Will the persons with intellectual disabilities be substituted by persons with psychiatric disabilities when the minimum wage increases?

• Project/Area Number: 26380521
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Management
• Research Institution: Hosei University
• Principal Investigator: SHIMBO Satoko 法政大学, 現代福祉学部, 教授 (10341794)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,680,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,080,000); Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,560,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥360,000); Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000); Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
• Keywords: 障害者雇用 / 労労代替 / 医療との連携 / 能力開発 / 最低賃金 / 技能形成 / 合理的配慮

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study identifies whether or not the persons with intellectual disabilities will be substituted by persons with psychiatric disabilities when the minimum wage increases.The interviews indicated the following:companies where “substitution of persons with intellectual disabilities by persons with psychiatric disabilities” has taken place may be assigning different job duties to disabled persons.
Responses to the questionnaire were received from 170 of the 448 companies in the sample. Four other surveys were returned as undeliverable, yielding a 38.3% response rate. Hiring persons with psychiatric disabilities entails issues such as coordination with medical providers and positioning of assisting staff with specialized knowledge and experience. Expansion of the substitution of persons with intellectual disabilities by persons with psychiatric disabilities could not be verified.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] これまでの雇用管理の視点と合理的配慮の提供との類似点と相違点 (2016)
  • Author(s): 眞保智子
  • Journal Title: 職業リハビリテーション Volume: ２９（２） Pages: 21-24
• [Journal Article] 注目される精神障害者の戦力化―ポイントは「比較優位」を引き出す雇用管理 (2014)
  • Author(s): 眞保智子
  • Journal Title: 地域リハビリテーション Volume: 9巻4号 Pages: 305-309
• [Journal Article] アンケート調査で把握する戦力化のための能力開発と労務管理 (2014)
  • Author(s): 眞保智子
  • Journal Title: 地域リハビリテーション Volume: 9巻5号 Pages: 387-391
• [Journal Article] 「差別禁止」と「合理的配慮」－企業内で精神保健福祉士ら専門職の活用を (2014)
  • Author(s): 眞保智子
  • Journal Title: 地域リハビリテーション Volume: 9巻6号 Pages: 477-482
• [Presentation] 合理的配慮提供プロセスに関する研究 (2015)
  • Author(s): 眞保 智子 亀井 あゆみ
  • Organizer: 第23回職業リハビリテーション研究・実践発表会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京都江東区東京ビッグサイト 会議棟
  • Year and Date: 2015-11-13
• [Presentation] 「戦力化の視点で考える―障害のある労働者のキャリアデザイン―」 (2014)
  • Author(s): 眞保智子
  • Organizer: 日本キャリアデザイン学会
  • Place of Presentation: 東京家政大学（東京都板橋区）
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-13
  • Invited
• [Book] 障害者雇用の実務と就労支援「合理的配慮」のアプローチ (2017)
  • Author(s): 眞保智子
  • Total Pages: 188
  • Publisher: 日本法令