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Daily Brief ESG: The Current Status and Future Outlook for Men Taking Parental Leave and more

In today’s briefing:

  • The Current Status and Future Outlook for Men Taking Parental Leave


The Current Status and Future Outlook for Men Taking Parental Leave

By Aki Matsumoto

  • Although large companies improved the rate at which men take “parental leave,” the gap between men and women in both the take-up rate and the duration of leave remains overwhelming.
  • To further promote “parental leave,” it’s necessary to shift from business models that rely on understaffing to keep labor costs low to high-value-added businesses that don’t depend on manual labor.
  • In Japan, equality in gender and family matters has not been legally mandated. Consequently, the burden of childcare and housework has inevitably fallen disproportionately on women.

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