Law on Securing, Etc. of Equal Opportunity and Treatment between Men and Women in Employment

CHAPTER III. MEASURES FOR CONSIDERATION CONCERNING THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN WORKERS

Employment Management Considerations Concerning Problems Caused by Sexual Speech and Behavior in the Workplace

Article 21. Employers shall give necessary consideration from the viewpoint of employment management so that women workers they employ do not suffer any disadvantage in their working conditions by reason of said women workers' responses to sexual speech and behavior in the workplace and their working environments do not suffer any harm due to said sexual speech and behavior.

2.		The Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall formulate guidelines with regard to the matters for employers' consideration based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph (referred to as “Guidelines” in the following paragraph).
3.		The provisions of Article 4, paragraphs 4 and 5 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the formulation and amendment of the Guidelines. In these cases, the phrase “shall consult the Labour Policy Council and shall request the opinions of the prefectural governors” contained in Article 4, paragraph 4 shall be read as “shall consult the Labour Policy Council.”

Measures in Connection with Health Care during Pregnancy and after Childbirth

Article 22. Employers shall, as provided by ordinance of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, secure the necessary time off so that women workers they employ may receive the health guidance and medical examinations prescribed in the Maternal and Child Health Law (Law No. 141 of 1965).

Article 23. Employers shall take the necessary measures, such as alteration of working hours and lightening of jobs, in order to enable the women workers they employ to comply with the directions they receive based on the health guidance and medical examinations referred to in the preceding Article.

2.		With respect to the measures that employers must take based on the provisions of the preceding paragraph, the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare shall determine necessary guidelines in order to promote their appropriate and effective implementation (referred to as “Guidelines” in the following paragraph).
3.		The provisions of Article 4, paragraphs 4 and 5, shall apply mutatis mutandis to the formulation and amendment of the Guidelines. In these cases, the phrase “shall consult the Labour Policy Council and request the opinions of the prefectural governors” contained in Article 4, paragraph 4 shall be read as “shall consult the Labour Policy Council.”

 

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