职场中的工作开展
Diversity and Employment Opportunities
Average Working Hours
Fiscal 2008 saw widespread adjustment of employment levels accompanying decreased production and business reorganization in the wake of the global economic crisis. While implementing rigorous steps to raise levels of management efficiency and rationality even higher, Kuraray did its best to maintain employment on the Group level by means including government subsidies for employment adjustment.
Change in Total Average Working Hours (Kuraray Co., Ltd.)
Change in the Number of Employees
Employment Environment
- (1) Employment Systems
- Kuraray has instated systems for flexibility in employment. The main such systems enable rehiring of retired employees for effective use of their skills, discretionary labor systems for adaptation to the nature of individual work, the “de facto working hour” system for out-of-office works, variational working hours, and employment of the challenged.
- (2) Leave for Childcare and Nursing Care
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Kuraray has introduced a system for support of childcare and nursing care by employees as infrastructure to support employment opportunities for women and a good work-life balance.
Employees are allowed to take up to one year off for nursing care and either until the child is one year and six months old or the end of April in the year after the child turns one, whichever is longer, for childcare. In fiscal 2008, childcare leave was taken by 16 employees at Kuraray and 31 in the entire Group, including overseas members. Almost all of the female employees who gave birth availed themselves of the system.
We also instated provisions for childcare reduced working hours up to the third grade of elementary school. These provisions were used by 38 employees in fiscal 2008.
Kuraray was certified by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare upon achievement of its action plan in accordance with the Next Generation Education and Support Promotion Act.
Number of Employees Taking Leave for Childcare/ Nursing Care (Kuraray Co., Ltd.)
- (3) Other Provisions for Vacation and Leave
- In addition to yearly paid vacations, Kuraray has made provisions for special vacations (up to 60 days a year) and social contribution leave, and supports diverse activities of social contribution by its employees. In fiscal 2008, 12 employees utilized those for special vacations to do volunteer work for an international conference of NPOs and take part in activities of natural preservation.
