Achievement of well-being
In order to achieve “to evolve and grow as “Wacoal Group of the World” by providing both physical and emotional beauty and richness to individuals through high sensitivity and premium quality” as addressed under our medium to long-term strategy framework “VISION 2030”, it is essential to increase the satisfaction of our employees, who are key stakeholders, and to improve the productivity of the organization as a whole.
At Wacoal Corp., we believe that improving the job satisfaction and happiness of each employee is the driving force to achieve high productivity, and we will implement initiatives to achieve well-being to improve employee engagement.
Promotion of Diverse Working Styles
We are promoting initiatives at Wacoal Corp. that seek to raise awareness and change behavior on how to increase working productivity through a combination of proactive use of remote work tailored to each department, promotion of flexible hours, and operation of a limited work location system. While promoting organizational reforms which emphasize on performance and achievements, we are focusing on creating a corporate culture that respects each individual as a business partner by recognizing diverse opinions and values. While remote work has been adopted rapidly as a measure to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we will continue to utilize remote work tailored to the characteristics of each department as “a work style to maximize the achievements and performance” even after the downgrade of COVID-19 to a Class 5 disease (common infectious disease). In addition, we continue to promote reforms in the way we work, such as starting a “super flexible time” system from April 2023.
Health Management
Viewing the health of employees as an important asset for sustained growth, Wacoal Corp strategically promotes the health management by working together with the health insurance society and labor union as a trinity. One of the material issues set forth in VISION 2030 is the continuous improvement of employees’ health and health awareness. Our goal under the newly formulated Wacoal GENKI Project 2025 for promoting health management is to improve the physical and mental well-being of employees, leading to increased productivity and improved employee engagement. We will continue to promote health maintenance through the ongoing implementation of various countermeasures to address lifestyle diseases, cancer, and mental health while further developing a working environment that enables employees to make self-initiated efforts to improve their health, thereby encouraging changes in behavior and attitudes toward the subject of health improvement itself. We are also stepping up our efforts to address health issues that are specific to women. Furthermore, Wacoal Holdings Corp. has been selected as an Excellent Enterprise of Health & Productivity Management (White 500) for seven years in a row since 2017.
| Concrete initiatives | Targets | KPI | 2021/3 | 2022/3 | 2023/3 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Physical and mental health | Improvement in the physical health of employees | Percentage of employees at risk of lifestyle diseases | Less than 25％ | 29.0 | 31.6 | 30.5 |
| Percentage of follow-up examinations taken by employees at high risk | 100％ | 87.6 | 87.3 | 86.2 | ||
| Improvement in the mental health of employees | Number of employees absent due to mental health issues × the number of days absent | Fewer than 10,000 | 14,798 | 16,600 | 25,506 | |
| Percentage of employees recording high levels of stress in stress check | Less than 5% | 7.9 | 11.2 | 13.0 | ||
| Independent employee health management through improved health literacy | Percentage of employees who are able to utilize information to determine plans and actions to improve their health | More than 70% | 59.5 | 62.2 | 58.7 | |
| Changes in behavior and attitudes toward health improvement | Diet | More than 90％ | 76.5 | 75.2 | 75.5 | |
| Exercise | More than 80％ | 58.4 | 57.6 | 60.8 | ||
| Sleep | More than 80％ | 70.0 | 67.2 | 67.8 | ||
| Alcohol consumption | More than 90％ | 82.6 | 82.4 | 83.5 | ||
| Smoking | More than 90％ | 85.4 | 85.8 | 86.8 | ||
| Women’s health | Improvements in health issues specific to women | Examinations for breast cancer | 100％ | 90.8 | 93.2 | 89.4 |
| Examinations for uterine cancer | 100％ | 76.7 | 77.4 | 79.3 | ||
| Increase in the number of employees with an understanding of symptoms specific to women | More than 95% | - | - | 90.7 | ||
| Percentage of employees whose work performance is negatively impacted due to symptoms specific to women | Less than 10% | - | 13.5 | 10.5 | ||
| Productivity | Increase in number of employees working with a high level of productivity | (Presenteeism)Percentage of employees with decreasing business performance | Reduce by 10％ | 7.7 | 8.1 | 6.0 |
| (Presenteeism)Loss rate due to decreased performance*1 | Reduce by 10％ | - | 33.6 | 33.1 | ||
| (Absenteeism)Total number of days lost due to injury or illness*2 | Reduce by 10％ | 26,694 | 26,157 | 38,380 | ||
| Engagement | Increase in number of enthusiastic employees who proactively carry out their work | Increase in positive responses to employee engagement survey | Increase by 10％ | - | 65.1 | 65.4 |
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Management of Employees' Health
To protect the safety and health of employees by preventing industrial accidents and disease, we have established Safety and Health Management Regulations and Policies, and ensure that these Regulations and Policies are understood and followed by all employees.
The Safety and Health Committee meets each month. The committee provides employees with health-related information that is pertinent to the season and implements various other activities to promote safety and health in the workplace.
Wacoal Health Insurance Union Implementing Various Health programs
Wacoal implements a health project for active health management, including disease prevention and health guidance required for maintaining good health. For example, we offer a subsidy system for examinations including breast cancer examinations, uterine cancer examinations, cervical cancer vaccinations, medical checkups, examination kits sent via mail, lung checkups, brain checkups, and PET examinations.
We place particular emphasis on encouraging employees to undergo breast cancer examinations and uterine cancer examinations, and maintain a high rate of participation in these examinations.
Health Consultation Desk (Wacoal Health Insurance Union)
The Health Development Office provides various health support services, such as first aid, regular health examinations and health guidance and counseling, to help employees work safely, comfortably and with peace of mind. These services are provided by industrial health professionals such as industrial physicians, psychiatrists, public health nurses and other registered nurses.