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Entrepreneurship Research Center on G20 Economies VOL.11 September 2019

G20 Labor Ministers Call for More Elderly-friendly Working Environments

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Labor ministers from G20 economies on 2 September adopted a of the population over 65 is increasing. This may lead to a series
joint statement calling for safe and healthy working environments for of problems such as insufficient labor force and economic growth.
elderly people as the populations of their countries continue to gray. At Increasing the employment of the elderly population is the general
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the end of the two-day gathering in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture, on trend. At the meeting, Japan introduced the work of the Japanese
“Shaping a Human-Centered Future of Work,” the ministers also government in recent years to promote the improvement of the
agreed to work toward correcting the gender gap in employment. working environment and promote the employment of the elderly.
The joint declaration adopted at the meeting pointed out that it is At the press conference after the meeting, the Japanese Minister
necessary to create a labor and employment environment suitable of Health, Labour and Welfare said that Japan is facing a serious
for the work of the aging population, and reward enterprises that problem of aging. At the meeting, Japan shared its experience with
treat the elderly population equally, and adopt a flexible labor representatives of participating countries and worked with countries
and employment policy to ensure a healthy and safe working to explore ways to improve the employment environment and respond
environment; The demand in the field of old-age care is expanding. to the aging of the population. process. Japan will continue to work
We must increase investment in this area, provide guarantees with countries to promote related work.
in terms of wages and working hours, and improve the working The G20 Labor and Employment Ministers Meeting was held in
environment. We must work hard to eliminate the situation of labor Songshan City, Ehime Prefecture, Japan. This is the tenth Ministerial
inequality between men and women and promote male household Conference on Labor Employment held since the establishment of the
and parenting responsibilities.
G20 Mechanism. It is also the first time that the population ageing is
As the representative of the presidency, the Minister of Health, listed as One of the core issues. Japan is the chairman of this meeting
Labour and Welfare of Japan said that the current G20 members are and faces serious aging problems and hopes to make progress in this
generally facing the problem of population aging, and the proportion area.