Introduction
Mariko Morita provides clients both domestic and overseas with various legal advice on labor & employment laws and handles various litigation cases. She has an experience of working as a mediator at the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) and is well-versed in the US employment law and anti-discrimination laws. She is an expert of the Freelance Act in Japan.
Research Reports
2012 Investigation Report on Legislative System in the Republic of the Union of Myanmar (March 2013)
Report by the "Committee for Regulation on Trading Concerning Enterprises Certified for Specific Entrustment," Japan Fair Trade Commission (January 2024)
Profile
Background
The University of Tokyo (LL.B., 2005)
The University of Tokyo, School of Law (J.D., 2007)
New York University Law School (LL.M, 2014)
a law firm in New York City (Employment Law Team) (2014-2015)
ADR Unit, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (2016-2017)
Seconded to the Employment Environment and Equal Employment Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2019-2021)
Major Activities
- Deputy Director-General of Japan Association of Arbitrators (2009-2013)
- Children's Rights Committee, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2009-2013)
- Labor Issue Committee, Daini Tokyo Bar Association (2021-)
- Member of the Council on Manufacturing Contract Business Improvement and Promotion (Project Commissioned by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (2021-)
- Participated as an academic in working-level hearings (three meetings in total) in preparation for the Q&A summary (consisting of three series) regarding the "Criteria for Division of Worker Dispatching Undertakings and Business Conducted by Contract" (No. 37 Notification) of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare (2021)
- Member of "Society for Research Concerning Mitigation of Public Assistance Workloads at Welfare Offices in the Future" (Social Welfare Promotion Project 2021, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) (2021-2022)
- Member of "Committee for Regulation on Trading Concerning Enterprises Certified for Specific Entrustment," Japan Fair Trade Commission (2023-2024)
- Guest Lecturer at Senshu University School of Law (2023, 2024)
Qualifications & Affiliations
admitted in Japan, 2008; New York, 2015
membership: Daini-Tokyo Bar Association, New York State Bar Association
membership: Daini-Tokyo Bar Association, New York State Bar Association