일본 국가공무원의 정년연장에 관한 검토

Japan revised the “Employment Safety Act for the Elderly(Labor Contract Act)"” in 2013 so that the legal retirement age of workers is 60, but workers could work until they are 65 years old. In particular, state officials were allowed to continue working until the age of 65 when the pension was initiated through the reappointment system even after retirement. However, the salary was cut by 30% from the previous year due to the position retirement age system, and the job was converted to simple and supplementary work. In the meantime, Japan tried to come up with measures to secure employment by abolishing the retirement age, extending the existing retirement age, or reappointing it as a contract job after retirement, considering that no income had occurred for five years until the pension began after retirement. Accordingly, amendments such as the “National Public Officials Act” were submitted to the Cabinet in August 2018 to gradually raise the retirement age of state officials to 65 years old, and the bill was approved by the Cabinet on March 13, 2020. It is necessary to take a look at the comprehensive view of the employment extension of senior government officials, as the employment expansion support for those aged 65 to 70 is expanding in Japan, as well as discussions are underway to expand employment opportunities for those aged 65 to 70. Therefore, in this article, regarding the discussion of the introduction of the ‘Continuous Employment System’ announced by the Korean government in September 2019, it was intended to systematically review the discussions that have been carried out in Japan from a comparative legal point of view, suggesting possible implications for future employment extension policies in Korea.