 1)

 We have been working on work style reform from an early stage and have been selected as one of the Top 100 Telework Pioneers (conducted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications).
We talked about the follow-up of employees who were aware of when transitioning to a teleworking system, the personnel system, and the difficulties of newcomers.

Interview with Yoshioka Seiko Co., Ltd. (Manufacturing Industry)

 We have been certified as a "Yokohama Intellectual Property Mirai Company" (conducted by Economic Affairs Bureau, Yokohama).
He talked about the efficiency of paper digitization and teleworking in the manufacturing industry.

(Previous fiscal year) Yokohama Work Style Innovation Promotion Business

While the working population was declining, we promoted measures for creating diverse and flexible working styles in companies targeting small and medium-sized businesses and citizens in the city.

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For inquiries to this page

Economic Affairs Bureau, Civil Economy and Labor Department

Phone: 045-671-2341

Phone: 045-671-2341

Fax: 045-664-9188

Email address: ke-koyo@city.yokohama.jp

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