National Personnel Authority

• Information on NPA
• NPA Recommendations, White Papers, etc.
• Personnel Administration Measures
• Human Resources Development(Training)
• New Performance Appraisal System
• Health and Safety Measures
• Measures against Sexual Harassment
• Supportive Measures for Balancing Work and Child Care
• Self-development Leave
• Recruitment of National Public Employees, etc.
• Filing Objections
• Information on Life Planning and Re-employment

Is this Sexual Harassment? – Understanding Check –

In this section, you can check your understanding of sexual harassment language and behavior and causes of sexual harassment. Questions are divided into three difficulty levels. You will get the result (correct answers and explanation) if you click the check button at the end.

Do you think that the following behaviors/situations can be "sexual harassment" or "problem caused by sexual harassment" at the workplace? If you think "Yes", please also think about the reason. (Print out and check.)

Level A

	Yes	No
(1) I ignore a female employee during work because she does not go out for dinner with me.
(2) Somebody spread a sexual rumor after I had coffee with a male coworker outside the office.
(3) Female employees are expected to sit beside the department manager at a party.
(4) A friend who serves as a sexual harassment counselor told me details of counseling at a party.
(5) I massage the shoulders of female employees when they are tired.
(6) A section manager holds a drinking party regularly with only female employees.
(7) I care about a female coworker and asked her to go to dinner.

Level B

	Yes	No
(1) I made a serious and romantic overture to a female coworker repeatedly even after she refused.
(2) I assign female employees to secretary duties as much as possible.
(3) Both male and female employees enjoyed a karaoke duet very much at a "job well done" party.
(4) It is suitable to assign a female employee to hand a bunch of flowers at a ceremony.
(5) I gathered only male employees for job training.
(6) A male supervisor scolded me saying, "Get a grip as a man".

Level C

	Yes	No
(1) I always praise female employees saying, "You look beautiful".
(2) I try not to order female employees to work overtime as much as possible.
(3) Male employees are ranking female employees regularly.
(4) Male employees hold drinking parties by themselves because they form a congenial society.
(5) An employee filed a complaint about sexual harassment, so I transferred the accused person immediately.
(6) I asked one of my subordinates, "Don't you plan to have another child?"