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
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I. Introduction