The Labor Ministry has compiled a draft plan that may help child-rearing parents balance their work obligations with child care, ministry officials said Wednesday.
Proposing to relieve parents of long hours of overtime and to shorten their working week, the ministry has drawn up measures to promote equal employment opportunities for men and women and is seeking advice on the plan from the Women's and Young Workers' Problems Council, the officials said.
The measure are to be implemented over a five-year period from the current fiscal year.