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Employee Health and Safety

We believe that maintaining a safe and sanitary workplace and creating an environment where employees can work with peace of mind, without suffering occupational injuries, is one of TASAKI’s key responsibilities. Furthermore, we believe in the importance of, not only preventing occupational accidents, but also protecting the physical and mental health of our employees more broadly, and we are actively promoting initiatives related to employee health management.

Employee Health and Safety Initiatives

Occupational health and safety

Matters related to occupational health and safety are administered by the Health and Safety Committee at the Kobe head office and by the Health Committee at the Tokyo head office. The members of each of these committees comprise an industrial physician and several employees. The Health and Safety Committee in Kobe has positioned safety management, particularly on the manufacturing line, as a priority function. Its activities include regular monthly meetings to share information and alert employees to prevent accidents and health hazards in the workplace, as well as the preparation of the minutes of committee meetings and safety management manuals for publication on the company intranet to keep employees well informed about health and safety issues.

In addition, safety officers selected by the committee conduct workplace safety patrols once every two months. These patrols check workplaces from various perspectives, such as if there are any hazardous areas, including whether evacuation routes are properly secured in the event of a disaster or accident and whether measures have been taken to prevent shelves from falling over in an earthquake. If any hazardous areas are noted, the safety officer will point them out on the spot to ensure that remedial action is taken promptly.

Health checkups

Regular medical examinations are conducted once a year for permanent, contract, and part-time employees to ensure that each employee can detect any health abnormalities at an early stage and respond promptly. In addition, regular special health checkups are also conducted for employees who handle specific chemical substances and organic solvents and perform dusty work on the production line. For any of these health checkups, if operational or other reasons make it difficult to get a checkup on the scheduled date, we accommodate requests to change the date to ensure that all eligible persons are able to see the doctor.

Preventive measures against infectious diseases such as influenza and COVID-19

The company usually subsidizes the cost of influenza vaccinations for executives and full-time, contract, and part-time employees every year. This allows the above eligible employees to receive the flu vaccine virtually free of charge.

To combat COVID-19, we implemented thorough infection prevention measures at our stores and offices and conducted workplace vaccinations for employees of Group companies and temporary staff, as well as their families and business partners. We are also undertaking whatever measures possible to prevent the spread of infection, such as promoting web conferencing with the aim of reducing the frequency of business trips.

Stress checks

With the aim of keeping our employees mentally well by promoting self-awareness of stress and supporting them in dealing with stress, in addition to improving the work environment, we contract an external service provider to conduct stress checks once a year. This program covers permanent and contract employees, as well as part-time and casual employees who meet the criteria prescribed by the relevant laws and regulations. In the implementation of the program, with the professional advice of a physician designated by the company, such as an industrial physician, the service provider prepares questionnaires, decides on the criteria for the identification of highly stressed individuals and for determining whether an interview with the physician is required based on the results of the stress check. We ask individuals deemed to be under high stress to meet with the physician, and, based on the outcomes of such interviews, any necessary workplace measures are implemented.