The government has decided to toughen regulations for the employment of disabled workers after ministries and agencies were found to have inflated their employment figures to meet legal quotas, sources close to the matter said Sunday.
A bill to be submitted to the Diet next year to revise a law promoting the employment of disabled people will oblige government institutions to notify labor authorities when terminating the employment of disabled personnel to prevent unfair dismissals, according the sources.
The labor ministry will be allowed to conduct on-site inspections at ministries and local governments, while the bill will also require public institutions to retain documents such as photocopies of disability certificates, which will be reviewed during inspections.