Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Review
第二条（検討）
The government is to, promptly after the promulgation of this Act, in view of the fact that the wages of persons engaged in services relating to long-term care or disability welfare (hereinafter in this paragraph referred to as "long-term care and disability welfare workers") are at a lower level than those of persons engaged in businesses belonging to other industries, that the work in which long-term care and disability welfare workers engage places a heavy physical and mental burden on them, and that securing excellent human resources to provide services relating to long-term care or disability welfare contributes to improving the level of services for persons requiring long-term care, etc. (meaning persons requiring long-term care, etc. prescribed in Article 7, paragraph (5) of the Long-Term Care Insurance Act) and for persons with disabilities and children with disabilities, examine ensuring the appropriate treatment of long-term care and disability welfare workers, taking into account the conditions of their treatment, etc., in order to secure human resources among long-term care and disability welfare workers while reducing the burden on the people, including the insurance premium burden on the working generation, and flexibly take required measures based on the results.
政府は、この法律の公布後速やかに、介護又は障害福祉に関するサービスに従事する者（以下この項において「介護・障害福祉従事者」という。）の賃金が他の業種に属する事業に従事する者と比較して低い水準にあること、介護・障害福祉従事者が従事する業務が身体的及び精神的な負担の大きいものであること、介護又は障害福祉に関するサービスを担う優れた人材の確保が要介護者等（介護保険法第七条第五項の要介護者等をいう。）並びに障害者及び障害児に対するサービスの水準の向上に資すること等に鑑み、現役世代の保険料負担を含む国民負担の軽減を図りつつ介護・障害福祉従事者の人材の確保を図るため、介護・障害福祉従事者の適切な処遇の確保について、その処遇の状況等を踏まえて検討を加え、その結果に基づいて所要の措置を機動的に講ずるものとする。