While the Child Care and Nursing Care Leave Law has been amended and it is obligatory for both men and women to confirm their intention to take childcare leave from this month, major apparel makers in Tokyo are preparing an environment that makes it easy to take childcare leave, such as by conducting training for managers. We are.

Under the revised "Childcare / Nursing Care Leave Law," it is obligatory for business establishments to inform both men and women of the childcare leave system and confirm their intention to take it from this month.



Under these circumstances, major apparel makers in Tokyo have created a new guidebook that summarizes the system and are conducting training for managers in order to promote male childcare leave.

The aim of the training is to have managers, mainly men in their 50s, "update their awareness" about men's participation in childcare.



The training also touches on the increasing number of younger generations who want to take childcare leave and postpartum depression, which is said to occur in 1 in 10 people after childbirth and leads to risks such as suicide and abuse. Gender was explained.



A managerial man who participated in the training said, "Men also want to take childcare leave, and they must proceed with their work on the premise that they may take childcare leave. I want to work with you. "



Chiemi Otake, who is in charge of human resources at Onward Holdings, said, "Having a sense of being a" consumer "can be returned to work after returning to work. It is easy to take actions such as thinking about relocating personnel because it is possible to understand. It is very important to have a positive voice from managers and personnel managers asking "what should I do to get it?" I hope the company will become the world. "

Men who take childcare leave for 1 year and 2 months

Ryota Hatano, an office worker who works for an apparel maker in Tokyo, has taken one year and two months of "male childcare leave" since October last year.



Mr. Hatano's wife, who is also on maternity leave, also works at the same company, and when she returns to work, she also goes to work on holidays, and Mr. Hatano thought that it was necessary to be able to raise children in the same way as his wife.



After consulting with the company's personnel staff about the childcare leave system and resolving concerns such as income during the leave, we decided to take one year and two months, which is the maximum period that can be taken at the time of childbirth. ..



In addition, it is said that the acquisition was also supported by the promotion of creating an environment where it is easy to take childcare leave by reviewing the overall work at the workplace.



Mr. Hatano said, "I thought that childcare leave is important for acquiring the skills to take care of children when my wife returns to work. To increase the number of people who take childcare leave, understanding of the managerial generation I think it is important to create an in-house atmosphere and environment, so I would like to convey my experience so that people who want to take it can acquire it. "



In addition, my wife, Erika, said, "I had a lot of bleeding after childbirth and anemia after childbirth, so my husband took childcare leave and stayed nearby, so I felt relieved. I was tired if I was alone. I may not have enjoyed childcare, but by raising my child as a couple, I can relax in my heart. "