Subcommittee to discuss the future of the workers' property accumulation system on October 26: key perspectives (2) (not decided)A meeting will discuss reviewing the scheme for saving through your company (nothing is decided yet)
On October 19, 2026 (Reiwa 8), the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare announced that the 37th meeting of the Workers' Livelihood Subcommittee of the Labour Policy Council will be held on Monday, October 26, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. There are two agenda items: a report on the draft ministerial ordinance on the organisational change of a certified workers' cooperative into a stock company under the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act, and the key perspectives (2) in future deliberations on the workers' property accumulation promotion system. The materials are to be posted on the ministry's website by Friday, October 23. This is at the discussion stage, and no change to the system has been decided.
- 1. NoticeThe 37th meeting was announced on October 19, 2026
- 2. MaterialsThe meeting materials are to be posted by October 23, 2026
- 3. MeetingThe key perspectives (2) will be discussed on October 26, 2026
- 4. From hereWhether the system changes, and its content and timing, is not decided
Key points
- Announced on October 19, 2026. The meeting is on Monday, October 26, 2026, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., in Conference Room 1120 of the METI Annex
- Agenda item 1 is a report on the draft ministerial ordinance on the organisational change of a certified workers' cooperative into a stock company under the Industrial Competitiveness Enhancement Act
- Agenda item 2 is the key perspectives (2) in future deliberations on the workers' property accumulation promotion system, which covers workplace savings schemes
- The title of agenda item 2 is marked (2), so it continues the sorting out of issues from the previous meeting
- The meeting is paperless, and the materials are to be posted on the ministry's website by Friday, October 23, 2026
What to do in practice
- Check the issues raised about reviewing the property accumulation system in the meeting materials, which are to be published by October 23, 2026
- If you handle property accumulation savings through payroll deduction, keep an eye on how the system may change
There is a scheme called property accumulation savings, in which a little is taken out of your pay each time and saved through your company. A national council will discuss what to do with this scheme from now on, on October 26, 2026. It is still only at the discussion stage, and nothing has been decided to change. The materials used at the meeting are to be published on a government website by October 23.
- ○Applies: A notice that a meeting will be held has been issued
- ○Applies: The materials for the discussion are to be published
- ×Does not apply: It has been decided that the scheme will change
Points
- The day of the discussion is October 26, 2026, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
- What is discussed is what to do from now on with the scheme for saving money taken out of your pay
- Nothing is decided yet; the materials for the discussion are to be published by October 23
What the words mean
- Property accumulation savings
- A scheme in which a little is taken out of your pay each time and saved through your company
- Council
- A meeting where experts and others gather to talk before the government changes a rule
- Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (MHLW): MHLW: Notice of the 37th meeting of the Workers' Livelihood Subcommittee of the Labour Policy Council
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