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Section 3. Investigations
and Remedies:
Discriminatory Acts
1. Complaints received and handled
A. Statistics of complaints received
From the time it was established to the end of 2016, the Commission received a total of
23,410 discrimination complaints, of which the most complaints were related to discrimination
in goods and services, at 9,057 cases (38.7%), followed by discrimination in employment at 6,942
In 2016 alone, 479 (19.7%) complaints were received about discrimination in employment,
in use of educational facilities and others.
For complaints related to employment discrimination, 156 (32.6%) were related to
recruitment and hiring; 114 (23.8%) to wage and non-wage payment; 62 (12.7 %) to retirement
age, retirement, and termination; and 54 (11.0%) to education, assignment, and promotion. For
complaints related to goods and services, 349 (40.5%) were related to goods, 325 (37.7%) to
services, 143 (16.5%) to transportation and commercial facilities.
For complaints related to discrimination at educational facilities and vocational training
centers, 249 (96.9%) were related to educational facilities, accounting for the most complaints in
this category. This is more than a 2.7 times increase from the 89 complaints received in 2015.
Meanwhile, 835 discrimination complaints were received in the other category, accounting for
34.4% of all discrimination complaints.
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861 (35.2%) about discrimination in goods and services, and 257 (10.6%) about discrimination
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(29.7%), and discrimination in use of educational facilities and others at 1,454 (6.2%).