Work-life Management
1. Support for Balancing Work and Childcare
(1) Childcare support systems
(2) Action plan based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising the Next Generation of Children
(Third planning period: April 1, 2023, to March 31, 2026)
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(3) Promote the use of childcare leave
- Supply information about the company’s childcare systems
Post the "Guidebook on Balancing Childcare and Work," "Guide on the Key Points of Childcare Leave," and "Different Childcare Leave Usage Patterns" on the company intranet so that employees can view them at any time. - Share information about the childcare leave system with individuals and confirm their usage intent
Inform employees who are planning to have children of the company’s systems, confirm their intent to take childcare leave, and encourage their taking of childcare leave. - Conduct seminars that provide support for balancing work and childcare
Hold periodic Childcare and Work Balance Support Seminars. In fiscal 2024, we conducted seminars on the latest childcare information, measures that people could take at home to balance childcare and work, workstyles, and the like, and we provided training to management personnel.
(4) Career support for pregnant employees and employees providing childcare
We have introduced human resource development programs for pregnant employees and employees providing childcare. These include programs that help solve the problems that they face in balancing childcare and work, encourage them to think about their own careers, and help them keep working energetically. Anyone who wishes can participate in the programs, and taking part in seminars lets employees who are taking care of children to communicate and share their ideas with others, which helps eliminate feelings of loneliness and isolation and fosters a greater sense of motivation in their work.
(5) Benefit services
Month-to-month nursery care, babysitters, temporary nursery care, sick child support, housekeeping service charge subsidies
(6) Childcare leave rate
| Category | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 | |
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| Childcare leave rate *1 | Female | 97.4％ | 100.0％ | 100.0% |
| Male | 83.9％ | 81.1％ | 89.4％ | |
- *1Figures indicate leave usage rates for children whose childcare leave period ends during the current fiscal year (under the company’s leave system, leave can be taken until the child reaches two years of age).
2. Support for Balancing Work and Family Care
(1) Main systems related to family care
- Family care long-term leave
Up to a total of 730 days of leave can be taken per family member - Family care leave
Up to a total of 10 days of leave can be taken each one-year period between April 1 and March 31 of the following year - Reduced working hour measures
(2) Family care-related initiatives
- Guidebook on Support for Balancing Work and Family Care
- Conducting family leave seminars
- (Ref.) Feedback from employees who have attended seminars
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- I thought it would still be quite some time before I needed to provide family care to my parents, but through the seminar, I learned about the importance of making preparations. I’d like to learn even more in order to be better prepared.
- I shared what I learned in the seminar with my family and used it as an opportunity to talk about the future.
(3) Benefit services
Usage fee subsidies for family care facilities, etc.