国际英语资讯:Japanese govt may include more part-time workers in pension system
<p><span word="TOKYO">TOKYO</span>, <span word="Nov">Nov</span>. 27-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="Japanese">Japanese</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="look">look</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="part">part</span>-<span word="time">time</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="national">national</span> <span word="employee">employee</span> <span word="pension">pension</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="mandating">mandating</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="relatively">relatively</span> <span word="small">small</span> <span word="workforces">workforces</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="enroll">enroll</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="program">program</span>, <span word="local">local</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="reported">reported</span> <span word="Wednesday">Wednesday</span>.</p><p><span word="Under">Under</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="current">current</span> <span word="system">system</span>, <span word="firms">firms</span> <span word="employing">employing</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="than">than</span> 501 <span word="staff">staff</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="participate">participate</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="program">program</span>. <span word="However">However</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="mulling">mulling</span> <span word="lowering">lowering</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="figure">figure</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="enrolled">enrolled</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="employee">employee</span> <span word="pension">pension</span> <span word="program">program</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="bid">bid</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="address">address</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="having">having</span> <span word="adequate">adequate</span> <span word="financial">financial</span> <span word="means">means</span> <span word="after">after</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="retire">retire</span>, <span word="government">government</span> <span word="sources">sources</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="idea">idea</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="floated">floated</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="number">number</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="employees">employees</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="enroll">enroll</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="to">to</span> 101 <span word="in">in</span> <span word="October">October</span> 2022 <span word="and">and</span> <span word="to">to</span> 51 <span word="two">two</span> <span word="years">years</span> <span word="later">later</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="provide">provide</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="comprehensive">comprehensive</span> <span word="pension">pension</span> <span word="coverage">coverage</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="move">move</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="expand">expand</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pension">pension</span> <span word="program">program</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="smaller">smaller</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="part">part</span>-<span word="time">time</span> <span word="workers">workers</span>, <span word="if">if</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fruition">fruition</span>, <span word="will">will</span> <span word="see">see</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="amount">amount</span> <span word="paid">paid</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pension">pension</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="increase">increase</span> <span word="by">by</span> 159 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="yen">yen</span> (1.5 <span word="billion">billion</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="S">S</span>. <span word="dollars">dollars</span>).</p><p><span word="Contributions">Contributions</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="pension">pension</span> <span word="system">system</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="split">split</span> <span word="equally">equally</span> <span word="between">between</span> <span word="employee">employee</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="employer">employer</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="keen">keen</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="bolster">bolster</span> <span word="contributions">contributions</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="addition">addition</span> <span word="of">of</span> 650,000 <span word="workers">workers</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="system">system</span>, <span word="initially">initially</span> <span word="seeking">seeking</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="scrap">scrap</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="limit">limit</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="employees">employees</span> <span word="required">required</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="join">join</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="program">program</span>.</p><p><span word="In">In</span> <span word="response">response</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="wanting">wanting</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="threshold">threshold</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="eliminated">eliminated</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span> <span word="due">due</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="concerns">concerns</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="doing">doing</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="adversely">adversely</span> <span word="affect">affect</span> <span word="operations">operations</span>, <span word="with">with</span> <span word="companies">companies</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="objecting">objecting</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="threshold">threshold</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="dropped">dropped</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="single">single</span> <span word="phase">phase</span> <span word="to">to</span> 51 <span word="employees">employees</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="above">above</span> <span word="immediately">immediately</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="government">government</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="set">set</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="deadline">deadline</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="scrapping">scrapping</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="threshold">threshold</span> <span word="altogether">altogether</span>.</p>
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