Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I)

There are no fixed roles or working patterns based on gender, and opportunities are given fairly.
We are working to promote the active participation of women so that they can pursue the careers they desire.

• Cassiopeia Management School:
  Leadership training for female employees
• Career development training for young women:
  Training for female employees who have been with the company for three years as new graduates and for those in their 20s who have joined the company as a career employee
• Addressing health issues:
  Seminars, video viewing services, and consultation services on health issues specific to women
• Female Employee Roundtable:
  A roundtable discussion for networking and exchanging opinions among female employees
• Roundtable discussion for female managers:
  Discussion on rewards, worries, and challenges for women in career advancement as a manager

To enable each employee to balance work and family life, we are working to create an environment in which it is easy to take childcare leave by sending out messages from top management and improving various systems and support structures.

• A positive declaration for male child-rearing:
  A message from the president aimed at creating an environment in which both men and women can participate in childcare
• Training for managers on male participation in childcare:
  Training to provide information and exchange opinions on childcare systems, such as postpartum paternity leave
• Male child-rearing roundtable discussion:
  Share experiences of male employees who are involved in childcare, hold roundtable discussions where they can ask for advice, and hold cooking classes
• 男性育児メンタリング：
  育児参画やキャリア両立に向けた課題や悩みに、有志の育児経験者が個別相談で寄り添い解決を後押しする場

• Childcare leave system
• Unlicensed childcare fee support system
• Childcare support leave
• Accompanying a pregnant spouse to hospital

We respect the privacy of LGBTQ+ (sexual minorities) and prohibit discrimination and harassment in our code of conduct, and we are working to create a work environment where everyone can work with peace of mind.

• Rainbow Manifesto:
  A message from the president on respecting diversity and creating a work environment where people, including LGBTQ+ people, can work with peace of mind.
• LGBTQ＋に関するセミナー・研修：
  外部講師や当事者による役員・管理職向けセミナーや採用担当者向けの採用時配慮事項に関する教育を実施
• LGBTQ+ Film Screening:
  A film screening where participants can discuss and exchange opinions on diverse perspectives after watching a film with an LGBTQ+ theme
• 同性パートナーシップ制度：
  同性パートナーに対し、配偶者やその家族に適用される社宅貸与や家族手当、別居手当などの適用を認める同性パートナーシップ制度の導入
• 社内相談窓口：
  LGBTQ＋に関する悩みや不安をプライバシーに配慮しながら相談できる社内相談窓口の設置

Action Plan
Action plan for women's participation in the workforce
(2022-2026 edition)

We believe that the intangible diversity within each employee, such as diverse values, abilities, and skills, will lead to increased corporate value through the promotion of DE&I. Based on this belief, we support the challenges and self-actualization of growth-oriented employees.

• Side job system:
  A system that allows employees to take advantage of a variety of work opportunities, without limiting their opportunities to take on new challenges within the company
• Self-development leave system:
  A system for studying at universities and graduate schools in Japan and overseas
• Cross-border learning (matchmaking with other schools) type training:
  Training to update one's strengths and ways of thinking through the experience of working with others in an external environment

Based on the belief that it is necessary to improve the individual diversity of our employees in terms of language and business, we aim to strengthen our ties with overseas countries.

• Foreign Language Learning:
  Foreign language learning content for selective and self-development training
• Exchange of opinions with overseas bases:
  Exchange of opinions with employees from overseas bases

さまざまな属性の人が自分らしさを活かしながら働き、価値観が尊重されるチームして価値を生むために、国籍・人種・宗教を含めた一人ひとりの多様性を尊重するとともに、言語・文化面の習得に関しては必要なサポートを実施しています。

• Employee opinion survey:
  Survey on awareness of global human resources, including interest in foreign cultures and working with people from different countries
• Recruitment activities:
  We employ the same selection criteria for both new graduates and experienced recruits, and hire international students and foreign nationals.
• Learning Japanese and manners:
  Support for learning Japanese language, honorific language, etiquette, etc. based on employee requests and business needs

In particular, to address the issue of balancing work and nursing care, which is a familiar problem for middle-aged and older employees, we are expanding our support systems to accommodate a variety of nursing care situations and create an environment in which everyone can continue working.

• Handbook for balancing work and caregiving:
  Handbook on basic nursing care knowledge and our company system
• Providing nursing care information:
  Video viewing service related to nursing care and dementia

• Nursing care leave system:
  A maximum of 14 months of leave per eligible family member is allowed

Through training and systems that realize diverse working styles, we support employees in realizing the working style and fulfilling life that suits them.

• Pre-senior career training:
  Training for employees over a certain age to envision their next steps and pursue the careers they desire, to consider their own strengths as well as ways of working that keep up with the changing times.

• Reemployment system:
  A system that allows senior employees (re-employed employees) to choose their weekly working days and scheduled working hours, and realize diverse working styles such as application of flextime system