Are you happier than Taiwan's civil servants? The Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan plans to implement a "three-day weekly holiday" and a "partial holiday system" to allow people to get off work early.

Is the coveted "three-day weekend" coming true in Japan's public sector? According to the "Asahi Shimbun" report, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to implement a new work system from April 2025 to allow government employees to have "three days off per week."

Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, who promoted the policy, said that this benefit will be an important step in promoting gender equality and supporting families, especially for female employees and families with children, and will also enable all employees to manage work and work more effectively. The double pressure of life.

Flexible working hours are already available, and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government in Japan is expected to have "three days off per week" and "partial vacations" next year

Currently, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has implemented a "flexible working hours" system in most departments. Employees can change up to one day off from a weekday every four weeks, and ensure that the total working hours in four weeks do not exceed 155 hours. With the introduction of the "three-day rest week" system, employees will be able to choose one day per week as their rest day, thus achieving a three-day rest week.

In addition to the "three days off per week" benefit, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government also plans to introduce "partial leave" benefits for employees who have children under the third grade of elementary school at home. Under the new policy, these employees will be able to reduce their work hours by up to two hours a day to better care for their children.

The goal of this series of policies is to help women gain more development opportunities in the workplace so that they can continue to develop their talents in the workplace while taking care of their families; it also helps the entire society create a more friendly working environment so that more employees can Able to achieve work-life balance.

Governor Yuriko Koike said that the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will take the lead in implementing these new working models in government departments and hopes that these measures will be followed by other local governments in the future to further promote gender equality and family-friendly working environments across Japan.

Amendments to relevant regulations are expected to be submitted to the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly in 2025. If the measures are successfully implemented, they may become a model for other places and companies to learn from.

Source: Asahi Shimbun, AFP, Yahoo! Japan