Foreword

Number and Type of Public Employees

An Introduction to the NPA

Volume 1 - Personnel Administration

　Part 1. Major Trends in Personnel Administration in the Past Year

　　　Chapter 1. Ensuring Proper Remuneration for Public Employees
　　　　　1. Recommendation and Report
　　　　　2. Treatment of the Remuneration Recommendation
　　　　　3. Retirement Allowance in the Public and Private Sectors

　　　Chapter 2. Reform of Working Styles and Improvement of Working Environments
　　　　　1. Improvement of Support for Work and Family Life
　　　　　2. Correction of Working Long Hours
　　　　　3. Preventive Measures against Harassment

　　　Chapter 3. Securing and Development of Diverse Human Resources
　　　　　1. Securing of Human Resources
　　　　　2. Further Improvement of Training

　　　Chapter 4. International Cooperation in Personnel Administration

　　　Chapter 5. Promotion of IT for Personnel Management Duties


　Part 2. Aiming at Realizing an Attractive Workplace in Public Service

　　　Introduction
　
　　　Chapter 1. Consciousness Survey on the Workplace in Public Service
　　　　Section 1. Survey Methodology
　　　　　1. Survey Methodology
　　　　　2. Target and Attributes
　　　　　3. Questions
　　　　　4. Response Status
　　　　Section 2. Survey Results
　　　　　1. Interpretation of Survey Results
　　　　　2. Results of Each Field
　　　　　3. Analysis of Each Question
　　　　　4. Analysis Based on Attributes
　　　　　5. Analysis of Correlations
　　　　　6. Relationship between Entire Consciousness and Other Fields

　　　Chapter 2. Attractiveness of the Workplace in Public Service Revealed by the Survey Results
　　　　Section 1. Attractiveness of Jobs
　　　　　1. Job to Serve People and Society
　　　　　2. Jobs to Promote Self-development through Challenge
　　　　Section 2. Compliance

　　　Chapter 3. Issues of the Workplace in Public Service Revealed by the Survey Results
　　　　Section 1. Issues Showing Improvements in Personnel Management
　　　　　1. Workplace Friendly to Women’s Activity
　　　　　2. Understanding toward Personnel Evaluation System
　　　　Section 2. Current Issues in Personnel Management
　　　　　1. Young Employees’ Awareness and Human Resource Development in the Workplace
　　　　　2. Awareness toward Treatment
　　　　Section 3. Decline in the Liveliness in the Workplace and Communication
　　　　　1. Streamlining of Duties and Communication
　　　　　2. Communication between Superiors and Subordinates
　　　　Section 4. Impact of Burden from Work
　　　　　1. Personnel Allocation Depending on the Workload and Overtime Work
　　　　　2. Workload and Stress
　
　　　Conclusion

　　　Addendum: Consciousness Survey of Government Employees in Each Country

　　 Part 3. NPA Activities in FY2016

　　　Chapter 1. Appointment and Dismissal of Employees
　　　　Section 1. Securing Human Resources
　　　　Section 2. Recruitment Examinations
　　　　　1. Recruitment Examination Conducted in FY2016
　　　　　2. Improvements in the Recruitment Examination System in FY2017
　　　　Section 3. Appointment
　　　　　1. The Initial Appointment in FY2016
　　　　　2. Appointment Status Survey of National Public Employees in Regular Service
　　　　　3. Appointment to Specified Government Positions (Division Directors at the HQ)
　　　　　4. Appointment for Senior Officials
　　　　　5. Enlargement of Initial Appointment and Promotion of Female National Public Employees
　　　　　6. Promotion of Employees Appointed Through Level II and III Examinations to Senior Positions
　　　　　7. Dispatch to Law Schools, the Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, and the Rugby World Cup 2019 Organising Committee
　　　　Section 4. Promoting Appointment of Human Resources from the Private Sector
　　　　　1. Appointment of Private Sector Personnel to Invigorate the Public Service
　　　　　2. Fixed-term Appointment
　　　　　3. Fixed-term Appointment of Researchers
　　　　　4. Personnel Exchange between the Government and the Private Sector
　　　　Section 5. Situation Related to Changes in Status
　　　　　1. Demotion and Dismissal
　　　　　2. Administrative Leave
　　　　　3. Pay Reduction

　　Chapter 2. Human Resources Development
　　　　Section 1. Outline of Training Systems Conducted by the NPA
　　　　Section 2. Training by Level of Position
　　　　　1. Administrative Training
　　　　　2. Experience-based Training at a Consultation Service Counter for the Newly Promoted to the D.D.G. Level
　　　　　3. Training for Employees of Regional Offices
　　　　Section 3. Dispatch Training
　　　　　1. Overseas Fellowship Programs
　　　　　2. Domestic Fellowship Programs
　　　　　3. Overseas Study Costs Repayment System
　　　　Section 4. Training Courses for Special Themes
　　　　　1. Training Courses for Special Theme
　　　　　2. The Instructor Training Programs

　　Chapter 3. Remuneration of Employees
　　　　Section 1. Report and Recommendations on Remuneration
　　　　　1. Mechanism for Remuneration Recommendation
　　　　　2. 2016 Report and Recommendation
　　　　　3. Survey of Remuneration of National Public Employees
　　　　　4. Survey of Job-by-Job Pay Rates in Private Enterprises
　　　　Section 2. Implementation of the Remuneration Act
　　　　　1. Revision of the Fixed Numbers of Officials in Each Grade of Salary Schedules

　　Chapter 4. Life Planning for Public Employees
　　　　Section 1. Situation of Mandatory Retirement and Reappointment System
　　　　　1. Situation of Mandatory Retirement and Employment Extension
　　　　　2. Implementing the Reappointment System
　　　　Section 2. Holding “Life Planning Seminars”

　　Chapter 5. Public Employees' Working Environment
　　　　Section 1. Working Hours and Leave
　　　　　1. Situation of Overtime Work and Annual Leave Taken
　　　　　2. Research and Study Regarding the System of Working Hours and Leave
　　　　Section 2. Health and Safety Measures
　　　　　1. Promotion of Health Management
　　　　　2. Ensuring Safety
　　　　　3. Instructions and Enlightenment on Health and Safety Management
　　　　Section 3. Measures to Prevent Harassment
　　　　Section 4. Childcare Leave System
　　　　　1. Expansion of Childcare Leave System
　　　　　2. Childcare Leave Actually Taken
　　　　Section 5. Leave for Self-Development
　　　　Section 6. Leave System to Accompany a Spouse
　　　　Section 7. Accident Compensation
　　　　　1. Revision of the Accident Compensation System
　　　　　2. Status of the Implementation of Accident Compensation System
　　　　Section 8. Audits
　　　　　1. Payrolls Audits
　　　　　2. Audit of Health and Safety Management
　　　　　3. Audit of Implementation of Accident Compensation
　　　　Section 9. Service Discipline and Disciplinary Action
　　　　　1. Service Discipline
　　　　　2. Disciplinary Action
　　　　　3. The Concurrent Holding of Positions

　　Chapter 6. Employee Organization
　　　　Section 1. Range of Managerial Personnel
　　　　Section 2. Registration of Employee Organizations
　　　　Section 3. Officials’ Acts on Behalf of Employee Organization
　　　　　1. Exclusive Engagement
　　　　　2. Short Term Engagement
　　　　Section 4. Meetings with Employee Organizations

　　Chapter 7. Equity Process
　　　　Section 1. Appeal against Disadvantageous Disposition
　　　　Section 2. Requests for Administrative Action on Working Conditions
　　　　Section 3. Appeals for Review Related to Implementation of Accident Compensation and Appeals for Measures Related to Welfare Services
　　　　Section 4. Appeals for Reviews Related to Remuneration Decisions
　　　　Section 5. Consultation of Complaints

　　Chapter 8. International Cooperation
　　　　Section 1. Status of Personnel Dispatches Based on the Employee Dispatching Act
　　　　Section 2. International Cooperation and Exchange
　　　　　1. Invitation of Foreign Government Executives
　　　　　2. Cooperation with Developing Countries
　　　　　3. The China-Japan-Korea Personnel Policy Network
　　　　　4. The Mike Mansfield Fellowship Program
　　　　　5. Research Groups from Abroad

　　Chapter 9. Promotion of IT for Personnel Management Duties

　　Chapter 10. NPA President's Award

　Volume 2 -Activities of the National Public Service Ethics Board

　　Chapter 1. Awareness-raising Activities to Maintain Ethics Related to Official Duties of Public Employees
　　　　　1. Thorough Familiarization with the Ethics System and Public Relations Activities
　　　　　2. Training on Maintenance of Ethics
　　　　　3. Utilization of Consultation and Reporting System

　　Chapter 2. Status of Reporting System under the Ethics Act
　　　　　1. Outline of the Reporting System
　　　　　2. Reports Submitted in Recent Years

　　Chapter 3. Investigations and Disciplinary Actions for Suspected Violations of the Ethics Act
　　　　　1. Outline of Investigations and Disciplinary Procedures
　　　　　2. Status of Investigations and Disciplinary Actions for Suspected Violations of the Ethics Act

Appendix
　　　　　Appendix 1: Incumbents in Each Salary Schedule
　　　　　Appendix 2: History of NPA Remuneration Recommendations
　　　　　Appendix 3: Organization Chart of the Japanese Government
　　　　　Appendix 4: Organization Chart of the NPA