National Personnel Authority

The National Personnel Authority (人事院, Jinjiin) in Japan advises the prime minister on salaries and other matters pertaining to national government civil servants.^[1]

Purpose

The three main functions^[2] of the NPA are:

• Implementing recruitment examinations, trainingprograms and establishing standards for appointment and dismissal which ensure fairness in personnel administration.

• Making recommendations to the Diet and the Cabinet regarding remuneration and other working conditions for national public employees as compensation for the restriction of fundamental labor rights.

• Researching domestic and international systems of personnel management and enforcing personnel management measures that can meet the needs of the times as a specialized agency for personnel administration.

External links

• National Personnel Authority English website
• List of NPA Senior Officials
• English translation of the National Public Service Act

References

1. ↑ "National Personnel Authority Purpose". National Personnel Authority. Retrieved 7/11/2012.  Check date values in: |access-date= (help)
2. ↑ "National Personnel Authority Purpose". National Personnel Authority. Retrieved 7/11/2012.  Check date values in: |access-date= (help)

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