Welfare Programs
In addition to basic provisions such as company housing and bachelor apartments, we have introduced the “cafeteria method” that allows employees to select freely from a menu of previously-arranged social benefits according to the needs of the individual, within the limit of a certain number of points, based on their life planning.
Every year the menu is expanded and revised to meet the requests of employees and we encourage them to utilize the plan.
| Menus offered under the Cafeteria Method |
Subsidy for the cost of company housing and bachelor apartments
Subsidy for the interests of housing loans
*Subsidy for the cost of child care
*Subsidy for the cost of nursing care
*Subsidy for medical expenses
Subsidy for the use of a menu on self-development
*Subsidy for the purchase of books
*Subsidy for accommodation expenses
Subsidy for the cost of using sporting facilities
*Subsidy for the use of company cafeterias |
*Menus newly added or revised during fiscal 2007
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Sound Labor Relations
Takara Shuzo and the TaKaRa Labor Union have established a healthy labor-management relationship based on mutual trust. At the labor-management conferences and special committees between labor and management, information on management is provided and labor conditions are discussed. |
Creating a Workplace Where Employees’ Safety and Health are Assured
Efforts to Control Occupational Safety and Health—Achieving Zero Labor Accidents-
In order to improve the working environment and to ensure employees’ safety, we have established an occupational safety and health committee to raise employees’ intuition and awareness of danger. At factories, based on the “Occupational Safety and Health Management System,” potential risks and facilities where danger is lurking are identified. By doing this, we endeavor to prevent accidents.
In fiscal 2006 there were three work-related injuries resulting in absence from work. In addition to identifying the reasons for the accidents and taking preventive measures, we will make all-out attempts to achieve a zero accident rating.
Frequency of Worker Injuries Resulting in Absence from Work
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All Industries |
Food and Tobacco Industry |
Takara Shuzo |
| FY 2004 |
1.85 |
2.86 |
0.83 |
| FY 2005 |
1.95 |
2.86 |
1.60 |
| FY 2006 |
- |
- |
2.40 |
*/ Frequency: Calculated as the number of cases per million man-hours worked, this number represents the frequency of work-related accidents. (Source: Industrial Accidents Survey, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare) |
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From the TaKaRa Labor Union
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| Yoichi Odate |
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Chief Executive Secretary, TaKaRa Labor Union
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Activities to Improve Labor Conditions and Provide Job Satisfaction
“The Takara Labor Union is developing methods to improve working conditions such as wages and working hours and to enhance conditions in the workplace so that employees experience job satisfaction, based on healthy and cooperative labor-management relations. After consulting with union members in meetings facilitated by the executive office, we actively recommend any necessary measures to management. Our goals are healthy development of the company and the improvement of working conditions, including employee job satisfaction. Recently, labor and management got together to address mental health problems. By supporting actions taken by the company and the health insurance association, we are attempting to raise employee awareness of mental health issues.” |
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