Japan encourages male employees to take parental leave - Pixabay screenshot
This is part of the results of the baseline survey on gender equality in employment management for fiscal year 2023, conducted at 6,300 enterprises with 5 or more employees, and received valid responses from 3,495 enterprises.
The rate is up sharply from 17.1 percent in the previous fiscal year, as the Japanese government seeks to increase the proportion of male employees taking childcare leave to 50 percent by 2025.
This is because companies are required from spring 2022 to communicate and understand male workers' needs regarding childcare options.
Asking about employees' plans is a sign to remind them of their right to take parental leave, according to an official at Japan's Ministry of Health , Labor and Welfare. The ministry has pledged to continue to aim to raise the rate to 50 percent.
The survey also found that the most common length of parental leave for men was 1-3 months (28%), 5-14 days (22%), and 14-30 days (20.4%). In a similar survey in 2021, men took the most parental leave (26.5%), which suggests that more and more male workers are taking longer parental leave.
By industry, the proportion of men taking parental leave was 55.3% in the health and leisure services industry, 43.8% in the financial and insurance services industry, and 42.8% in the academic research and technology industry.
The lowest rate was 16.9% for male employees in the real estate and rental industry, followed by 20.1% in the wholesale and retail industry and 21.1% in the accommodation and food industry.
Under Japanese regulations, companies with more than 1,000 employees must disclose the percentage of men who take parental leave. Some companies have even increased the allowance for parental leave to equal wages to encourage employees to take it.
Another survey by Japan's Ministry of Health , Labor and Welfare of male college students aged 18 to 25 found that 84% of respondents wanted to take parental leave, and 63% of survey participants considered information about their company's parental leave program when looking for a job.
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