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Received runner-up award in the "Third WOMAN's VALUE AWARD, Corporate Category
Apr. 21, 2021
(Head Office: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Naoki Inoue; hereafter "Works") has won a runner-up award in the "Corporate" category at the "Third WOMAN's VALUE AWARD", an award in which female students vote for companies and individuals that promote the advancement of women. (hereinafter referred to as "Works") was awarded the "Runner-up Prize in the Company Category" at the 3rd WOMAN's VALUE AWARD, an award in which female students vote for companies and individuals that promote female advancement.
This is the second time Works has received this award, following the "Excellence Award" in the ICT category last year.
What is the WOMAN's VALUE AWARD?
Now in its third year, this award recognizes companies and individuals who aim to promote the advancement of women.
This year's award winners in each of the five categories, including the Grand Prize and Runner-up Prizes, were selected from among entries that far exceeded the total number of applications received up to the previous year. The award-winning companies were selected by a vote of female students, and the awards were presented to the companies that were chosen by the students for their ideas about how women should be active in the workplace.
Evaluation Points
Works received the award in recognition of its multiple female employee support systems. The main system, "Works Milk Club," was planned and institutionalized by a group of volunteer female employees with the aim of enabling working mothers to enjoy their work and symbolizes the corporate culture of Works. Not only the content of the system, but also its purpose and the reason for its institutionalization were highly evaluated, and were major factors in the award winning.
<Evaluation comments from the judges
I thought it was a wonderful initiative that was very close to the feelings of the employees.
The fact that the system is designed for mothers to "enjoy" working made me feel that it is a wonderful initiative that is close to the feelings of the employees.
I felt that the company has a corporate culture that allows employees to work independently regardless of gender, and I would like to work for a company like this.
Works Milk Club," a unique maternity and paternity leave system
The program is designed to support employees returning to work after childbirth or childcare in balancing work and family life.
The system was designed by a group of volunteer employees as an ideal system for mothers to enjoy their work. The system provides step-by-step support for approximately 12 years from the time of pregnancy until the child graduates from elementary school, including leave that can be taken after the pregnancy is discovered, making it a reassuring system for mother employees.
<Example of Works Milk Club program
Special bonus of 15% of remuneration (theoretical annual salary) for returning to work
・Paternity leave that can be taken from the time of pregnancy
・Childcare leave that can be extended until the end of the first April after the child reaches 3 years of age
・Short working hours that can be selected until the child graduates from elementary school
・Special leave when a child is ill or injured and requires nursing care, etc.
All breast cancer examinations are paid for by the company
Breast cancer is said to affect 1 in 11 women, but if detected early, the disease has a high chance of being completely cured. At WORKS, the company pays the entire cost of breast cancer screenings for all female employees, aiming to be a company where women can work with peace of mind and good health.
A full range of systems that make it easy for all employees, including women, to work.
In addition to making it easy for women to work, WORKS aims to create an environment and systems that allow all employees to maximize their abilities, regardless of gender, nationality, or age.
<Example of benefit program
Flexible leave system that allows employees to change national holidays to any day
・Introduction of a flex-time system with no core hours
・Establishment of paid leave incentive days
・Promotion of male employees taking childcare leave
About Works Applications
Works Applications Co., Ltd. started its business in July 1996 as a Japanese packaged software company of business applications for the domestic market. The company is also actively involved in health management, and has received the "Excellent Health Management Corporation 2020 (Large Corporation Division)" award and was selected as one of the "100 Telework Pioneers" for fiscal year 2020 by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Based on the corporate philosophy of changing the concept of "work," making work more creative, increasing corporate productivity, and expanding corporate value, the company is aiming for further development as an ERP provider.
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