Labour insurance (労働保険, roudou hoken) is a term for two systems of government welfare programs employed in Japan: Unemployment insurance (雇用保険, koyou hoken) and Workers' accident compensation insurance (労働者災害補償保険, rousai hoken). Unemployment insurance is managed by Hello Work; and worker's accident compensation insurance is managed by the Labour Standards Office.
References
- JETRO website 4.9.1 Labour and social insurance systems Archived 2012-02-19 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on June 16 2012
- The Japan Institute for Labour Policy and Training Labour Costs Archived 2013-01-21 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on June 16 2012
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare website Labour Standards Bureau Retrieved on June 17 2012