Document Type
Argument and Information Essay
Publication Date
1992
Excerpt
The Japanese Equal Employment Opportunity Law of 1985 (the EEO Law) went into effect in April 1986. This was the attempt to support the rights of working women, but after five years from the day the law came into effect, sexual discrimination in the workplace has not improved as much as women had expected. On the contrary, there have been widespread complaints from working women about the fact that they are now even more disadvantaged with the EEO Law. The law has brought many changes, but these changes have not necessarily brought equal access to and equal treatment of men and women in the workplace. In this paper, I will critique the EEO law and show that it needs revision. I will also describe major problems that Japanese working women currently face.
Recommended Citation
Sugiura, Ikuko, "The Japanese Equal Employment Opportunity Law of 1985 (1992)" (1992). The Valpo Core Reader. 324.
http://scholar.valpo.edu/core_reader/324