国家公務員の選択的週休３日拡大　２５年度から育児・介護以外も―人事院

　人事院は２７日、育児や介護などを抱える国家公務員に認めている「選択的週休３日」の対象を、２０２５年４月から職員全般に拡大する方向で検討に入った。休日について定めた勤務時間法を改正して個々の業務や事情に応じた柔軟な働き方を推進し、優秀な人材の確保につなげたい考え。８月上旬に行う国家公務員の給与改定勧告と併せて打ち出す方針だ。（2023/07/27-15:47）

Japan's National Personnel Authority is considering expanding the government's selective four-day workweek system to make it available to more government employees from April 2025, it was learned Thursday.
   The four-day workweek system, introduced in fiscal 2016, is currently limited to national civil servants raising children or taking care of family members. They can take an extra day off each week to compensate for longer working hours on the other days.
   The NPA plans to revise the law on working hours and holidays to expand the system, with the aim of promoting flexible work styles and recruiting excellent workers, informed sources said.
   The NPA is expected to propose the expansion when it submits recommendations on the salaries of national civil servants in early August.
   According to a survey by the NPA, 66 government employees were using the four-day workweek system as of October 2021.