Annual Report 2013 groups, iii) promoting the effectiveness of investigations and remedial actions through careful investigating activities, and iv) establishing the criteria for discrimination and strengthening professionalism in investigation. Pertaining to strengthening the efforts to rectify discrimination against female workers and others, the NHRCK issued a policy recommendation for gender equality and maternity protection in military personnel based upon the results of its 2012 Survey on the Human Rights Conditions for Women in the Military. Based on the result of its suo moto investigation, the Commission also recommended 82 public enterprises and private companies to rectify discriminatory practices, for instance, in granting leaves for auspicious and funeral affairs with maternal grandparents. In addition, the Commission gained the status of wage disparity against non-regular female workers to find improvement measures, and prepared and distributed the human rights guidebook for female emotional workers following the previous year's human rights promotion project for such workers. The NHRCK, the Ministry of Employment and Labor, and the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family share responsibilities and functions for strengthening preventive measures against sexual harassment. In order to provide a comprehensive guidance to the remedy procedure for sexual harassment victims, the NHRCK prepared and distributed a comprehensive guidebook on the investigation, remedy, preventive policy, and education. It also issued a policy recommendation, based on the findings of its 2012 survey, for preventing sexual violence and harassment 16 ▪▪▪ Part I. Introduction