WELFARE
Our company has introduced flextime and telework programs that let employees take the initiative in choosing efficient ways of working. We are also working to develop an enriching work environment that offers leaves and furloughs to support work-life balance for employees.
Workplaces
Many employees make use of flextime and telework to select efficient work environments not constrained by time or location.
Flextime
Employees can freely set the starting and ending times for work. (Core time applies)
Telework
Employees can freely choose their location of work, such home or a cooperating satellite office.
Free address workspaces (Activity Based Working:ABW)
Employees can choose desks in offices suited to their work circumstances, without being assigned to fixed desks.
In-house events
(Happy Fridays, Christmas parties, barbecues, etc.)
In every season, we hold company-sponsored events to enhance communication among employees. We also provide assistance with expenses for social gatherings.
In-house club activities (with expense assistance)
We hold in-house club activities to promote employee interactions that cross departmental walls and to maintain and build physical and mental health. We further provide assistance with the expenses of such activities.
Career up
To support employees' self-directed personal development and improvement of capabilities, our company has established programs offering training and assistance with expenses for earning qualifications.
Qualification support program
The company soulders expenses for earning the qualifications sought by employees.
Training programs (position-specific selective, personal development, etc.)
We conduct position-specific, job type-specific, selective, and other forms of training.
Book purchase assistance
Our company provides partial assistance covering expenses for books used in personal studies to obtain knowledge and skills in work-related fields.
Life event
We offer a varity of leaves, furloughs, and work programs that support balance between employees' jobs and private lives.
Marriage leave
Employees who get married can take a leave of five consecutive days for preparation, travel, and other marriage-related procedures.
Maternity leave
Employees who give birth can take six weeks of prenatal leave (14 weeks for a multiple birth) and eight weeks of postnatal leave.
Pregnancy leave
Pregnant employees can take leaves totaling up to 20 days per pregnancy in cases of difficulty working due to morning sickness or other pregnancy-related conditions, or when medical examinations are required.
Spousal childbirth leave
Employees whose spouse is giving birth may take leaves totaling up to five days, between the date of the spouse's birth-related hospitalization and three months after childbirth, to attend the childbirth, handle procedures following discharge from hospital, etc.
Child school event leave
Employees can take leaves totaling three days per year to participate in events organized by the elementary schools, kindergartens, and nursery schools of children up to the 6th grade of elementary school.
Child nursing care leave
Employees can take up to 10 days of leave per year for injury, illness, vaccination, or medical checkups of children under elementary school age.
Family care leave
Employees can take up to 10 days of leave per year to provide care for family members requiring care.
Childcare and family nursing care furlough
Employees can take childcare furlough for children under age two. Employees can also take family nursing care furlough up to three times, for a total of 93 days, per year for each family member requiring care.
Shortened working hours for childcare and family nursing care
Employees are eligible for a shortening of working hours by up to two hours per day for children until the end of the third grade of elementary school, or when providing family nursing care.
Special injury/illness leave
For employees with two or more years of service, days of annual paid leave that could not be carried forward to the next business year can be applied to leave used for absence from work due to pregnancy, childcare, family nursing care, or injury/illness lasting five consecutive days or longer.
Volunteer leave
Employees can take up to five days of leave per year to engage in volunteer activities.
Healthcare
Our company has long engaged in efforts for the maintenance and promotion of employees' health, with health and productivity management in mind.
Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization
Initiatives related to health and productivity management include communication of our health management declaration and development of a structure for promoting health and productivity management. We have obtained recognition as a Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Regular health examinations
In addition to general health examinations, the company fully shoulders expenses for complete medical examinations (including endoscopy costs), specified health examinations, and gynecological health examinations.
Assistance for influenza and other vaccination expenses
The company fully shoulders expenses for influenza, rubella, and other vaccinations.
Others
Our company offers a range of support for employees at key life stages.
Retirement benefit system (Smaller Enterprise Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid Scheme + defined contribution plan)
Our company offers a full pension plan combining a defined contribution plan with a lump-sum retirement payment (Smaller Enterprise Retirement Allowance Mutual Aid Scheme).
"Second life" support program
Employees of age 50 and older are eligible for additional retirement benefits and for the "second life" support program (support for independent living, country living, overseas living, and NPO/NGO participation).
Cafeteria plan
The company has introduced a Benefits Station that offers discount pricing on over 1.4 million services, including at hotels and restaurants.
Re-employment application program
The company has established a program for re-hiring employees who have retired for reason of work relocation of a spouse, childcare, or family nursing care.
Home loan interest payment assistance program
The company provides assistance for a portion of the loan interest on employees' home purchases.
Congratulatory and condolence allowances system
The company provides congratulatory and condolence allowances in the event of marriage, injury, illness, disaster, bereavement, etc.
Other allowances (management allowance, etc.)
The company pays management allowances to general managers, senior managers, and other managerial positions, as well as a commercial facility allowance for employees working in such facilities.
