Labor consultations such as discrimination 1.5 times in June compared to the same period of the previous year Is it corona impact? Union September 1 19:30
At a working group meeting held on the 1st to consider measures against prejudice and discrimination regarding the new coronavirus, specific cases such as discrimination received in labor consultations were reported.
According to it, the number of consultations regarding prejudice, discrimination, and harassment received by the Union's labor consultation was 2811 cases in the month of June, increasing by about 1.5 times compared to the same period last year, It is supposed to be the effect of coronavirus.
As for consultation related to the new coronavirus,
▽Women who are part-time employees returned home due to legal affairs, and when they returned, the president said, "I must have been infected with the new coronavirus. "I'm fired
already
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▽A hospital where my husband was hospitalized, and a patient who was told to leave the company because of coronavirus patients being hospitalized,
▽Hospital There was a case in which a woman who was working as a receptionist and a part of a nursery school was told by the nursery school that she would not come if she was working in a hospital.
``I heard a number of cases and once again felt that the problem and the subject of discrimination had changed in the last six months,'' said Kaori Muto, a vice chairman of the working group and a professor at the Institute of Medical Science, the University of Tokyo. When people come and go again, it is likely that discrimination against foreigners will also occur, etc. It is difficult to predict what problems will occur and how to deal with them, We need to work on it as soon as possible."