Nintendo Japan Officially Introduces Partnership System Recognizing Employees In Same-Sex Partnership Going Against Country’s Laws

Today, Nintendo formally introduces the Partnership System. The system has been in place since March 2021 however was formally introduced right this moment. In Japan, same-sex marriages aren’t at present acknowledged beneath Japanese legislation. This new system recognizes employees at Nintendo Japan who is in domestic partnerships with a same-sex partner going against the country’s laws.

At the second, Japan is the one member of the G7 group of developed nations that doesn’t acknowledge same-sex marriages. A district in Osaka upheld Japan’s ban ruling that the legislation doesn’t violate the nation’s structure.

In an replace on Nintendo’s Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Guidelines, the corporate wrote “At Nintendo Co., Ltd. (Japan), we want to create a work environment that supports and empowers each and every one of our unique employees. We introduced the Partnership System in March 2021 as one initiative based on this philosophy. Although same-sex marriages are not currently recognized under Japanese law, this system ensures employees who are in a domestic partnership with a same-sex partner have the same benefits as employees in an opposite-sex marriage. We have also established that a common-law marriage between couples will be observed in the same way as a legal marriage.”

It has already been established within the Code of Conduct for workers that “we do not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, nationality, ideology, religion, creed, origin, social status, class, occupation, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity,” prohibiting all types of discrimination. Nintendo additionally revised its inner rules relating to harassment to obviously prohibit discriminatory feedback based mostly on sexual orientation or gender identification, in addition to disclosing somebody’s privately held sexual orientation in opposition to their will.

Nintendo’s President known as for all staff to undertake a renewed understanding that even speech and actions, which aren’t supposed to hurt, could cause important emotional ache, asking for understanding and help to create an atmosphere during which everybody can work comfortably.