| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
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| Research Abstract |
This report is an outline of the results of investigation over a period of three years into the working conditions of the first post-Equal Opportunities Law employees and issues arising in personnel management.
Above all, the distinguishing characteristic of females is childbirth. We would like to be able to report that the support systems necessary to ensure the bringing up of children are perfectly in place, however, our investigations reveal the actuality of balancing work, child care and family life.
Marriage, birth and child care are actually obstacles to the continuation of work. Data obtained in our investigations provides important information relating to the continuation of work. Foremost amongst these is the genuine promotion of sexuality equality and the burden imposed on female workers by the gaps in awareness between society as a whole and corporations.
Rather than economic reasons, most female workers continue to work for reasons of self-growth, quality of life and connection to society. Within many corporations, a disparity between the promotion of men and women exists, but the data shows most female employees content to work at their current positions. However, there exists a significant minority of female employees hoping for promotion and the opportunity to test their abilities.
Again, we note the complexity of human relations and the lack of societal support for working women. Companies have an obvious role in providing this support but an actual realization requires the participation of society as a whole in the areas of marriage, birth and child care.
For example, individual or family circumstances need to be considered, along with measures for the creation of a non-discriminatory workplace, measures to open up the assessment of employee performance, and measures which offer females the opportunity to display their true abilities. In order to make progress in these areas a reform in the attitudes of society and companies is called for.
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