新しん年度ねんどスタート 私わたしたちの暮くらしに関かかわる制度せいど どう変かわる？

With the new fiscal year, the systems related to our lives will change.

Both men and women will receive enhanced support to balance work with childcare and caregiving, and social security systems such as pensions and healthcare will be revised.

<br>Balancing Work with Childcare and Nursing Care<br>The Childcare and Family Care Leave Act has been revised, and in the field of childcare, nursing leave can now be taken not only for injuries and illnesses but also for entrance and graduation ceremonies, school entrance ceremonies, and class closures due to infectious diseases.

The target also expands to completion of third grade in elementary school.

<br>Meanwhile, in the field of nursing care

The obligations for companies include informing individuals who have faced caregiving challenges about the caregiving leave system and confirming their intention to use it individually, as well as providing information to employees aged 40 and over, who start paying long-term care insurance premiums, on balancing work and caregiving.

<br><br>Furthermore, it becomes a corporate obligation to make efforts to enable people raising children under the age of three or caring for family members in need of nursing care to choose to work via telework.

<br>Strengthening Measures Against Declining Birthrate<br>In order to strengthen measures against the declining birthrate, the revised Child and Childcare Support Act, which was enacted last year, will be partially enforced from April 1.

<br><br>In pregnancy and childbirth support, if you are recognized as a pregnant woman, you will receive 50,000 yen, and subsequently, if you report the number of children you are pregnant with, you will receive 50,000 yen per child.

<br><br>In an effort to support people who are raising children while working, two new national benefit programs will also begin

The Postnatal Leave Support Benefit is added to the existing Childcare Leave Benefit and others so that both spouses net income does not substantially decrease for up to 28 days if both take childcare leave for 14 days or more.

In addition, the Childcare Shortened Working Hours Allowance provides an amount equivalent to 10% of the salary to those who meet certain requirements among people working reduced hours to raise children under the age of two.

<br>Pension and medical system changes too<br>The systems of social security such as pensions and medical care will also be changed

<br><br>Of these, the amount of public pension payments from this April is 1

Can be raised by 9%

However, measures were taken to keep it lower than the wage increase rate, so it will effectively decrease.

<br><br>On the other hand, in public health insurance, the premium burden will increase for elderly people aged 75 and over who have relatively high incomes.

In the national employment insurance unemployment benefits, people who resigned from a company for personal reasons were generally unable to receive benefits for two months, but this period is shortened to one month.

<br><br>The aim is to create an environment where you can job hunt with peace of mind.