Human Right and Labor Practices
（Condition of work and Human development)

To create a vibrant environment where everyone can play an active part

Promoting work-life balance

Building a vibrant workplace

In order to boost communication between organizational layers and divisions, and between men and women, we are working to build a vibrant workplace. Through these activities, we promote mutual understanding between groups and spread throughout our entire organization a work environment in which employees find their job rewarding and can work comfortably and energetically. We have also prepared a handbook as a tool for supporting these activities and are working to raise the awareness of employees about the need to carry out these activities.

The handbook “To Work Energetically”The handbook "To Work Energetically" puts together important points in communication using familiar language.

Working to promote a vibrant workplace.Working to promote a vibrant workplace.

Diverse working-hour systems

  • Taisei is working to reduce working hours, including the "shorter working hours month" and "no overtime work day" systems, in order to create an environment in which employees are mentally and physically free from pressure and can work with a sense of security.
  • By putting in place flexible working hours systems that meet diverse work styles, including a flextime system, a discretionary working hours system for specialized jobs, and the varied working hours system, Taisei is working to create an environment in which employees can work easily.

Upgrading our vacation and leave systems

  • Taisei encourages its employees to take annual paid vacations by urging them to take them in a systematic way and allowing them to take vacations in half day units.
  • Taisei strives to motivate its employees to work harder and improve their health by allowing those who have worked for long hours to take vacations to recharge their batteries and by granting vacations to employees at important career points such as job reassignment and project completion.
  • Taisei has put in place leave systems for child rearing, nursing care, volunteer activities and other personal needs.
  • Taisei guarantees sick leave and salary payments when employees become ill.

Systems for helping employees to handle both career and family

System name Details
Leave for a wife's giving birth When an employee's wife gives birth to a child, the employee can take two days of leave in addition to his ordinary paid vacations (Leave for a wife's giving birth can be taken in half-day units, and two days of leave do not need to be taken consecutively).
Child-care leave system Employees can take child-care leave until their child becomes two years old. Under the employment insurance system, 50% of the employee's salary is paid until the child becomes one year old (one and half years old if the employee cannot find a day care center or similar for their child). Currently, almost all female employees who give birth to children take child-care leave, and there are also men who take child-care leave. In the case of men, child-care leave can be taken even if their spouse is a full-time housewife.
Child care leave Employees can take leave to look after their sick preschool children (5 days a year for one child, 10 days for two or more children). This leave can be taken in half-day units.
Nursing leave Employees can take leave to look after members of their family that require nursing care (5 days a year for one family member, 10 days for two or more members). This leave can be taken in half-day units.
Nursing-care leave system If a member of an employee's family requires nursing care, the employee can take nursing care leave for a maximum of 93 days. The nursing care of the following family members is covered by this system: (1) spouse, (2) father and mother, (3) children, (4) spouse's father and mother, (5) grandfather and grandmother, (6) brothers and sisters, (7) grandchildren, and (8) persons other than those listed above who are approved by the company.
Reduced working hours system Daily working hours can be reduced to four, five or six hours for child rearing or nursing care, and 55%, 70% or 80% of the employee salary is paid respectively. For child care, working hours can be reduced until the child completes the third year of elementary school, and nursing-care leave can be taken for up to 93 days.
Shifting working hours earlier or later Working hours can be shifter earlier or later. The time an employee starts and finishes working is determined through prior consultations with his or her manager.
Return-to-work program The return-to-work program allows employees who leave the company due to childbirth, child rearing, nursing care, or the change of their spouse's residence to return to their former job if their return meets the company's needs. There is no restriction on the length of unemployment, and the system allows employees who left the company in the past to register themselves with it.

Child care support program

Kurumin MarkKurumin Mark
In 2007, Taisei became the first major construction company to acquire a Kurumin Mark.

A meeting held for those who are taking child care leaveA meeting held for those who are taking child care leave

The child care support program supports people who take child care or other types of leave so that they can return to their former workplace smoothly afterwards and handle both a career and raising children. Meetings are held for people taking child care leave to allow them to exchange information and shed their worries and fears.

Measures to promote mental health

Taisei actively provides its employees with mental health care to resolve and alleviate anxiety and worries affecting employees and their families when they suffer under psychological and physical burdens.

EAP pamphletEAP pamphlet delivered to employees and their families

A mental health seminar being held for employeesA mental health seminar being held for employees

  • Establishment of an internal section to contact for advice on mental health
  • Outsourcing of EAP services to specialized external organizations
  • Provision of information related to mental health using Taisei's intranet
  • Holding of mental health seminars

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