Systems for Achieving Work-Life Balance (Japan)

• Childcare leave:
  A system for employees to take leave until the end of the month in which the child reaches one year and six months of age (first seven days with pay)
• Shorter working hours for childcare:
  A system for employees raising children (up to the third grade of elementary school) to work shorter hours by 30-minute increments, up to a maximum of two hours
• Nursing care leave:
  A system for employees who have a family member in need of nursing care to take a total of 186 days of leave per family member to prepare for work and nursing care, etc.
• Shorter hours for nursing care:
  A system for employees who have a family member in need of nursing care to work shorter hours by 30-minute increments, up to a maximum of two hours of scheduled working hours (up to three years)

• Maternity leave:
  Prenatal: Six weeks prior to expected delivery date (fourteen weeks prior in the case of multiple-birth pregnancies); up to eight weeks postpartum
• Special childbirth leave for spouses:
  Up to three days within fourteen days of the birth of a child
• Nursing care leave for pre-school children:
  Up to ten days of leave per year to care for nursery-school-aged children (until elementary school age)
• Nursing care leave:
  Up to ten days of leave per year to care for a family member in need of nursing care or support
• Menstrual leave:
  As required
• Leave for bone marrow donation:
  Up to ten days
• Jury leave:
  As required

By law, annual paid leave lapses two years from the date of grant. Our system is designed to make effective use of expired annual leave by banking leave for a maximum of 60 days to be used for the following reasons.

• Refreshment leave:
  Five consecutive days for every five years of service after reaching five years of service
• Nursing care leave for family:
  When leave is required to care for a family member (spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, or sibling)
• Home care leave for family:
  When leave is required to care for a family member (spouse, child, parent, grandchild, grandparent, or sibling) in need of support/care
• Parental leave for children/grandchildren of jr. high school-aged and younger:
  When absence from work is required for school events, medical checkups, vaccinations, etc., for children/grandchildren of jr. high school age or younger
• Wellness leave:
  When absence from work is required for infertility treatment, menstrual or PMS treatment, pregnancy-related hospital visits, medical examinations or poor physical health, secondary medical examinations, cancer examinations, physical examinations, brain examinations, eye examinations, or bone marrow donation
• Volunteer leave:
  When employees wish to participate as a volunteer in disaster relief or in-house welfare activities, etc.
• Self-study and reskilling:
  When absence from work is required to attend a training course or lectures, take a certification examination, or prepare for an examination

• Incremental annual paid leave:
  A system that allows annual paid leave to be taken in half or quarter days
• Flextime:
  A system in which employees determine their own start and end times between 5:00 and 22:00. Applies to the entire company (no mandatory core hours), except for organizations, etc., engaged in the manufacture and supply of products
• Telework:
  Work from home, work at other offices within the company, and other work arrangements with no restrictions as to location
• Career comeback:
  A registration system under which employees who have resigned for purposes of childcare, nursing care, or a spouse's transfer have the opportunity to return to work (career comeback) in the future