１．厚生労働省
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'12/8/24
パートの不満、大幅減少 法改正で待遇改善か
２０～３４歳のパート、４割超が正社員を希望－厚労省、調査結果発表
２０～３４歳のパート、４割超が正社員を希望－厚労省、調査結果発表
厚生労働省が23日発表した２０１１年のパートタイム労働者の実態調査によると、仕事に不満や不安を持つ人の割合は54・９％と、06年に実施した前回調査に比べ９・０ポイント減と大幅に低下した。
厚労省は「賃金や福利厚生でパートを不当に差別することを禁じた改正パート労働法が08年に施行され、企業が待遇改善を進めたためではないか」としている。
不満・不安の内容で最も多いのは「賃金が安い」の49・６％で、前回調査に比べ12・５ポイント低下。「福利厚生が正社員と同じ扱いではない」は４・０ポイント低下の12・２％、「昇進機会に恵まれない」も１・５ポイント低下の８・９％となり、制度に対する不満も減少傾向が見られた。
ただ「仕事がきつい」は26・１％と１・６ポイント増え、「職場の人間関係が良くない」は12・３％と、前回（６・７％）の倍近くに増加した。
調査は11年６月の状態について、東日本大震災で被害が大きかった岩手、宮城、福島の３県を除く地域で実施。パート労働者１万２３５人が回答した。
Young part-timers' desire for permanent work highlights harsh labor market: survey
A new government survey on part-time workers shows that 57.3 percent of them aged 20 to 24 expressed a desire to become regular employees last year, up 12.6 points from five years earlier.
The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said Aug. 23 that its survey in 2011 also revealed that 42.7 percent of part-time workers aged 30 to 34 wish to become permanent employees, up 19.3 points from the previous survey in 2006.
Asked why they have chosen to work part-time, many respondents in the 25 to 29 age bracket replied they could not become regular employees, reflecting the harsh labor market young people are facing. Some 41.8 percent of part-timers in that age group wanted to be permanently employed.
Overall, part-time workers with a desire to become regular employees accounted for 22.0 percent of respondents, up 3.9 points.
In response to a multiple-choice question about why they want to become permanent employees, 76.9 percent cited a higher income and 66.3 percent mentioned stable employment.
As for reasons for opting for part-time jobs, 25.9 percent said they could not find a listing for a permanent position, and 12.2 percent said they were not accepted as regular employees. About 30 percent of part-time workers in their 30s said they cannot work as regular employees due to family reasons such as raising children and caring for their elderly family members.
According to the survey, 54.9 percent of part-time workers are dissatisfied with or feel anxiety over wages and treatment, down 9 points from the previous survey, leading the ministry to speculate that a revision of the Part-time Employment Act in 2007 has led to improved working conditions.
Of all part-time workers responding to the survey, 8.7 percent did not belong to any public pension programs, but that figure jumped to 32.3 percent among single men.
The survey, conducted once every five years, was held in June 2011. The ministry received responses from 10,235 part-time workers in every prefecture except Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima, hit hardest by the 3.11 disasters and subsequent nuclear crisis.
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August 24, 2012(Mainichi Japan)
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August 24, 2012(Mainichi Japan)
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