The Tokyo District Court on Monday ordered Japan Airlines International Co. to pay a combined 14.9 million yen in lost wages to four female flight attendants who were compelled to take unpaid off-duty days while raising children.
In the first court ruling on the level of responsibility a company bears for employees who are raising children, presiding Judge Akihiko Tsuchida said the nation's top airline failed to provide appropriate work and wages for the working mothers.
"The request by the plaintiffs was limited to exemption from night shifts," Judge Tsuchida said in his ruling, holding JAL International accountable for not offering daytime assignments to make work and child-raising compatible for its employees.
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