Japan Airlines will exempt all flight attendants from late-night shifts beginning in August if such requests are made for child-rearing or nursing-care reasons, according to JAL officials.
The move comes in response to the Tokyo Labor Bureau's call for the airline to improve its regulations on the matter. JAL had earlier said it would only exempt 75 flight attendants to be selected by lottery.
Unions have urged JAL to take into account the livelihood of single mothers. JAL replied that it will consider individual cases, but that as a rule wages will be paid to flight attendants in accordance with work done.