ISSN:
1432-1246
Keywords:
Key words Maternal protection system
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The Labor Standard Law
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Female Worker Standard Regulations
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The Equal Employment Opportunity Law
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The Child Rearing and Care Leave Law
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Industrial Safety and Health Law
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Medicine
Notes:
Abstract In this paper we describe female workers' health care, the women's and maternal protection system within the Japanese legal system, the current status of female workers in Japan, and problems regarding methods of advancing health care and the women's or maternal protection system. Motherhood is respected in the workplace in Japan, and in order to provide an environment in which women can work and still bear and rear children with a sense of security, laws concerning maternal protection of female workers, and revisions in terms of the system have been made, and a new system has been in effect since the fiscal year of 1998. Nevertheless, gender discrimination against women and the disparagement of women, rooted in gender role stereotypes concerning the division of labor, remain firmly planted in the social environment and in long-established custom.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s004200000184
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