教員の「休日まとめ取り」促進　変形労働制導入で改正法成立

　公立学校教員の勤務時間を年単位で調整する「変形労働時間制」の導入を柱とした改正教職員給与特別措置法（給特法）が４日の参院本会議で、与党などの賛成多数で可決、成立した。自治体の判断により２０２１年度から、変形労働時間制を活用した「休日まとめ取り」が可能になる。

　教員の働き方改革の一環。繁忙期の所定勤務時間を増やす代わりに、夏休み期間に連続５日間程度の休日を確保し、土日などと足して長期休暇を取れるようにするのが目的だ。（2019/12/04-11:43）

The Diet, Japan's parliament, enacted a bill Wednesday to introduce a new working-hour system that will enable public school teachers to take extended holidays, as part of work style reforms.
   The legislation to revise the special law on teacher salaries was adopted at a plenary meeting of the House of Councillors, the upper chamber, by a majority vote, with support mainly from the Liberal Democratic Party-led ruling bloc. The bill cleared the House of Representatives, the lower chamber, last month.
   Local governments will be allowed to manage teachers' work hours on an annual basis under the new system from fiscal 2021.
   The system is designed to enable teachers to take some five consecutive days off and add other days, such as Saturdays and Sundays, during school breaks in the summer so that they can have a longer holiday, in exchange for increasing regular work hours in busy periods.
   There is strong opposition to the measure among teachers, with some arguing that they are "busy supervising student club activities and taking part in training sessions during summer breaks" and others claiming that the move will "highly likely lead to an increase" in their workload. Proponents of the system say that it will "help improve duties during summer breaks" and prompt "a review of work on a year-round basis."