Diversity and inclusion initiatives
SHIBAURA MACHINE Group promotes diversity to allow employees with diverse individualities to fully demonstrate their own abilities.
Employment for disabled people and workplace environment
We promote the creation of a workplace where disabled people (including severely disabled people) are encouraged to work with high motivations. In our various workplaces, 33 disabled staff members are actively engaged in their tasks including system development and production management as at the end of March 2023.
We will continuously promote creation of a workplace environment that facilitates disabled people to improve their motivations towards work by providing adequate welfare facilities as well as positive recruitment.
Re-employment system
SHIBAURA MACHINE positively support employment of senior staff members. A re-employment system is available for the employees up to the age of 65 to provide the worthwhile work opportunities and to effectively utilize their wealth of experience and skills after 60 years of age. Many employees are using this system.
Support for female workforce
SHIBAURA MACHINE is focusing on the support for the balance between “child-bearing and childcare” and “work”, which is one of the major reasons for the resignations of female workers and aims at the realization of a society that is friendly to female workers. A new force is necessary to create a new business in the environment where new businesses in advanced countries have matured. Therefore, we exercise gender-free recruitment.
Systems available for childcare and nursing and the utilization statuses
The work return rate from maternity leave of female employees is 100% over the past 5 years. We also have a short working hours system and a system that exempts the employee from overtime work according to the request from the employee. We also added “nursing” to the reasons for accumulated paid leave to improve the system that supports the work-life balance.
The data includes the data of five domestic related companies.
| Fiscal year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons who took child care leave males in the bracket ( ): Male |
18（14） | 9(5) | 10(7) | 18(14) | 25(21) |
| Percentage of return from child care leave | 100% | 100％ | 100％ | 100％ | 100％ |
| Persons who took family care leave | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Persons who used the short working hours program (for child care) | 6 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
| Persons who used the short working hours program (for family care) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Work environment that facilitates the balancing between childcare and work for the sustainable long-term employment
The average number of years of service in FY2022 is 19.4 years (male: 19.3 years, female: 20.6 years)*. As indicated in this figure, many employees are able to work in this company for a long period of time, which is the feature of our company.
*SHIBAURA MACHINE CO., LTD. only
| 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resignees females in the bracket ( ): Female |
43（7） | 30（6） | 19（1） | 54（8） | 54(9) |
| Of which, resignees for childbirth or child care reasons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Promoting the engagement of various types of personnel
We promote employment based on personal skills and qualifications, not on gender, nationality, age or the like, thus ensuring the assignment of the right personnel in the right positions.
| Fiscal year | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Employees of foreign nationality | 13 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 |