イー・ワーク社会保険労務士法人

Following are major points of the Employment Insurance Law revisions scheduled for 2017 or later:

【Expansion of the Employment Insurance Coverage to

Employees aged 65 and older】

1. Employees newly hired at age 65 or older will become eligible for the Employment Insurance from January 1^st, 2017.

2. Premium deduction of employees who are 64 or older will commence on April 1^st 2020. The current system will remain effective from fiscal 2017 to fiscal 2019, leaving employees who are 64 or older exempt from premium payment.

*Current system →                                       　           1) Newly hired employees whose age is 65 or older are not entitled to the Employment Insurance. 

2) Employees whose age is 64 or older as of April 1st are not required to pay Employment Insurance premiums for the fiscal year.                        

【Allowance Rate of Family Care Leave is to be revised】

New Rate : 67%  ←　40％　　Effective Date : August 1^st 2017.          

*Family Care Leave allowance is provided to employees who take the leave for caring their family members and satisfy the conditions prescribed in the Employment Insurance Law.

【Re-employment Allowance Rate is to be Raised】 

Ｅｆｆｅｃｔｉｖｅ　Ｄａｔｅ：January 1^st 2017.　　　　　　　　　　　　　

Re-employment Allowance is provided to people who are re-employed before receiving their basic allowance in full.

１）In the case remaining days of payment is 2/3 of the period or more :　　　　　　　　  Re-employment Allowance rate will be raised: 70% ←　　60%  　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 ２）In the case remaining days of payment is 1/3 of the period or more :　　　　　　　　　　 Re-employment Allowance rate will be raised: 60％　←　50%

 We will update relevant information as soon as official announcements are released.
Japanese Translation is on [人事労務ニュース- 「今後施行される雇用保険制度の主な改正点」]