Promotion of Work-Life Balance
Supporting Work and Family Balance
Our company enhances various systems to support childcare, nursing, etc. in an effort to create an environment that facilitates work and family balance for employees.
1. List of main systems and rules related to childbirth and childcare
| 1 | Childcare leave and work while caring for child | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Non-working due to the nursing, etc. of a child | |
| 3 | Child plan leave | A system to facilitate leave of absence for employees who undergo or plan to undergo fertility treatments. |
| 4 | Subsidiary payment for work and childcare balance | A system that gives subsidies to employees who leave their children at a day-care center and work continuously. |
| 5 | Subsidiary payment for the development of the next generation | A system that allows an employee to receive subsidiary payments when the employee gives birth to a third or subsequent child. |
| 6 | Career/return system | A system related to the re-employment of employees who retire due to marriage, childbirth, childcare, nursing, transfer of spouse, or for other reasons. |
| 7 | Maternity healthcare for expectants | A system that allows expectant or nursing mothers to leave the workplace to receive health guidance and checkups or to comply with instructions based on health guidance and checkups, if they request in advance. |
| 8 | Non-working before and after childbirth | |
| 9 | Recess for childcare | |
| 10 | Taking annual paid leave by the hour for family care |
2. List of main systems and rules for work and nursing balance
| 1 | Family care leave and family care while working | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Non-working due to family care | |
| 3 | Career/return system | A system related to the re-employment of employees who retire due to marriage, childbirth, childcare, nursing, transfer of spouse, or for other reasons. |
| 4 | Taking annual paid leave by the hour for family care |
Systems to support diverse ways of working
| Taking annual paid leave by the hour | Annual paid leave by the hour can be taken up to 2 hours at one time, twice a day, 16 hours a year for any reason. |
| Taking annual paid leave in “half-day” increments | Annual paid leave can be taken in “half-day” increments. |
| Vacation for relaxation | A five-day vacation for relaxation is granted to employees who have worked in continuous service for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, and 40 years. |
| Volunteer leave | A system that allows employees to take volunteer leave to engage in volunteer disaster relief activities for up to 5 days a year. |
| Short vacation | A one-day holiday an employee can take once a year in combination with a leave of three or more consecutive days together with annual paid leave of two days or more in succession. |