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Childcare leave period
Number of childcare
leave taken
Salary during childcare
leave
Period for Short Working
Hours System

Until child is 1 years of age.

No salary
Can be unpaid

Up to 3 years old

Change in Working Hours

30 minutes twice a day. Possible
without salary

Holiday Work Exemption

deduction
Until child finishes Grade 3 ofelementary school
start and end periods permitted twice
annually in accordance to changes infamily situation.

From birth to 1 year old, at least

Overtime Work andBonus will be paid after partial

Change to short working hours / workNo legal provisions

Childcare Period

Until child is 3 years of age.

Can be obtained twice by dividing ←Same as left (same as legal)

Period for Short Working
Hours /Fujikura Programs↑Same as above

At least 30 minutes twice a day untilchild is 1 year of age, with paid salary.
Until child finishes Grade 3 ofelementary school

Restrictions on Overtime Until the beginning of elementary Until child finishes Grade 4 ofWorkschool

Restrictions on LateNight Workelementary school↑Same as above,not applicable if there is someone ←Same as left
over 16 years old living together
Five days for each child until theNursing Care Leave

beginning of elementary school
enrollment;10 days if 2 children or←Same as left

more; can be set as non-paid.
Promotion of Childcare
Leave Use by Fathers
Expense Support

No legal provisions

No legal provisions

Three days allowed within a week afterchildbirth.
The points are doubled for the Childcare
Support Service’s cafeteria plan.

Prenatalandweeks before childbirth; 8 weeks

postnatal

after childbirth.

←Same as left

leave
Stipulated in the Equal
Employment Opportunity Act forChildbirth/ChildcareExpectant

Men and WomenMothers◆Maternal hospital visitation

Supportleave.
Other

1. Once every four weeks until the ←Same as left (paid salary)
23rd week of pregnancy.
2. Once every two weeks from the24th to 35th week of pregnancy.

Other←Same as left (paid salary)

3. Once a week from the 36thweek of pregnancy to childbirth.
1. Implementation of training
regarding childcare leave andpostpartum paternity leave

1. Introduction of training services topromote childcare leave for men

2. Establishment of a consultation
system regarding childcare leaveand postpartum paternity leave(establishment of consultation

2. Establishment of childcare leave
consultation deskdesk)
Encouraging men to take 3. Collection and provision ofchildcare leave

examples of employees taking

3. Case studies included in the childcare

childcare leave and paternity

leave handbook for male employees

leave after childbirth
4. Inform your company's workers
of childcare leave, postpartum
paternity leave system, andpolicies regarding promotion of

4. Dissemination through internal blogs,
internal newsletters, etc.

taking childcare leave
Intranet browsing available foremployees taking childcare leave.
In-house bulletin also delivered to thehome of employees taking childcare
Support for Smooth
Return to WorkNo legal provisions

leave.
Providing a communication sheet thatcan be used during interviews withsuperiors before returning to work
Conducting seminars to support those
returning to work

Support for early returnfrom childcare leave
Implementation of a Reemployment System

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Childcare concierge (support for finding
No legal provisions

a nursery school through external
partners)

No legal provisions

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Job return system

Fujikura ProgramsOnce for each eligible family member
who reaches a state requiring care, for aFamily care leave
period/number of times

Up to 93 days per person

total of one year. If continued nursing
care is required, the leave can bedivided into three periods for a total ofup to one year.

At least 2 times per eligible family
Work Hour Reduction

member over a period of 3 ormore consecutive years from thedate of start of use←Same as left

Exemptions on Overtime Companies must exempt overtimeWork

work if employees apply.

←Same as left

Depending on the application,
Restrictions on Overtime exemptions from overtime for overWork

24 hours in one month or 150←Same as left

hours in one year.
Period greater than 1 month up toFamily Care

6 months per request with no limit
Restrictions on Lateon number of requests.

Night Work

Not applicable if there is a←Same as left

cohabitant 16 years of age orolder.
Five days for each family member
Caregiving Leaveor 10 days for 2 or more family
members requiring caregiving;←Same as left

can be set as non-paid.
The nursing care support service of theExpense SupportNo legal provisions

cafeteria plan doubles the point unit
price.

Use of saved leave fornursing care purposes

Saved leave can be used for up to 50
No legal provisions

period.

Nursing careconsultation andinformation provision by

Nursing care concierge desk (telephone
No legal provisions

external partners
Implementation of a Reemployment System

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days during the nursing care leave

consultation, email consultation, faceto-face consultation)
Nursing care information website

No legal provisions

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Job return system

Fujikura Programs

Promotion of Paid

Guidelines for promoting

Two days annually as universal fixed

Vacation use

acquisitiondays for paid vacation use.

Expansion of half-day
paid leave

Twenty days (40 half-days) permitted
No legal provisions

for half-day usage during the annual
period for paid leave calculation.
We are implementing plans to reduce
total hours worked through theReduction of Total Actual Setting time limits, working hours establishment of the "Fujikura Group
Working Hours

management standards, etc.

Work Hour Optimization Guidelines,"and reevaluating the special clauses of
36 Agreements.

flexible working style

Review ofWorking
StylesNo legal provisions

Telework(work-from-home)
Hourly regular leave

Review ofWorkingStyles

Special Leave for LongService

Five consecutive days can be taken for
No legal provisions(My Holiday System)

five years of service (10 days for 30
years of continuous employment).
Recognition of flexible working style

Flextime WorkNo legal provisions

fixed to core time (10 AM to 3 PM) andflexible time (7 AM to 10 AM, 3 PM to 7PM).

Refreshment Leave

No legal provisions

Three consecutive days of holiday
allowed for purpose of refreshment, etc.
Allow use of leave within retention leave(system allowing accumulation ofVolunteer Leave

No legal provisions

effective paid vacation by up to 100days) for volunteering and services tothe community.

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Dissemination of working

Education

conditions during andandafter childcare leave

Awareness

Training and Awarenessof Systems and Statutory

Fujikura Programs
Interviews conducted before

No legal provisionscommencement of childcare leave;
explanation of related systems.

No legal provisions

Creation and publication of handbook
for childbirth and caregiving.

*Save vacation is a system that allows employees to save up to 100 days of regular vacation that occurred in the year before the previousvacation, carried over to the previous vacation year, and expired in the current fiscal year.
This can be done in cases stipulated by the regulations, such as when the person is receiving medical treatment for an illness, caring fora family member, or participating in volunteer activities.