ESG Voice 2018

Studying abroad as a student introduced me to a wide range of values, which broadened my horizons and led to my interest in diversity. I want to promote diversity while also working to create environments where women can feel even more comfortable doing their work. This is why I have served as a member of TWC since my second year with the company.

Through TWC, I have had more opportunities to speak with people from other workplaces both in Japan and overseas. I have also been able to enjoy a wide range of experiences such as planning and devising policies and proposing them directly to management. In the future, I want to use my experience with TWC to proactively engage in work from a broader perspective in my normal tasks as well.

Also, as a member of TWC I am able to be directly involved with the company’s important policies, which gives me a real sense there are equal opportunities for everyone.

Comprised of members of different ages and departments, TWC is actively working on a variety of different policies, making the most of its members’ individual characteristics. We have been actively exchanging information with overseas locations since 2017 and aim to propose policies that will contribute to the promotion of diversity throughout the TS TECH Group.

Response

We feel that a diverse group of personnel is what will provide the drive to support the further growth of the TS TECH Group, so we have adopted diversity management as a priority measure under our 13^th Medium-Term Management Plan. To have a diverse group of personnel actively participating will help accomplish the Group’s goals as well as promote future growth for individuals. We will continue to work with TWC to develop environments in which each individual employee has even more opportunities to put his or her respective skills to use.

(Human Resources Department)

At TS TECH, labor and management have worked together to successfully prevent any cuts to carried-over paid vacation since fiscal 1998. We also work to simultaneously promote appropriate approaches to work and to reduce overtime. Since we have made constant efforts to consult with the labor union beforehand when overtime looks to exceed designated limits and mutually determine its necessity, there is a keen awareness about overtime at the company.

In 2018, we adopted a flextime system to improve labor productivity. In order for employees to make the most effective use of work time, we decided not to establish any core time; one hour or more of work in a day is considered attendance for the day. Since adopting the system, we have held hearings with managers at each workplace to examine how it is being used, the amount of overtime, etc., and we are making ongoing efforts to ensure that employees will be able to utilize the system even more effectively. We aim to further improve labor productivity using the flextime system by once again publicizing how to use it and expanding the scope of eligible employees. We will continue to work to practice diversity management by constructing policies and systems that enable employees to work to their fullest.