In a trial in which a woman working as a freelancer asked for compensation, etc. for receiving sexual harassment from the manager of the company ordered for work, the Tokyo District Court said, "Women should give necessary consideration to work safely. I ordered the company to pay about 1.9 million yen, saying that I violated my obligation.
According to the plaintiffs, the ruling recognizing the obligation to consider safety for freelance is significant.
A woman in her twenties who works as a freelance writer received a job such as experiencing a salon and writing an article three years ago in order to post it on the homepage from an esthetic company in Tokyo.
She said that the woman would not be paid her compensation even if she did her job, and that she was repeatedly sexually harassed by the management, she asked for payment of about 5.9 million yen including compensation and compensation. Was there.
The defendant's company had no contract with the woman, and she claimed that she had no sexual harassment.
In a ruling on the 25th, Judge Kyoko Hirajo of the Tokyo District Court admitted that there was a business consignment contract and sexual harassment between a woman and the company, and said, "It is an economy to not pay a reward without a justifiable reason. It is a power harassment act that imposes a disadvantage. "
She added, she said, "Women are effectively in a position to provide labor under the direction and supervision of the company, and the company violates the obligation to take the necessary care to work safely." I ordered the company to pay about 1.9 million yen.
The plaintiff woman she met after the sentence she said she was "sometimes blamed for choosing a freelance work style, but she was relieved to acknowledge the facts." She was talking.
Yumi Hasegawa, a lawyer acting on behalf of the plaintiff, said, "Freelancers have little legal protection, and it is meaningful to grant the company a safety consideration obligation to freelancers, just as if they had an employment contract." Said.