Reform of Public Service System in Japan

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Reform of Public Service System in Japan

• MATSUMOTO, Hironori
• Headquarters of Administrative Reform
• The Japanese Government

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Type and Number of Public Personnel in Japan
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2 basic laws --- 5 pillars

• ? The amendment of National Public Service
  Law(July 2007)
• ? Fair post-retirement employment of retired
  officials
• ? Promoting personnel management based on
  competency and performance
• ? The Fundamental Law of Reform of National
  Public Service(June2008)
• ? Centralization of Senior Civil Services
  management
• ? Correction of favored treatment of certain
  officials
• ? Autonomous labor management relations

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? Fair post-retirement employment of retired
officials

• ?Points?
• Retired officials are often employed by the
  related business circles after the retirement
  from the public services.
• Inappropriate relationship between the public
  sector and the private sector.
• ?Measures?
• The regulations on the aged officials and retired
  officials
• ? Prohibition of inappropriate approaches from
  retired officials to currently employed officials
• ? Prohibition of job hunting for aged officials
  related to the business circles they are involved
  in
• ? Centralization of job placement for retired
  officials instead of that by each ministry as was
  previously done

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? Promoting personnel management based on
competency and performance

• ?Points?
• Promotion of public officials is in practice
  based on the length of years in public service.
• ? The seniority system
• ?Measures?
• Promotion based on competency and performance
• The establishment of fair and transparent
  personnel evaluation system.

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? Centralization of Senior Civil Services
management

• ?Points?
• The authorities of human resource management
  are divided to each Minister.
• ? Sectionalism of Ministries
• ?Measures?
• Establishment of the Cabinet Personnel Bureau
  (CPB)
• CPB advices job placement of SCS to Minister.
• CPB will screen candidates for SCS.

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? Correction of favored treatment of certain
officials

• ?Points?
• Officials who passed Higher Civil Service
  Examination at the entrance of public service are
  treated too favorably.
• They are also treated equally nevertheless
  their competencies are various.
• ? Entrance Examination determines the treatments
• ?Measures?
• Employment examination will be totally
  reformed.
• The special career developing courses opened
  for every highly-motivated and capable officials

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? Autonomous labor management relations

• ?Points?
• Fundamental Labor Rights for civil servants are
  partly restricted in Japan.

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? Autonomous labor management relations

• ?Measures?
• The Government should present benefits and
  costs of expanding the range of officials who
  have rights to conclude collective agreement on
  the labor conditions.