Panel reviewing Japan's foreign trainee program holds first meeting
A government panel tasked with reviewing the country's foreign trainee program held its first meeting Wednesday to address issues relating to human rights
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A government panel tasked with reviewing the country's foreign trainee program held its first meeting Wednesday to address issues relating to human rights
Cases of harassment and abuse of foreign trainees on the Technical Intern Training Program has resulted in mounting criticism at home and abroad for the decades-old program.
The law on equal opportunity employment for men and women prohibits unfair treatment on the basis of an individual giving birth or becoming pregnant.
Some employees feel the country needs to welcome more foreign workers as immigrants to keep the economy going.
The government is conducting a survey to determine whether trainees have been forced by employers or intermediary groups to leave the country because they became pregnant or gave birth.