Workstyle Reforms
Reduction of Long Working Hours
Goal
We will pursue the elimination of long work hours*1 (reduce the total work time from 1,916 hours in fiscal year 2020 to 1,850 hours in fiscal year 2025), and encourage diverse methods of taking leave from work.
Specific initiatives
- Break away from a workstyle premised on working long hours at the office.
- Executives to strive toward creating an organizational management that is not based on demanding long work hours from their staff.
- Reform the personnel evaluation system to move away from a system that looks favorably upon long work hours, and toward one which places importance on results.
- Accelerate reform in business operations and DX promotions.
*1 Fact-finding survey on work hours from 2020, by the Federation of Economic Organizations Average work hours in 2019: 1,987 hours (manufacturing) / 2,014 hours
(non-manufacturing)
Ways of taking leave
Goal
We will Aim for employees to take at least one day a month on average, including annual paid and seasonal leave.*2
Specific initiatives
- Strengthen and continue initiatives for taking paid vacations
- Encourage male employees to take childcare leave. Recommend male employees to use it when their spouse gives birth.
*2 Company's current average vacation days taken: 8.6 days of annual paid leave, 4.1 days of seasonal paid leave Comprehensive survey on labor requirements by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare in 2020 Average vacation days taken in 2019: 9.2 days (for all industries with employees between 100 to 299 persons), 10.0 days (transportation industry, postal service industry)
Health management
Basic Policy on Health Management
We regard the safety and health of our employees as the foundations of our business activities as we go about realizing our corporate philosophy of "contributing to the development of society by providing trusted and high-quality marine transportation services," and we are committed to promoting the health and ensuring the safety of our Group employees.
Safety and Health Committee
Onshore
For the purpose of increasing the physical and mental health of employees on land and at sea, we have established the Safety and Health Committee chaired by Manager of the Secretary and Personnel Team. The committee meets once a month.
Shipboard
Shipboard Safety and Health Committee meetings, chaired by the captain and all crew members attend, are held once a month. Issues are discussed and shared in order to help individual crew members lessen their worries.
Promoting Health
Goals
- Health exams :Conduct efforts to improve percentage of employees taking exams
- Stomach cancer screening :Raise the percentage of employees ages 35 and up getting screened
- Specific health guidance :Give guidance to all relevant persons
Specific initiatives
- Health exams
Inform those who have not taken their health exams, along with their superiors, of their obligation to take the exam, and strive to raise the percentage of those taking the exam. - Cancer
Strengthen efforts to have employees get screened for stomach and bowel cancer as designated by the Company in order to ensure early discovery and treatment of cancer. - Brain and heart diseases
Strengthen efforts in specific health guidance to improve lifestyle habits.
Addressing Mental Health Issues
Onshore
- In order to promote early discovery and treatment, inform and spread awareness among all employees that either directly by the employees themselves or through their superiors they have the opportunity to receive consultations with industrial doctors or with consultation services.
- Continue mental health check-ups.
Offshore
- Internal consultation desks have been set up in Vietnam, the Philippines, and Tokyo.
- Providing mental health seminars, specifically e-learning programs for Japanese members, and regular lectures by invited instructors for Filipino seafarers.
- Video viewing sessions are held periodically and issues are discussed and shared at the onboard health committee in order to help individual crew members lessen their worries.
- To improve the wellbeing on board, personal mobile subscription options with free data communication available up to 3GB/month, so that crewmembers can easily choose to use the social media and e-mail functions to keep in touch with their family living far away.