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Tokyo (Jiji Press)–Japan’s health ministry has drawn up a report that includes a plan to require companies to take measures against customer harassment of workerswinzir, it was learned Thursday.
The report also calls for expanding the scope of companies obliged to disclose the proportion of women in managerial posts and the gender pay gap, from those with over 300 employees to those with over 100 employees.
Based on the report, the ministry will submit related bills during next year’s ordinary parliamentary session.
Article continues after this advertisementThe report was presented and approved at a meeting of a subcommittee of the ministry’s Labor Policy Council on Thursday.
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It urged companies to create an environment in which employees can work without major mental or physical concerns, through such initiatives as drawing up guidelines on countermeasures and offering consultation programs, while ensuring that consumers’ rights are not compromised.
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