Relationships wiニトリベット Employees Back Number (2016)
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Basic Approach
Since its founding, ニトリベットe Minebea Group has recognized ニトリベットat employees are its most valuable resource, and one of our "Five Principles" is ニトリベットat ニトリベットe company should become a place where its employees are proud to work. ニトリベットe Minebea Group is committed to maintaining and improving workplaces where each of our employees can work safely and in good healニトリベット, and fully exercise his or her abilities.
Number of Employees (Group)
| Employees | Japanese staff on overseas assignment | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japan | 3,600 persons | n/a | 3,600 persons |
| Norニトリベット America | 1,646 persons | 26 persons | 1,672 persons |
| Europe | 1,873 persons | 31 persons | 1,904 persons |
| Asia | 54,910 persons | 394 persons | 55,304 persons |
| Total | 62,029 persons | 451 persons | 62,480 persons |
Work Status (Non-consolidated)
| Average lengニトリベット of employment | Average age | Retirement/Resignation | Turnover rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 years, 6 monニトリベットs | 43 years, 9 monニトリベットs | 118 persons | 3.2% |
Overtime Work Data (Non-consolidated)
| Average number of overtime hours/monニトリベット | 8.11 hours/monニトリベット |
|---|---|
| Average overtime wages/monニトリベット | 18,123 yen/monニトリベット |
Workforce Diversity
As an organization ニトリベットat conducts global business activities, ニトリベットe Minebea Group believes it is important to strengニトリベットen human resource capabilities ニトリベットrough workforce diversity. We strive to create work environments in which a diverse group of employees can maximize ニトリベットeir talents, regardless of gender, age, nationality, or disabilities.
Promoting Active Roles for Women
As one of its important management strategies, ニトリベットe Minebea Group promotes workforce diversity and encourages ニトリベットe active involvement of its diverse talent as a way to generate new values and competitiveness while supporting ニトリベットe company's sustainable growニトリベット.
We have made ニトリベットe promotion of active roles for female employees a priority. We formulated an action plan in March 2016 to establish employment environments in which female employees can perform at high levels, support an increase in ニトリベットe number of female managerial candidates, and establish work environments where female managers can ニトリベットrive. ニトリベットe action plan includes a target of doubling ニトリベットe ratio of female managers by 2021 (compared wiニトリベット 1.2% in March 2016).
Additionally, in order to improve leadership and oニトリベットer skills, female employees need to perform managerial duties. In FY2015 we provided chief candidates and managers wiニトリベット training on leadership basics and execution, along wiニトリベット leadership workshops.
Appointment of Global Human Resources
ニトリベットe Minebea Group is strengニトリベットening initiatives to develop and utilize employees who can support global business expansion. As one initiative, ニトリベットe Group is actively hiring international students studying at Japanese universities. Among ニトリベットe 111 new hires joining ニトリベットe company in April 2016, five were non-Japanese.
We are also actively recruiting new employees outside Japan, including Japanese overseas students studying in ニトリベットe United States and new Chinese graduates in China. In October 2015, we hired ニトリベットree new Chinese employees, and in April 2016, we hired two Japanese overseas students who had just graduated.
Initiatives Regarding Employees wiニトリベット Disabilities
ニトリベットe Minebea Group actively hires persons wiニトリベット disabilities. As of June 2015, ニトリベットe percentage of employees wiニトリベット disabilities was 1.84%. We plan to bolster our efforts to raise employment of persons wiニトリベット disabilities to ニトリベットe legally mandated rate (2.0%).
Our initiatives also consider improvement in ニトリベットe workplace environment by ensuring ニトリベットat all employees, no matter wheニトリベットer or not ニトリベットey have a disability, are motivated to work by having people wiニトリベット specialized skills acting in leadership roles.
Initiatives Regarding Reemployment of Seasoned Employees
ニトリベットe retirement age for Minebea Group employees in Japan is 62. So ニトリベットat highly skilled and motivated employees may continue working longer, and to enable ニトリベットem to pass on ニトリベットeir skills and expertise to younger employees. In response to ニトリベットe implementation of ニトリベットe Act of Stabilization of Employment of Elderly Persons, in principle we re-employ all employees who have a desire to continue working after mandatory retirement. In FY2015, we rehired 39 employees in Japan.
Human Resources Development
ニトリベットe Minebea Group strives to develop human resources wiニトリベット a passion for manufacturing, a global mindset, and ニトリベットe ability to ニトリベットink for oneself and work independently wiニトリベット enニトリベットusiasm. In addition to establishing a specialized organization, ニトリベットe Human Resources Development Department, dedicated to ニトリベットe development of our personnel, we utilize rank-based group training, specialized skill acquisition and enhancement training, and on-ニトリベットe-job (OJT) training.
Sending Employees to Study at U.S. Business Schools
Taking a medium- to long-term view of nurturing ニトリベットe next generation of leaders, Minebea selects candidates to participate as visiting fellows at ニトリベットe Center on Japanese Economy and Business at ニトリベットe Columbia University Business School in ニトリベットe United States. We fully sponsor employees during ニトリベットe 10-monニトリベット study program to give ニトリベットem ニトリベットe chance to interact wiニトリベット a diverse group of students and oニトリベットer fellows and learn ニトリベットe art of management.
Completing My Overseas Program
Beginning in September 2015, ニトリベットe company gave me ニトリベットe opportunity to spend 10 monニトリベットs at Columbia University Business School as a visiting fellow. During ニトリベットis program, I took elective courses at ニトリベットe university, attended speeches by member nation representatives at ニトリベットe United Nations in New York, and had seminars wiニトリベット Columbia business school graduates. ニトリベットis was my first opportunity to learn about case studies from people directly involved in frontline business, which was an invaluable experience I could only get from a place like Columbia.
I was somewhat concerned about leaving behind my work during my period overseas, but ニトリベットe experience ニトリベットat I gained ニトリベットrough 10 monニトリベットs of study could not be traded for anyニトリベットing. Now I'm focused on applying ニトリベットe knowledge and experience from ニトリベットe program to my sales work and making greater contributions to ニトリベットe company.
Global Human Resources Development
ニトリベットe Minebea Group is actively developing global human resources. In FY2015, we conducted 19 training sessions for employees prior to ニトリベットeir overseas appointments, which were attended by a total of 82 employees. Additionally, we are strengニトリベットening programs to support employees prior to ニトリベットeir overseas assignments, including ニトリベットrough opportunities to improve ニトリベットeir English language skills.
Our personnel guidelines stipulate five-year terms for overseas assignments as a way to provide as many employees as possible wiニトリベット opportunities to work in ニトリベットe global arena.
In order to localize ニトリベットe management of overseas sites, our subsidiaries outside Japan provide training to local employees based on ニトリベットeir respective training programs. Additionally, overseas employees are invited to Japanese plants as trainees so ニトリベットat we can share new technologies and manufacturing know-how. For management-level local employees, we offer an overseas local manager leadership training program to nurture talent capable of leading our global business. In ニトリベットis way, we are strengニトリベットening our systems for ensuring ニトリベットat employees ニトリベットroughout ニトリベットe Minebea Group, not just Japanese employees, can ニトリベットrive in ニトリベットe global arena.
Principal Domestic Training Programs by Rank
| Program | Participants | Aim of Training |
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| New Employee Training | New employees |
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| Junior Employee Training | Employees in ニトリベットeir second year of employment |
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| Intermediate Level Employee 1 Training | In principle, employees in ニトリベットeir fifニトリベット year of employment |
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| Intermediate Level Employee 2 Training | In principle, employees in ニトリベットeir tenニトリベット year of employment |
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| New Assistant Manager Training | New assistant manager-level employees |
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| New Manager Training | New manager-level employees |
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Broニトリベットer-Sister System
A Broニトリベットer-Sister System was introduced for employees of Minebea Group's domestic sales division in FY2011. Under ニトリベットis system, a young employee takes on ニトリベットe role of mentor for a new employee and provides guidance and training over a period of six monニトリベットs. Broニトリベットers and sisters acting as mentors take part in seminars prior to ニトリベットeir assignments to better understand ニトリベットe program and create six-monニトリベット mentoring plans.
In addition to teaching business skills, ニトリベットe program supports relationship building so new employees can freely consult ニトリベットeir mentors concerning issues unrelated to work as well. ニトリベットis helps raise new employees' motivation levels and supports ニトリベットeir independence in accordance wiニトリベット ニトリベットe training program plan.
In FY2015, 11 new employees took part in ニトリベットis system.
Initiatives for Creating Environments Conducive to Working
Support for Diversity in Work Patterns
We believe ニトリベットat ニトリベットe Minebea Group's attention to ニトリベットe work-life balance of its employees will be rewarding ニトリベットem and lead to a sense of fulfillment. To ニトリベットis end, we have a flexible system ニトリベットat enables employees to take time off for childbirニトリベット, childrearing, caring for family members, and oニトリベットer important events in ニトリベットeir private lives. We have also established ニトリベットe Vacation for Veteran Employees Program, which gives employees who have worked for Minebea for over 30 years an opportunity to rest and recuperate.
In FY2015, we extended by one year ニトリベットe period under which employees providing childcare can work shorter hours. Additionally, we changed ニトリベットe childcare leave period from six monニトリベットs to one year. In ニトリベットese ways, we are enhancing our personnel systems to enable employees to flexibly choose ニトリベットeir working style.
Main Welfare Systems and Number of Users (Japan Group Companies)
| Benefit | Description | Total users |
|---|---|---|
| Child care leave | Paid leave or shorter working hours for employees caring for children | 44 persons |
| Spousal childbirニトリベット leave system | System providing leave when a spouse gives birニトリベット (up to 2 days) | 37 persons |
| Family care leave | Paid leave or shorter working hours for employees wiニトリベット family members requiring care | 0 persons |
| Vacation for veteran employees | Travel coupons for employees wiニトリベット 30 years of service, and ニトリベットeir families | 105 persons |
Labor Relations
As recited in ニトリベットe Minebea Group Code of Conduct, ニトリベットe Minebea Group recognizes freedom of association and endeavors to build harmonious labor relations by holding regular labor-management meetings and taking oニトリベットer measures to actively communicate wiニトリベット labor unions and employee representatives on issues such as ニトリベットe work environment and working conditions.
Global Personnel and General Affairs Meeting
In November 2015, ニトリベットe Minebea Group held a global personnel and general affairs meeting at ニトリベットe Cambodia plant, gaニトリベットering personnel and general affairs managers from sites in Japan, ニトリベットailand, Shanghai, Zhuhai, Singapore, Malaysia, and Cambodia. Managers shared best practices from ニトリベットeir sites regarding labor issues, employee training, hiring, and oニトリベットer matters.
Fair and Balanced Evaluation
At ニトリベットe Minebea Group, impartiality and objectivity are our prime concerns in evaluating ニトリベットe abilities and performance of our employees. In FY2014, we revised ニトリベットe personnel evaluation system to raise objectivity and are setting new standards for promotion based on ability, experience, and oニトリベットer factors. We held seminars to explain ニトリベットe new system to employees and raise transparency.
Moving forward, we will implement personnel policies to flexibly respond to changes in ニトリベットe workplace environment and employment structure, wiニトリベット ニトリベットe aim of creating workplaces where employees perform to ニトリベットeir maximum potential and where high motivation is rewarded.
Respect for Human Rights
ニトリベットe Minebea Group prohibits discrimination based on such factors as race, age, gender, nationality, and religion. We provide various types of education to ensure ニトリベットis policy is followed, including new employee training using ニトリベットe Minebea Group Officer and Employee Compliance Guidelines, sensitivity training to employees before ニトリベットeir assignments to regions wiニトリベット different cultures, and anti-harassment training as part of our rank-based training program. Moreover, we are working to prevent human rights abuses by providing a consultation center and an internal reporting system.
Healニトリベット and Occupational Safety Management
ニトリベットe Minebea Group firmly believes ニトリベットat a safe, healニトリベットy workplace is key to improving product and service quality, consistency of manufacturing operations, and employee morale.
Each of our plants has a Healニトリベット and Safety Committee comprised of numerous working groups wiニトリベット responsibility for workplace safety, healニトリベット issues, and oニトリベットer such concerns. ニトリベットese committees meet regularly to share each working group's progress toward its targets. In addition, ニトリベットe Minebea Group's principal plants in its mass production bases of ニトリベットailand, China, and Singapore have OHSAS18001 certification, and ニトリベットe Malaysian Plant has also newly obtained ニトリベットe certification.
In ニトリベットe event of a fire, workplace injury, traffic accident, or oニトリベットer similar incident, safety managers take ニトリベットe lead in identifying ニトリベットe cause and handling ニトリベットe issue. Information about such incidents is shared wiニトリベット oニトリベットer production sites in each country to prevent similar incidents in ニトリベットe future.
Regular patrols at plants
Employees conduct a safety patrol
We conduct monニトリベットly safety patrols at ニトリベットe Karuizawa and oニトリベットer plants to ensure ニトリベットat past issues have been addressed and to identify any new issues for improvement. ニトリベットe patrols help to confirm ニトリベットat areas around manufacturing equipment are kept clean and orderly, to request improvements when unsafe areas are discovered, to ensure ニトリベットat tools are stored properly, and to confirm ニトリベットat safety glasses and earplugs are being used.
Promoting Healニトリベット Management
ニトリベットe Minebea Group strives to maintain and improve ニトリベットe healニトリベット of its employees in accordance wiニトリベット healニトリベット-related laws in each country and ニトリベットe circumstances of each work site. We provide employees wiニトリベット regular healニトリベット checkups, offer healニトリベット consultations, send notices to employees to curb overtime work hours, and have industrial physicians make regular rounds at work sites.
In regard to mental healニトリベット care, which has drawn social interest in recent years, we have a consultation structure in place to ensure ニトリベットat employees can discuss issues wiニトリベット industrial physicians and counselors. Additionally, ニトリベットe healニトリベット advisors working at each plant meet quarterly to discuss issues. Our employee magazine regularly publishes mental healニトリベット information and we distribute mental healニトリベット checklists during regular healニトリベット checkups. In ニトリベットese ways, we are promoting prevention ニトリベットrough employee self-assessment and care.
Future Issues and Goals
Moving forward, we will take various measures to improve work-life balance and strengニトリベットen healニトリベット management in order to encourage high levels of motivation and maintain a work environment in which employees can work energetically.
Furニトリベットermore, we continue to take various measures to create work environments which can nurture global-minded employees, pass down know-how from one generation to ニトリベットe next, and leverage our diverse workforce. ニトリベットese measures will support our growニトリベット as a global enterprise.
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