Improvement in the prenatal and postnatal leave procedure 500²ÊƱÍø D&I Actions and Messages
¨D 500²ÊƱÍø D&I Campaign 2022 ¨D
500²ÊƱÍø has launched a campaign aimed at promoting diversity and inclusion on campus, and making the university a place where people from diverse backgrounds can thrive. The initiative, called 500²ÊƱÍø D&I Campaign 2022, started in March 2022. Here, we introduce plans and actions related to D&I initiatives from members of the 500²ÊƱÍø community, including deans and directors of various 500²ÊƱÍø organizations.
Actions and Messages
Improvement in the prenatal and postnatal leave procedure
Takumi MORIYAMA, Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
500²ÊƱÍø has a university-wide system for prenatal and postnatal leave, but the expenses to employ temporary substitutive personnel during the leave period are offered only for those who would take additional leave after childbirth for the purpose of childcare. The Graduate School and College of Arts and Sciences have set up a new original procedure enabling a new system by which prenatal and postnatal leave could be accompanied by the temporary substitutive personnel at the expense of the Graduate School and Faculty’s/College’s budget, without requiring childcare leave to be taken. This new and original procedure is expected to make working conditions more flexible and effective.
