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Employment Services for the Elderly

Support for Employers Concerning Elderly Employment

JEED seeks to realize a society with lifelong employment by providing counseling and other forms of support to employers on technical issues concerning (1) the supply of grants and (2) employment of the elderly as well as conducting research/surveys on the development of practical methods and publicity activities based on the Law Concerning Stabilization of Employment of the Elderly. These supports aim to facilitate employers’ initiatives in the development of companies where people can work regardless of their age.

1.Providing Grants to Stabilize Employment of the Elderly

Grants to Promote Employment of the Elderly over 65

This grant is provided to employers in order to realize a society with lifelong employment where the elderly can work regardless of age as long as they have the will and the ability to work. The grant is composed of the following 3programs.

  • Grant to Promote the Continuous Employment of the Elderly over 65
  • Grant to Improve Employment Management including the Evaluation System for the Elderly
  • Grant to Transfer Elderly Workers’ Employment to Non-fixed Term

Guide to the grant system for promoting continuous employment of the elderly over 65 (FY2023 version)

Video explanation of the grant system for promoting continuous employment of the elderly over 65 (FY2023 version)

Requests for counseling and applications for grants should be submitted to the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities Services Department of the respective JEED prefectural offices. (Business Handling Department in Tokyo and Osaka prefectural offices.) (See our website (Japanese) (https://www.jeed.go.jp/location/index.html) for locations, etc.)

2.Counseling and Assistance for Securing Employment Opportunities for the Elderly up to age 70.

The April 2021 revision of the Law Concerning Continuous Employment of the Elderly has created new obligations for the government to secure continuous employment opportunities for the elderly and increase the age of retirement. At JEED, we have commissioned a team of specialists with professional and practical skills, such as social insurance labor consultants, small- and medium-sized enterprise management consultants, and management and labor consultants, to serve Employment Planners* and Advisors for Employment of Older Workers. Our planners provide consultations and assistance to companies to help raise the retirement age and create continuous employment opportunities for workers up to age 70. Furthermore, when requested by the companies,Advisors will provide training for the corporate workplace managers, as well as for middle-aged and older employees to strengthen their motivation.

Counseling/advice for those up to age 70 from Employment Planners and/or Advisors for Employment of Older Workers

Procedure relating to counseling/advice for those up to age 70 from Employment Planners and/or Advisors for Employment of the Elderly

*Name changed in April 2023 from ‘Employment planners for employment of the elderly over 65’

3.Development of Practical Methods

Considering the falling birthrate and aging population as well as a future shrinking labor force in our country, it has become increasingly essential for the elderly to play an active role in supporting our society.
Given the circumstances, in order to ensure employment up to the age of 70 to realize a society with lifelong employment, JEED develops practical methods pertaining to the expansion of job categories and the
reexamination of wages, personnel management systems,and training programs while fully grasping the challenges and needs of companies and clarifying the solutions and areas of improvement for them to ensure
that the elderly become a substantial part of the workforce.
Practical methods developed by JEED are compiled into reports, and summaries are provided on the website to be used in work settings as a reference for corporate approaches to the employment of the elderly. More so,
they are used by Employment Planners and Advisors as explanatory materials when conducting counseling and support activities at companies. Furthermore, Employment Planners and Advisors utilize these materials to improve
their knowledge and consulting/supporting skills.
These contents can also be found in the material published on TV, in newspapers, news outlets, and magazines.

Helpful Career Tips for Active Aging in the Workplace

Guideline for Promoting Employment of Elderly by Industries

Manual for Promoting Employment of the Elderly until 70

Collection of Cases Promoting Employment of the Elderly up to age 70

Educational Activities Concerning Elderly Employment

1.Educational Activities to Realize a Society with Lifelong Employment

JEED collects and provides information on employers’ good practices in order to disseminate and promote the concept of companies where people can work regardless of their age and to further propose improvement of systems related to the extension of continued employment and raising the retirement age with the aim of securing employment opportunities for the elderly until the age of 70.
JEED accumulates companies’ good initiatives that will help to improve the work environment for elderly workers and holds contests to recognize the best practices, with the awards ceremony at the Forum for Companies Providing Successful Employment to the Elderly being held every year in October, the designated Elderly Employment Support Month. In the Forum, companies have opportunities to introduce their initiatives. In addition, JEED makes efforts to promote understanding aimed at realizing a society with lifelong employment through local workshops, held for companies to present their improvement initiatives and creativity as well as exchange opinions, and symposia, held under the themes of Workplace ommunication, Career Reskilling, etc.
Also, JEED makes efforts to collect companies' various initiatives, including raising the retirement age with an aim to secure employment opportunities for the elderly up to the age of 70. The information on their good practices in elderly employment as well as measures to address an aging society are to be broadly disseminated to the general public and companies. This is done through the website that introduces companies with active elderly persons and the relevant outcomes, with the aim of building national momentum towards realizing a society with lifelong employment.

“Elder” - Elderly Employment Educational JournalEducational Journal

Forum for Companies with Active Elderly Persons (Contest Award Ceremony)

Collection of Cases of Companies with Active Elderly People （URL: https://www.elder.jeed.go.jp）

Tools supporting voluntary efforts of companies