Approximately 1 in 4 female technical intern trainees received inappropriate remarks from related organizations and companies, such as "I will ask you to quit your job if you become pregnant," according to the government's first fact-finding survey. became.
In response to a series of troubles related to pregnancy and childbirth of foreign technical intern trainees, the Immigration and Immigration Services Agency has been targeting female trainees in seven countries, including Vietnam and the Philippines, from August to last month. We conducted our first fact-finding survey and received responses from 650 people.
According to this, the percentage of people who answered that they had received inappropriate comments such as "If you get pregnant, you should quit your job" from related organizations and companies was 26%, which is about one in four people.
Of these,
73% came from sending organizations in their home countries,
followed
by 14% from Japanese supervising organizations that mediate acceptance, and
11% from companies where they were intern.
In fact, 5% of the trainees had signed an inappropriate contract that said, "If I get pregnant, I will quit my job and return to my country."
On the other hand, 59% of those who received an explanation said that in Japan, the Equal Employment Opportunity Law prohibits disadvantageous treatment such as dismissal due to pregnancy or childbirth.
On the 23rd, the Immigration Services Agency issued a notice to supervising organizations and training companies to explain support measures for pregnancy and childbirth to trainees, and to make sure to report any inappropriate cases. .