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Stepping up the timing is necessary in order to improve on the dual structure of the current labor market and achieve ‘structural reform (Labor innovation) of the labor market’. However, there have been fundamental disagreements within the tripartite of labor, management, and government on a basic understanding of the employment situation and comprehensive countermeasures for irregular positions. It is very difficult to reach compromise and concession and resolve these problems in a short period of time. This thesis deals with the direction of government labor policy by first seeking to explain the necessity for such labor market policy and protection of employees in accordance with changes in the labor market (II). I also look into labor market law in the structure of labor laws (III), and the constitution and the legal principles behind labor market law (IV). Then, I review major issues in the basic direction of labor market policy and employee protections (V). For the purpose of labor reform that promotes flexibility in the labor market, the major issues where change is needed include retirement age extension, enlarging the scope of ordinary wage, shortening working hours, protecting irregular employees (Short-term Employees Act; Dispatched Workers Act), and loosening the strict regulations on dismissal. Labor market policy has been introduced through various means such as granting incentives to the relevant parties and utilizing market functions. In the process of drafting labor market law policy, labor and management both are becoming more important in terms of participation than before. Furthermore, personnel within labor and management organizations are needing more and more to possess the ability to design policies that suit the times. Cooperation between labor and management is also desperately needed to realize the policies the government is striving to accomplish. From now on, labor reforms should introduce flexibility in the labor market and employment security, with flexibility in the type of employment as well. When the tripartite of labor, management, and government fulfill their roles appropriately, labor reform can be successful.