Cooperating with Employees
N.E. CHEMCAT encourages employees to be proactive about taking on challenges and strives to promote diversity to "build an environment and structure that allows employees to share the joy of working for N.E. CHEMCAT and constantly breed innovation," as stated in Vision 2030.
Human Resource Development
Human Resource System That Encourages Employees to Be Proactive about Taking on Challenges
To create the infrastructure for encouraging employees to take on challenges, we introduced and are operating a human resource system. The system is designed so that each employee can recognize clear roles and goals, take on challenging and rewarding work, and have it evaluated appropriately.
Human Resources Management Promotion System
N.E. CHEMCAT formulates and implements various human resource policies based on the human resource strategy in its medium-term management plan.
Personnel evaluations and changes in role grades, personnel transfers and annual hiring plans, succession plans for key posts, and the selection of candidates for the next management level are discussed by the Personnel Committee, which is chaired by the president. This ensures a medium- to long-term perspective in the management of human resources.
Human Resource Development
Our human resource development is mainly based on on-the-job training, which involves communication with supervisors and senior employees in daily work as well as guidance and advice provided via regular interviews.
Human Resource Development System
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We also provide training for new employees and coaching training, as well as off-the-job training for each employee grade. The goal is to help them acquire the skills required to fulfill their roles and to develop and improve their competencies.
N.E. CHEMCAT actively supports independent learning for each employee, including support for obtaining a doctoral degree and English language training, and e-learning courses that can be selected at will by interested employees.
Promoting Diverse Work Styles
Flexible Work Styles
N.E. CHEMCAT operates systems that allows employees to work flexibly. Such systems include the flex systems and the telecommuting system. We also strive to maintain a balance between work and life through appropriate management aimed at preventing long working hours and encouraging employees to take annual paid leave.
Support System for Childcare and Nursing Care
To support the activities of employees with childbirth, childcare, and nursing care needs, the company has introduced a variety of support systems that exceed legal standards.
| Childcare Leave | Extension to 2 years old is possible depending on the situation of the childcare center. (The rate of employees who have returned to work after taking childcare leave is 100%.) |
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| Shortened Work Hours for Childcare | Available until the child graduates from elementary school |
| Nursing Care Leave | Can be taken up to three times for a period of up to 93 days for a family member in need of nursing care. |
| Family Support Leave | Available for up to 40 days per year for nursing care of family members who are injured or ill or in need of nursing care.(Can be taken even if not in need of nursing care) |
| Job Return System | Employees who have left the company due to marriage, childbirth, childcare, nursing care, or a spouse's transfer are eligible to return to work if they so desire. |
Believing that acceptance of diversity leads to the creation of innovation and enhancement of corporate value, the company is working to create a work environment in which the individuality of employees and the abilities of diverse human resources can be fully realized.
Women in Management Positions
Of the approximately 700 employees at the company, approximately 11.0% are women. The percentage of women in management positions has been increasing in recent years and was 4.9% in FY2022.
| FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | |
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| Percentage of regular employees who are women | 10.0% | 10.9% | 10.8% | 11.0% |
| Percentage of management positions held by women | 3.3% | 4.6% | 4.3% | 4.9% |
General Business Owner Action Plan based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children
We have established and are implementing the following goals in order to create an environment in which all employees can balance work and child rearing and in which all employees can work comfortably so that they can fully demonstrate their abilities.
- Encouraging employees to take annual paid leave by informing their supervisors of the status of their use of annual paid leave.
- Using the intranet to inform employees about childcare leave based on the Child Care and Family Care Leave Law and various systems based on the Unemployment Insurance Law.
- Appropriately managing the transition of employees' overtime work and striving to reduce working hours.
Occupational Health & Safety
Seven Safety Action Rules
Under the safety policy that safety takes precedence over everything else, N.E. CHEMCAT has established Seven Safety Action Rules to ensure safety and health.
Seven Safety Action Rules
- Follow the rules
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- All company employees shall comply with laws, regulations, and other internal rules.
- Implement thorough safety precaution
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- In order to prevent injury, supervisors shall give due consideration to safety (pre-screening, education and training) before utilizing new employees or introducing new equipment, new substances, or new tasks.
- Standardize operational procedures
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- Workplace supervisors shall standardize operational procedures in order to ensure safety.
- Wear protective gear
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- Personnel working on site shall wear appropriate protective gear.
- Patrol the workplace
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- Supervisors shall patrol the workplace in a timely manner to identify any on-site issues. Identified problems shall be corrected in a timely manner without leaving dangerous locations or dangerous tasks unattended.
- Report obligations
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- If an accident, injury, or emergency should occur, work shall be stopped immediately, and the situation shall be reported to a supervisor as quickly as possible.
- Prevent recurrence thoroughness
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- Following an accident or injury, all workplace employees shall reflect seriously on the circumstances, determine the cause, and take steps to prevent recurrence.
Health & Safety Promotion System
N.E. CHEMCAT has established health & safety committees at each of its plants. These committees include safety managers, health managers, industrial physicians, and work supervisors, and a system is in place to reflect the opinions of employees at workplace and safety meetings.
The initiatives reported to the committee are reported to the company-wide RC Committee, which oversees the progress of the initiatives.
Health & Safety Management System
We have obtained OSHMS certification for our health and safety management system, which is qualified by the JISHA method.
Plants with Certified Health and Safety Management Systems
| JISHA-qualified OSHMS | Numazu Plant, Tsukuba Plant |
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Risk Assessments
We support the mental and physical health of employees by conducting risk assessments that place the highest priority on preventing serious accidents and implement essential safety measures such as the maintenance and management of necessary equipment.
In addition, we are working to improve work that involves heavy labor or working in hot weather to create a workplace that is easy to work in, even for elderly workers.
Risk Assessment Procedures
Safety Targets
With the aim of achieving zero lost-worktime injuries and injuries without lost worktime, we are working to create a safe and healthy work environment for all employees.
Occupational Accidents
| FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | FY2022 | |
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| Lost worktime Injuries | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Accidents without lost worktime | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Fatal accidents | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Safety Training
N.E. CHEMCAT conducts safety-related education and training and make educational materials available on our safety and health bulletin board.
Safety Training (Examples)
- Safety principles
- Disaster preparedness education (BCP for major earthquakes/wind, flood, and earthquake disaster prevention)
- Education on chemical substance management
- Training for employees who work with chemical substances
- Education on management system of chemical substances in products
- Education on basic knowledge of protective equipment (for new and mid-career employees)
- Education on prevention of exposure to liquids (chemical hazards)
- Education on full body harness fall arrest equipment
- Training for high-pressure gas handlers
- Education on compliance with relevant laws and regulations
- Traffic safety training
- Heat stroke prevention education
- Risk assessment of chemical substances
Workplace Accident Prevention Activities
To prevent occupational accidents, N.E. CHEMCAT conducts regular facility safety inspections and health and safety patrols, as well as workplace patrols by management, and shareholder audits.