Promoting a Healthy Work-Life Balance

• Basic approach
• Promotion system
• attempt

Basic approach

artience group has established the "Basic Policy on Human Resource Management" (established on May 10, 2024), which aims to create a workplace where employees can work with satisfaction and vitality, and is promoting work style reforms that lead to increased productivity, innovation, and improved work-life balance while respecting employees' diverse values and career aspirations.
In addition, based on the basic philosophy of welfare benefits, "Supporting each employee to work with peace of mind and realize a fulfilling life," we have established four pillars of welfare to respond to rapid changes in the world and to meet the diversification of lifestyles and individual orientations, and support the life stages required by each generation.

Promotion system

artience Human Resources Department Co., Ltd. is working to promote work-life balance, including appropriate labor management throughout the Group, support for balancing childcare and nursing care, and promotion of diverse work styles. Overseas, we are promoting initiatives in line with the laws, regulations, and practices of each country.

attempt

Main Measures to Promote Work-Life Balance

Measures in line with the four pillars of welfare include support for balancing nursing care and work and maintaining health through the cafeteria plan (subsidies for nursing care beds, childcare subsidies, subsidies for the purchase of desks, chairs, PC-related equipment, and health equipment for health promotion for telecommuting, etc.), holding seminars and providing information on health and nursing care, This includes the development of a system that takes into account employees involved in childcare and nursing care to support balancing work and private life.
In FY2024, we held briefings on the use of babysitters, conducted a questionnaire survey to understand the actual situation related to work and nursing care, and shared the survey results on our internal portal site. We will continue to strive to develop support and systems that meet our needs.

childcare support

Kurumin mark

The Group as a whole is focusing on promoting the use of male childcare leave, and the number of days taken is 10 days or more in principle. As part of our childcare support efforts, we have introduced a "Childcare Leave Hearing Sheet" that includes questions such as handover of work and consideration for physical condition, and use it as a communication tool between supervisors and those who have taken childcare leave, leading to a smooth start and return to work.
In August 2023, artience Co., Ltd. obtained the "Platinum Kurumin Certification", and in November, its core operating companies, TOYOCOLOR Co., Ltd., TOYOCHEM Co., Ltd., and TOYO INK Co., Ltd., obtained the "Kurumin Certification". In addition to fostering and spreading a culture in which taking childcare leave is commonplace, we will use childcare leave as an opportunity to review our daily work and create a workplace that supports each other, leading to the realization of diverse work styles throughout the company.

* artience Employees of Origin Co., Ltd.

action plan

artience and its core operating companies (TOYOCOLOR, TOYOCHEM, TOYO INK) have formulated action plans and are implementing initiatives based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support the Development of the Next Generation and the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.

For specific initiatives, please refer to the following materials and websites.

Nursing care support

Due to changes in the social environment such as the declining birthrate, aging population, and nuclear families, the number of employees facing nursing care is increasing. Our group (domestic) is actively promoting the creation of a workplace environment that allows employees to balance work and nursing care. Using the welfare cafeteria plan, we subsidize the purchase and rental costs of nursing care supplies and the costs of nursing care support services.

For specific initiatives, please refer to the work-life balance support forum.

Promotion of Appropriate Labor Management

The Group is promoting the development of a working environment so that employees can produce work results while emphasizing work-life balance. We strive to appropriately manage working hours, such as promoting the reduction of overtime work (overtime hours) through the operation of an employment management system approved by supervisors on a daily basis, verifying entry and exit status using an entry pass to eliminate service overtime, and conducting consultations with labor unions based on the Labor Standards Act.
In addition, in order to prevent health hazards caused by overwork, we encourage the department to which the target person belongs to improve their work, and conduct interviews with the target person and the industrial physician as necessary.
In FY2024, there were 0 cases of labor standard violations due to overwork.

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