Telework and Gender

To Promote Women's Activities

Abstract

Currently, what kind of merit and demerit does telework have for many Japanese companies? Moreover, how should telework be utilized in order to promote women's activities? And to do so, how should many Japanese companies make use of the merit and improve the demerit? We consider this subject, related to problems such as women's job scope, ability demonstrating, continuous employment, flexible work, work-life balance, fair evaluation, and exact appointment, through our research based on the example of advanced companies.