Equal Employment Opportunity in Japan and America

In America, they have The Equal Employment Opportunity Law and it consists of 8 items.　In Japan, we have the same law, too. It was enacted in 1986 and revised in 1999. After the law was revised, employers were forbidden to discriminate against men or women concerning employment opportunities and promotions. However, it is said that this law isn’t enough because it suggests that employers should give equal employment opportunities but it doesn’t decide how many men and women they must hire. In America, there is Pregnancy Discrimination Act in The Equal Employment Opportunity Law. It means women aren’t discriminated because of maternity leave and work absence by health condition after birthing. In actual, however, it doesn’t work well.
Both America and Japan have the Equal Employment Opportunity Law but they can’t easily eliminate a gender differentiation as long as they have a prejudice of women.　If the law is revised, they have to change their point of view.
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