ANNUAL
2022
PartREPORT
1 | Summary
Remedies for Discriminatory Acts
From 2001 (establishment) to 2022
38,544 discrimination petitions filed and 37,768 processed
2,458
2,208
2,730
2,859
2,453
2,426
Part 1 | Summary
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Discrimination Petitions Filed and Processed in Recent Five Years
2,564
2,596
2,397
2,036
2018
2019
2020
2021
filed
2022
processed
Discrimination Petitions Processed in 2022
(Unit : cases)
Remedies
Filed
Processed
Sub-total
Recommendations,
etc.
Closed by
settlement
Resolved during
investigation
Rejected
Transferred
Dismissed
Investigation
suspended
2,036
2,596
474
189
19
266
1,061
9
1,036
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Key Decisions Related to Discriminatory Acts
• Gender-based discrimination in golf club memberships
• Secondary victimization against an individual who
reported a sexual harassmen case
• Hospital’s refusal to admit a transgender woman into
the women's ward
• Lack of sufficient accessibility for visually impaired
individuals in online shopping platforms
• Differential application of retirement age based on rank
in a public agency
• Discrimination in COVID-19 infection-related subsidies
based on employment status
• Religious discrimination by a graduate school due to
conducting job interviews on Saturdays
• Hospital refusal to perform surgery for reason of
patient’s HIV infection
• Denial of bank account opening for foreigners
• Fertility treatment restrictions for unmarried women
• Unfavorable treatment in employment based on
previous criminal records
• Unfair discrimination against special mission noncommissioned officers
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