Japan’s government will implement policies to boost take-home pay amount for some part-time workers as it tackles the labour shortage, reports Bloomberg, citing the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri. The government will reportedly pay as much as JPY 500,000 (USD 3,348) per employee to companies with more than 100 employees with plans to raise wages or extend working hours to ease their financial burden of paying premiums into the social welfare system. Workers counted as dependent on their partners and who are not currently making social insurance contributions will continue to be exempted for up to two consecutive years even if their annual pay exceeds JPY 1.3 million (USD 8,705).