CSR : Labour Practices Raise Health Awareness and Create Workplace for Good Life
Approaches to labour practices
"Valuing and investing in our people" is a key element of the Fujitsu General Group's business management policy, firmly grounded in the belief that the foundation of our company is the employees. We seek to maximize the potential of our people by creating a workplace where employees can pursue a healthy lifestyle while taking on new challenges without sacrificing their diversity.
Key initiatives
Creating a workplace that promotes healthy lifestyles among employees to achieve a "Good Life"
Defining health and productivity management as "the strategic realization of health measures for the achievement of sustainable business growth," Fujitsu General Group makes it clear that "employee health is a valuable asset for management” to promote and strengthen "valuing and investing in our people" as stated in our Corporate Philosophy and Sustainable Management. We are working to create a healthy and vibrant workplace as a comfortable and rewarding place to work and improve all employees' motivation and overall strength.
Health and productivity management initiatives
- Health consultations with medical professionals for all employees (providing opportunities for employees to discuss matters with peace of mind)
- Health Design Center and regular events on health activity entry apps (enhancing employee awareness of health)
- Family days for the children who will lead the next generation and walking events at business offices around Japan (supporting our employees and the families who support them)
Work-life balance
The Fujitsu General Group promotes a healthy work-life balance. We believe that a fulfilling personal life enhances the productivity and quality of work. Based on this approach, in the area covered by our Kawasaki Headquarters, we set one day a week as a day when all employees finish work at the scheduled time.
Additionally, we encourage all employees to take two days of annual leave every six months in a planned manner, and recommend these days are combined with weekends and national holidays to ensure a longer break. We have also taken other measures to enhance employees’ personal lives, including increasing the amount of annual leave taken during the summer break by one day to four days, since FY2020. The positive impact of these initiatives has begun to show up in our engagement data.
Supporting life fulfillment
The Fujitsu General Group has put in place various systems to enable its employees and their families to lead healthy and fulfilling lives.
To meet the diversified needs of our employees, in addition to our existing welfare system focusing on livelihood support (rent subsidies, company cafeteria, group insurance at preferred rates, and cash for congratulatory occasions or condolences), we have introduced a Cafeteria Plan that allows each employee to choose a menu that suits their lifestyle.
This allows employees to freely select and utilize the menu they wish to use from among those set by the company, focusing on childcare, long-term care, health, and self-development support, together with benefit package services.
Prevention of occupational accidents & preparedness for natural disasters
The Fujitsu General Group holds a monthly Safety & Health Committee meeting to achieve zero occupational accidents. The main areas of focus include root cause analysis of any occupational accidents, discussion to prevent recurrence of such accidents, the reporting of vehicle accidents involving company-owned vehicles operated by sales/service staff, and consideration of recommended corrective actions. Meeting minutes are disseminated through our internal infrastructure. In addition, safety and health training is conducted as necessary at the time of hiring and reassignment.
As part of an annual campaign to raise employees’ health & safety awareness, a billboard is set up each year in September at our Kawasaki Headquarters. The purpose of this billboard is to announce the coming of National Occupational Health Week, which starts on the first of October.
In November, evacuation drills are conducted in order to strengthen our initial response readiness in the event of a natural disaster, as well as to raise employee awareness of disaster prevention. In previous years, all employees at our Headquarters participated in this event, but in FY2022, 180 representatives from each workplace took part in this event as a measure against COVID-19. During the drill, participants also practiced setting up sandbags to prevent flooding in the building, like we did in 2021.
In addition, a safety confirmation system is in place to quickly confirm the safety of employees in the event of a major disaster. In preparation for such an emergency, we hold regular drills to confirm the safety of employees using mobile terminals.
Promoting safe driving
E-learning is utilized to promote safer driving, focusing on the prevention of accidents, raising safety awareness, and the traffic rules for employees who use company cars for business, and those who commute by private car, motorcycle, or bicycle.
Relevant Information (Links)
- Details of the 1st Action Plan
Fujitsu General Group White Paper on Health (JP website/Japanese)
- Fujitsu General Group's Declaration of Employee Wellness
- Positioning and promotion system
- Promotion plan of health and productivity management