Abstract
Because of mistreatment of young workers in so-called "black companies" as well as possible cuts in public pension plans in the near future, anxiety concerning the work lives of young Japanese has grown recently. To cope with this situation the Aichi Labor and Social Security Attorney Association (ALSSAA) has given lectures on labor and social insurance to high school students in Aichi Prefecture with a view to giving them a chance to think about their future work lives. But it has been not easy for practitioners of ALSSAA to explain to schools the significance of labor education and to persuade them to introduce such courses. Indeed, only a few schools in Aichi Prefecture have so far introduced such courses, and they have allowed only limited content and very limited school time for this purpose. But today young Japanese have very little opportunity to learn in workplaces what it is like to work or how they should work. So the importance of labor education in schools prior to finding employment is growing more and more important. To attract public attention to this matter I will report on the reality and the problems of the labor education carried out by the ALSSAA while discussing possibilities for improving labor education in the future.
