At the Japan Guide Dog Association, which promotes guide dogs, a trial in which a visually impaired woman who was working as a contract employee was treated discriminatory in the workplace was filed on the condition that the association would improve the working environment. , A settlement has been reached.
A visually impaired woman in her 50s who worked as a contract employee for three years until 2018 at a facility in Yokohama City of the Japan Guide Dog Association was in charge of understanding guide dogs at the event. However, he sought compensation for being treated discriminatory without consideration, such as not having his own seat or a personal computer for the visually impaired.
According to a lawyer representing the woman, the court recommended that the settlement be reached on the 21st.
The terms of the settlement included regret that the association was unable to fully capture the wishes of women, and to improve the working environment when hiring visually impaired people in the future. about it.
At the press conference, the woman who was complaining said, "I want the association to serve as a model for other organizations. There are many things that people with disabilities can do, and I want them to be accepted as colleagues to work with."