Contact Us Japanese Chinese Font size A A About NAGASE News Business Introduction Investor Relations Sustainability Home Sustainability Human Rights and Work Environment Vibrant Work Environments Vibrant Work Environments Approach to Occupational Health and Safety Health and Productivity Management Measures for Work Style Reforms On Labor Relations On Local Employment, Local Procurement Approach to Occupational Health and Safety We believe occupational health and safety is a fundamental prerequisite for promoting business activities, since “to enrich the lives of our employees” is our Management Philosophy. By actively taking initiatives to ensure occupational health and safety, we are continually improving and maintaining a safe and comfortable work environment. Basic Occupational Health and Safety Policy The NAGASE Group and each of its employees work together to ensure a safety-first work environment without any accidents or incidents. We shall strive to eliminate the seeds of injury and illness from the workplace in building an environment where employees may work assured of their health and safety. We focus particularly on prevention against global health phenomena such as HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. We shall comply with all laws and regulations related to occupational health and safety, as well as any concurring requirements. This policy shall form the target for activity development and execution, with regular reviews to continuously improve the methods and results of our activities. We shall invest management resources appropriately based on resolutions of the Board of Directors in order to effectively leverage occupational health and safety management systems. Promotion System for Occupational Health and Safety, and Health and Productivity Management Ensuring the health and safety of its employees across all workplaces is a key responsibility for the NAGASE Group as a corporate entity. We shall strive to construct an all-encompassing system for health management and responses to emergency situations (e.g. accidents, incidents, disasters) so that employees may be reassured that they can work safely, in the hope that all employees in our domestic and overseas workplaces, and their families, are safe and healthy. Further, as it pertains to accident risk at production sites, we shall implement a number of measures in our health and safety activities, including implementing initiatives based on specific situations at each site, in order to prevent workplace injuries to the fullest extent. In the event that injury occurs, we shall act swiftly to respond and also use the incident as a learning opportunity, taking a variety of measures to improve our level of health and safety management. We hold the Employee-Management Health Committee once a month to discuss topics for the improvement of working environments, including inspections of workplaces, and health, while receiving advice from industrial physicians. We also make efforts to improve the health of employees and working conditions through carrying out stress checks and questionnaires by the Health Committee. Health and Productivity Management The Group aims to realize a sustainable world where people live with peace of mind. We believe that the most important measure for achieving this is ensuring the physical and mental wellness of our employees, who constitute Group assets, as well as their families. This perspective is applied not only to the Group employees, but to all the stakeholders involved in the corporate activities. We have formulated and unveiled the NAGASE Health Declaration in support of improving the health of Group employees. We are currently promoting initiatives in line with the declaration. NAGASE Health Declaration The NAGASE Group seeks to realize a sustainable society where people can live with peace of mind. To that end, it is of the utmost importance to ensure that the Group's key assets - its employees and their families - are healthy, both in body and mind. The Group encourages measures for maintaining and promoting the health of each employee in cooperation with labor and management, through the collaboration and consultation with the Health Promotion Office of the Human Resources & General Affairs Division and the Labor Union, with the Representative Director and President of NAGASE & CO., LTD. at the top. For example, the monthly meeting of the Employee-Management Health Committee includes discussions related to flexible work schedules, encouraging paid time off, and reducing overtime. The committee uses results of workplace environment surveys as a basis for employee-management talks regarding creating a more enjoyable workplace environment. Policies and Initiatives 1. Supporting Physical Health Health examinations (regular physical exams, lifestyle disease exam, periodic checkups, medical exams for overseas assignees, including employees returning temporarily or permanently) Specific Health Checkup and Specific Health Guidance Cancer examinations Mail-in cancer examinations Dental checkups Influenza vaccinations Medical treatment and work-balance support Support for women’s health Distribution/access to household medicines Family health counseling Access to Best Doctors service 2. Supporting Mental Health Mental health counseling Mental health training Job reinstatement support Stress checks 3. Health Promotion NAGASE club activities In-house massage rooms Walking events No Smoking Day Smoking cessation support Encourage the use of daycare facilities Measures to reduce excessive work hours No Overtime Day (weekly) Publish overtime hours by department On Recognition as an Outstanding Health and Productivity Management Organization NAGASE & CO., LTD. was recognized as an Outstanding Health and Productivity Management Organization (a White 500 company) for 2019 by the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Conference). The White 500 system, based on health promotion initiatives by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi, commends organizations that practice particularly outstanding health management. Measures for Work Style Reforms To increase the productivity of the Group as a whole, we believe it is important to ensure each employee makes the most of their work hours with priority on productivity and efficiency, and to achieve work-life balance. Based on this idea, we are promoting discussions and taking initiatives aiming at achieving work style reforms. For example, the monthly meeting of the Employee-Management Health Committee includes discussions related to flexible work schedules, encouraging paid time off, and reducing overtime. The committee uses results of workplace surveys as a basis for employee-management talks regarding creating a more enjoyable workplace environment. Our Benefit Programs for Work Style Reforms Program Overview Time Off for Spouse’s Childbirth Time off to be present at spouse’s childbirth Flextime (for R&D employees) Employees can choose when to start and finish work, depending on individual business needs Time Off for Refreshing and Recharging Time off given to employees who have worked 15 full continuous years to refresh and recharge Expansion of Flextime System Scope to Employees Rearing Children or Providing Care As one effort in the promotion of more flexible work styles for employees, we have expanded the scope our flextime system as of April 2017. Formerly, only employees connected to research at the Nagase R&D Center were eligible for this system. Now, employees who are rearing children or providing care are eligible. Labor Relations and Labor Issues The NAGASE Group supports fundamental guidelines such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the four principles on labor of the United Nations Global Compact, and guarantees the basic labor rights of its employees. Further, the Group supports freedom of association, and the three basic labor rights of labor unions (the right to assemble, the right to collective bargaining and the right to collective action). With respect to management-labor consultation, we have established a forum for discussion between labor and management, seeking to share information on issues related to work conditions, environments, and so forth, and resolving issues in cooperation between both parties. Overseas locations follow the labor regulations of their respective countries, and we strive to strictly observe the minimum wage and total working hours, provide safe, hygienic workplaces, and build positive management-labor relations with labor unions in these locations as well. The Group has specified the provision of healthy working conditions in the Compliance Code of Conduct, disclosed it inside and outside the Group in Japanese as well as in English and Chinese, and familiarize employees with it through the distribution of booklets and holding of orientation meetings. Specific approaches NAGASE & CO., LTD. ascertains the working hours of employees and discloses overtime work hours per section inside the company. In the case of overtime work hours that exceed the standards of the company to the extent provided by laws, the Human Resources & General Affairs Division provides guidance for improvement for the relevant organization. Further, in the case where employees of the Group hold another post through the establishment of a new committee or project, or the appointment as a member of an existing committee or secretariat, the Human Resources & General Affairs Division performs a risk assessment and provides expert opinion for a project in order to maintain and improve working conditions. On Local Employment, Local Procurement The NAGASE Group believes that employment of local personnel and procurement from local soruces in the countries and regions within the Group's network play an important role in building good relationships and contributing to local economies and communities. Based on this concept, we shall promote local employment and local procurement so that we may contribute to the development of these respective countries and regions. 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