Employment Services for the Persons with Disabilities

Local Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities and Large Region Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities provide vocational rehabilitation* services to meet the various needs of persons with disabilities and the employers in order to promote the employment and employment security of disabled individuals.

* In the Law for Employment Promotion of Persons with Disabilities, “vocational rehabilitation” is defined as taking the measures stipulated in the Law, including vocational guidance, vocational training, and employment placement, for promoting vocational independence of persons with disabilities (Article 2, Paragraph 7).

Page Promotion of Vocational Rehabilitation Services

In order to promote the development of infrastructures and improvement of the quality of vocational rehabilitation services, the National Institute of Vocational Rehabilitation (NIVR) conducts research on vocational rehabilitation services, development of techniques, and training of professional personnel.

Page Vocational Rehabilitation Research and Training

The employment of persons with disabilities (persons with physical, intellectual and/or mental disabilities)in many cases requires employers to take special steps, such as workplace facility and equipment modifications, workplace environment changes, and adoption of special personnel management programs.Since these measures involve a financial outlay, an economic imbalance arises between employers who fulfill their social responsibility to employ disabled workers and those who do not.
The Levy and Grant System for Employing Persons with Disabilities is based on the principle of collective social responsibility, which claims that the responsibility for employing persons with disabilities must be borne equally by all the employers. Based on the Law for Employment Promotion of Persons with Disabilities, this system has been set up to balance the financial burdens that accompany employment of persons with disabilities among the employers, as well as to provide support and advice to employers in order to promote and secure employment of persons with disabilities.

Page Levy and Grant System for Employing Persons with Disabilities

Support for Employers Concerning Disability Employment

Educational Activities Concerning Disability Employment