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Operational Policy for Labour Standard Administration in Fiscal 1999 (Excerpt)

I.Circumstances and Challenges Surrounding Labour Standards Administration
II. Priority Measures in Labour Standards Administration in Fiscal 1999
  1. Maintenance and Improvement of Working Conditions
  2. Smooth Enforcement of Amended Labour Standards Law
  3. Measures for Working Hours
  4. Measures to Secure Worker Safety and Health

    (1)Development of measures to significantly reduce industrial accidents

    1. Promoting measures to prevent industrial accidents in the construction industry
    2. Promoting measures to prevent traffic-related industrial accidents
    3. Promoting measures to prevent industrial accidents in tertiary industries
    4. Promoting measures to prevent industrial accidents involving machinery
    5. Promoting measures to prevent industrial accidents due to fires and explosions
    6. Promoting measures to prevent industrial accidents involving elderly workers
    7. Promoting measures to prevent industrial accidents in small and medium-sized enterprises

    (2)Development of Measures to Maintain Worker Health

    1. Promoting industrial health activities
    2. Promoting medical care for workers
    3. Promoting maintenance and improvement of health at workplaces
    4. Positively dealing with mental stress, etc., at workplaces
    5. Promoting measures to prevent occupational diseases
    6. Promoting measures to prevent health hazards due to chemical substances
    7. Preparation and dissemination of information to facilitate the enforcement of the amended Labour Standards Law

    (3)Development of Measures to Further Improve Safety and Health Standards at Workplaces

    1. Promoting the activation of safety and health management activities at workplaces
    2. Enhancement of worker awareness on safety and health
    3. Providing information, etc., through Safety and Health Information Center
    4. Creating comfortable working environments

    (4)Promotion of Safety and Health Measures in Response to Internationalization

    (5)Measures to Deal with Deregulation

    (6)Promotion of Scientific and Technological Research and Studies in the Fields of Safety and Health

  5. Measures for Workmen's Accident Compensation Insurance

III. Fundamental Attitude in Carrying Out Labour Standards Administration
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