Awards
2024
Awarded "Hataraku Yale 2024 (Employee Welfare Award and Certification System)" as an employee welfare promotion corporation.
The Hataraku Yale program is designed to honor companies that work to enhance their employee benefit programs, to raise the importance of employee benefit programs, to improve the level of such programs, and to provide job seekers with information to help them make better decisions when selecting a company to work for.
In recognition of the enthusiasm of its management and staff for creating an environment in which people can thrive, Microsoft was awarded the "Benefits Promotion Corporation" award under the Hataraku Ale 2024 (a system of awards and certifications for employee benefits).
- Full Telework System
- Full flextime system
- Flex leave system
- Comfortable office environment available as needed
- Career development support through in-house personnel recruitment
- Regular 1-on-1 meetings to stimulate communication
- Monthly independent engagement surveys
Received "Microsoft Japan Partner of the Year 2024" in the ISV Innovation category.
Every year, Microsoft Japan honors partner companies that have achieved particularly outstanding results with the "Microsoft Japan Partner of the Year" award.
We received this award in the ISV Innovation category in recognition of our technical excellence and business potential through advanced product integration with Microsoft services.
- HUE and Microsoft Copilot
- HUE Datagate and Microsoft Fabric
- HUE and Microsoft Teams
- HUE Chatbot and Chat GPT
- HUE Asset and Microsoft Dynamics 365
2023
Received the Minister of State for Regional Development Award in the "Prevention of Job Turnover, Recruitment and Training of Local Human Resources, and Promotion of Work Location" category at the "Telework Awards for Regional Development 2023".
The "Telework for Regional Development Award (Minister of State for Regional Development Award)" recognizes and promotes awareness of companies and organizations that are engaged in telework for regional development, which contributes to regional revitalization by accelerating the flow of people to the regions, such as increasing the number of people involved through immigration without changing jobs and work location, and establishing regional satellite offices for Tokyo-based companies. The awards are given to companies and organizations that have made outstanding efforts in this area. Our company received the Minister of State for Regional Development Award as a company that has made outstanding efforts.
Establishment of "Kumamoto Office" in 2021 to create local DX human resources and promote new ways of working.
How to work at "Kumamoto Office
- Migration support: Supporting employees to move to Kumamoto City and providing special allowance to those who move to Kumamoto City.
- Partial relaxation of side jobs and introduction of three- and four-day workweeks: Supporting new challenges through side jobs by allowing employees to shorten their scheduled working days
- Migration support: Supporting employees to move to Kumamoto City and providing special allowance to those who move to Kumamoto City.
Year 2022
Awarded as a welfare promotion corporation in the "Hataraku ale 2022 (welfare commendation and certification system)
Hataraku Yale is the nickname for the Employee Welfare Award and Certification System, which recognizes and certifies companies, organizations, and local governments that are working to enhance and utilize employee welfare benefits.
As a company that is making efforts to enhance and utilize employee benefit programs, Minebea received the "Employee Benefit Promotion Corporation" award under the Hataraku Ale 2022 (Employee Benefit Recognition and Certification System) implemented by the Executive Committee of the Employee Benefit Recognition and Certification System.
- Work system based on telework in principle
- Full flextime system
- Flex leave system
- Promotion of communication among employees through internal SNS and internal events
- Regular 1-on-1 meetings to stimulate communication
- Monthly independent engagement surveys
- Live video streaming by the CEO for employees
Recognized as one of the "Excellent Health Management Corporations 2022 (Large Corporations Division)
Health management" refers to the strategic implementation of health management for employees from a managerial perspective.
As a company that practices management that takes into consideration the health of its employees, etc., Hataraku Yale was recognized as one of the "Excellent Health Management Corporations 2022 (Large Corporation Category)" jointly implemented by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan Health Council.
- Free medical examinations including breast cancer, cervical cancer, and H. pylori in addition to physical examinations and checkups for lifestyle-related diseases
- Free influenza vaccination
- Assistance in purchasing smoking cessation aids
- Granting health promotion cafeteria points
- Flexible work system based on teleworking (full flextime system, flextime leave system, etc.)
- Work interval system
- Implementation of various measures to reduce working hours
- Early inoculation of employees at workplaces as part of measures against new coronas
2021
Received the "Hataraku ale 2021 (Employee Welfare Award and Certification System)" award for promoting employee welfare.
Hataraku Yale is the nickname for the Employee Welfare Award and Certification System, which recognizes and certifies companies, organizations, and municipalities that are working to enhance and utilize employee welfare programs.
As in 2020, we were awarded "Hataraku Ale 2021," a corporation promoting employee benefits, by the Employee Benefits Recognition and Certification Screening Committee as a corporation with an outstanding employee benefits program.
Health and Medical Care
- Free regular and lifestyle disease checkups for those 29 and under with a choice of regular checkups and lifestyle disease checkups; free physical examinations for those 35 and over
- Free uterine cancer, breast cancer, and H. pylori screening
- Free influenza vaccination
- Health promotion cafeteria points
Childcare
- Return-to-work bonus of 15% of annual income paid
- Maternity leave available from the time pregnancy is discovered
- Maternity leave that can be extended until the end of the first April after the child reaches 3 years of age
- Shortened working hours that can be selected until the child graduates from elementary school
- Special leave for employees who need to care for children
Skill Development/Career Advancement
- Open position available every six months
Ease of working
- Flextime system
- 98% of employees telework at Corona Disaster
- Support for telecommuting facilities
- Quarterly management policy and message sharing
- Introduction of in-house SNS
Life Plan
- Corporate pension plan (DC/DB)
- Cafeteria for insurance, rental, travel, entertainment, and other lifestyle support
- Property Formation Savings
- Mutual aid association (disaster relief, long-term medical care support, etc.)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Awards
- Commendation for 10 years of service
- Annual awards (team and individual)
Received the Runner-up Award in the Corporate Division of the Third WOMAN's VALUE AWARD
We received the "Runner-up Award in the Corporate Category" at the 3rd WOMAN's VALUE AWARD, an award in which female students vote for companies and individuals that promote the advancement of women. This is the second time for us to receive this award, following the "Excellence Award" in the ICT category last year.
- Works Milk Club (unique maternity and childcare leave system)
The content and operation methods were designed to create an ideal system that allows mother employees to "enjoy working. The system provides gradual support for approximately 12 years, from the time of pregnancy until the child graduates from elementary school.- Provision of a special return-to-work bonus of 15% of compensation (theoretical annual salary)
- Maternity leave that can be taken from the time pregnancy is discovered
- Childcare leave that can be extended until the end of the first April after the child reaches 3 years of age
- Shorter working hours available until the child graduates from elementary school
- Special leave for employees who need to care for sick or injured children, etc.
- Breast cancer screening (fully paid by the company)
- Flex leave system" that allows employees to change national holidays to any day
- Introduction of a flextime system with no core hours
- Establishment of days to encourage employees to take annual paid leave
- Encouragement of male employees to take childcare leave
2020.
Selected as one of the "100 Telework Pioneers
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has designated companies and organizations that have been promoting the introduction and utilization of telework as "telework pioneers" since fiscal year 2015, and has announced the "100 Telework Pioneers" from among those companies and organizations with a good track record. A panel of outside experts reviews the "Telework Pioneers" and the "100 Telework Pioneers" to determine which companies and organizations are worthy of inclusion.
We implemented telework for all of our offices in Japan and overseas, and approximately 98% of our employees teleworked during the declared state of emergency. We are promoting both new ways of working and revitalization of communication, and about 75% of our employees responded in an internal survey that they have improved or maintained their productivity compared to the pre-telework period.
- Internal Initiatives
- Approximately 98% of employees teleworking under a declared state of emergency
- Establishment of a system for permanent telework
- Products / Services
- Electronic Bookkeeping Act-compliant electronic data management tool for vouchers "EBM
- HUE Classic Cloud" cloud server operation management service
- Holding seminars related to telework
- Initiatives for Society
- Participation in the "Make Accounting in Japan More Free" project
- Hired part-time teleworking students and held internships
Recognized as one of the "Excellent Health Management Corporations 2020 (Large Corporations)
On March 2, 2012, we were recognized by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Japan Health Council as one of the "Excellent Health Management Corporations 2020 (Large-Scale Corporations)" for our efforts to promote healthier management for our employees.
- Promotion of work-life balance
- Introduction of flextime system with no core hours
- Implementation of paid incentive days
- Introduction of maternity and childcare support systems
- Promotion of male employees taking parental leave
- Promotion of communication in revitalizing the workplace
- Measures being implemented to prevent employee productivity loss
- Measures against infectious diseases
- Measures to prevent mental health problems
- Support for returning to work and balancing work and medical treatment
- Involvement of industrial physicians in the promotion of health management
Awarded as a corporation promoting employee benefits under the "Hataraku Ale 2020 (Employee Benefits Recognition and Recognition System)
As a corporation that implements an excellent welfare program, we were awarded the "2020 Hataraku Ale" award as a welfare program promotion corporation by the Welfare Award and Certification Screening Committee.
Health and Medical Care
- Free regular and lifestyle disease checkups for those 29 and under with a choice of regular checkups and lifestyle disease checkups; free physical examinations for those 35 and over
- Free uterine cancer, breast cancer, and H. pylori screening
- Free influenza vaccination
- Health promotion cafeteria points
Childcare
- Return-to-work bonus of 15% of annual income paid
- Maternity leave available from the time pregnancy is discovered
- Maternity leave that can be extended until the end of the first April after the child reaches 3 years of age
- Shortened working hours that can be selected until the child graduates from elementary school
- Special leave for employees who need to care for children
- Discount coupons for babysitter dispatch business (Corona School Holiday support)
Skill Development/Career Advancement
- Subsidy of up to 150,000 yen per year for expenses required to attend outside training or obtain qualifications
- Open position available every six months
Ease of working
- Flextime system and staggered commuting
- 98% of employees telework with Corona Disaster. Support for telecommuting facilities, cab commuting for safe commuting, and hotel accommodations
- Quarterly management policy and message sharing
- Introduction of in-house SNS
Life Plan
- Corporate pension plan (DC/DB)
- Cafeteria for insurance, rental, travel, entertainment, and other lifestyle support
- Property Formation Savings
- Mutual aid association (disaster relief, long-term medical care support, etc.)
- Employee Stock Ownership Plan
Awards
- Commendation for 10 years of service
- Annual awards (team and individual) Works Value Award
