The flawed surveys, according to the labor ministry, resulted in the ministry's basic statistics on wage structure being compiled using faulty methods and the calculation of minimum wages being incorrect based on the erroneous figures.
The ministry said the survey, which purportedly aims to provide a clear gauge of wage payment and structure based on employment type or occupation, had seen ministry inspectors cut corners in collecting the key data, such as by not hand-delivering questionnaires to businesses and collecting them, and giving shortened deadlines to respondents.
Along with calculating minimum wages, the statistics are also vital in calculating income losses to those who have died in accidents, the ministry admitted.
Prior to this, the labor ministry had come under fire for releasing faulty jobs and wage data spanning a period of a decade or more that resulted in more than 20 million people not receiving their full benefits.
Japan's Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry subsequently found that top bureaucrats and other senior officials at the ministry knowingly and systematically covered up the improper method for collecting the data, which serves as a recognized barometer of the nation's employment situation.
The improper method used for data collection has led to the government being forced to revise the state budget for fiscal 2019 and address the fact that unemployment insurance and workers' compensation in some fields, applicable to 20.15 million people and to the tune of 53.75 billion yen (486.23 million U.S. dollars), has gone unpaid.
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