Japan Labor Defense Team makes an urgent proposal to protect working pregnant women New Corona May 22, 4:56

In order to protect pregnant women working from the risk of being infected with the new coronavirus, companies were obliged to allow them to work from home if offered, but the Japan Labor Defense Agency took measures against the situation, saying that the situation has not been sufficiently improved. I made an urgent recommendation.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare obliges companies to allow work-at-home and vacation leave if they request from 7th of this month in order to protect pregnant women who work from the stress of virus infection and the risk of infection, and take appropriate measures. If not, we will give guidance and recommendations, and if not, we will announce the company name.

However, according to a survey conducted by doctors and others in the middle of this month, nearly 40% of the 1,200 pregnant women who responded still continue to work, and that rate is even higher among medical professionals.

There were some people who said that they could not talk to each other even if they consulted, or that they could not say for themselves even if they wanted to take a break. There is a difficult atmosphere to say. ”

Under these circumstances, the Japan Labor Defense Force issued an urgent proposal, requested the company to actively take leave even if the worker did not request the country, and paid pregnant women a leave allowance. In some cases, we are seeking measures such as creating a subsidy.

Kyoko Niimura, a lawyer of the Japan Labor Defense Corps, said, "The social problem of being unfriendly to pregnant women has become apparent again. We should strongly encourage companies to respond including compensation for wages."