Labor Policy Council: Employment and Equal Opportunity

The meeting list organizes the meeting number, date, agenda items, minutes or meeting summary, materials, and meeting notice. It covers Meetings 75 through 91, held from November 8, 2024, through September 1, 2026.

The agenda items include the Employment Environment and Equal Opportunity Bureau’s budget, amendments to and enforcement of labor-related laws and regulations, promotion of women’s advancement, harassment prevention, equal pay for equal work, and support for balancing work and childcare.

Meeting 91 is scheduled for September 1, 2026, and will address the FY Reiwa 9 budgetary request, FY 2025 annual evaluation and FY 2026 target setting, and support for balancing work and childcare. Meeting 90, held on March 26, 2026, covered the outline of draft ministerial orders, the report of the Equal Pay for Equal Work Subcommittee, and the draft Basic Policy on Measures for Short-Time and Fixed-Term Workers.

Meeting 89 deliberated on the enforcement date of the amended law, the development of related cabinet orders, ministerial orders, and public notices, and the outline of draft guidelines concerning conduct by customers and others, as well as sexual conduct during job-seeking activities. Meetings 88 through 84 addressed the promotion of women’s advancement, employers’ action plans, enforcement of the amended law, and hearings with organizations.

Meetings 83 through 75 covered or reported on budgetary requests, annual evaluations and target setting, the designation of the acting subcommittee chair and the designation of members of each subcommittee, criteria for decisions under the nursing care leave system, revisions to the Kurumin and other marks, policies for addressing decentralization, and the promotion of women’s advancement and harassment prevention. The availability of minutes and materials varies by meeting, and some meetings are marked with a dash.