Enhancing health and productivity management

To support the mental health of employees, we have established a system in which employees are given annual stress checks, as well as interviews with in-house industrial physicians, interviews with external physicians, and email consultations. We have also created a new support system where the same counselor will provide support from the time of leave until the employee returns to work. Furthermore, we provide mental health training for managers as part of line care, and have created and deployed a "cycle of awareness" as initiatives to prevent employees from developing mental health problems, starting with the Health and Safety Committee.
Going forward, we will continue to further improve our systems and education, and promote activities to support the health of each and every employee.

As measures to support the health of our employees, we have created an environment where employees can work in good health by providing subsidies for the cost of medical checkups and brain checkups, subsidies for gynecological examinations, and the introduction of the health management app "Karomama Plus" for all employees. It is working. From 2022, we will also actively participate in walking events using this app and health events sponsored by external organizations. In addition, we are implementing initiatives to motivate employees, such as health video distribution and health seminars. Many male employees also participate in seminars focused on women's health, and we feel that there is a growing awareness of women's health issues.
We are also striving to enhance industrial physician activities and work to provide both mental and physical support.

With the aim of improving the quality of business execution and maximizing value creation, we are taking measures to eliminate long working hours by setting specific goals across the company so that employees can work in a healthy, energetic, and efficient manner.
In order to further strengthen labor management, we hold information sessions for managers and above to promote operational improvements and continuously monitor trends in overtime hours.

To enable employees with illnesses to work without worry while undergoing treatment, we are working to improve our systems to support flexible working styles, such as flextime, hourly paid leave, working from home, and satellite offices.

On March 11, 2024, we were certified as a "2024 Health and Productivity Management Excellent Corporation" (large corporation category) jointly recognized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi*. This is the fourth consecutive year that we have been certified since the year before last. In recent years, the measures we have been particularly focusing on among the certification requirements are the promotion of work-life balance and measures against excessive work. We are optimizing work hours by stamping system logs, renewing labor management guidelines, training for managers, long-term alerts on the system, and encouraging employees to take consecutive holidays. We are also focusing on enhancing industrial physician activities. We are working closely with industrial physicians to improve the frequency and quality of consultations and to be involved in health measures, so that we can support both mental and physical health.