In an online survey of 2019, more than 60 percent of freelancers in Japan answered that they had experienced power harassment at their workplace. More than one third of respondents reported that they had experienced sexual harassment. Although the Japanese parliament voted for stricter action against workplace harassment in May 2019, the revised legislation did not cover freelance workers. About 45 percent of those who had experienced harassment themselves stated that they did not talk about it with other people.
Share of freelancers who experienced work-related harassment in Japan in 2019
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Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. (June 12, 2020). Share of freelancers who experienced work-related harassment in Japan in 2019 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 02, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050328/japan-workplace-harassment-against-freelancers/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. "Share of freelancers who experienced work-related harassment in Japan in 2019." Chart. June 12, 2020. Statista. Accessed October 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050328/japan-workplace-harassment-against-freelancers/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. (2020). Share of freelancers who experienced work-related harassment in Japan in 2019. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 02, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050328/japan-workplace-harassment-against-freelancers/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association. "Share of Freelancers Who Experienced Work-related Harassment in Japan in 2019." Statista, Statista Inc., 12 Jun 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050328/japan-workplace-harassment-against-freelancers/
Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association, Share of freelancers who experienced work-related harassment in Japan in 2019 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050328/japan-workplace-harassment-against-freelancers/ (last visited October 02, 2023)
Share of freelancers who experienced work-related harassment in Japan in 2019 [Graph], Professional and Parallel Career Freelance Association, June 12, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1050328/japan-workplace-harassment-against-freelancers/