Career Support

Part-time regular employee system

When it becomes difficult to continue working full-time due to life stages such as child-rearing or elderly care, employees may be forced to leave their regular employee status and enter into a new employment contract. In Japan's working environment, if an employment contract is changed to a contract employee status, there is a risk of suffering significant disadvantages in the future. In April 2011, thanks to the efforts of our committee, a part-time regular employee system was introduced, which allows employees to continue working as regular employees.

Overview of the system

When there was no part-time full-time employee system and employees had to switch to working as part-time contract employees, there were the following disadvantages:

• Even though I still wanted to continue working, I had to write a letter of resignation.
• Your retirement benefits will be liquidated when you switch.
• Since temporary employment is a fixed-term contract of one year, future employment is uncertain.
• If you are no longer a full-time employee, you may no longer be eligible for childcare or family care leave.
• Licensed daycare centers and after-school care centers are primarily for full-time workers, so admission is given lower priority.
• There is a negative image of work history

We will continue to closely monitor the content and results of the part-time full-time employee system and continue discussions to make it an even better system.