Working with our Employees

We are committed to providing the best environment for our employees, so that they feel a sense of personal and professional motivation.

Here at the Mitsui Chemicals Group, we are committed to giving our employees a sense of personal and professional motivation, with the goal of helping them to find happiness and self-fulfillment.
We encourage our employees to take good care of their health and make every effort to provide appropriate working environments, placing top priority on occupational health and safety.

Goals and Results

Goals for Fiscal 2011

  • Continue to improve employees' understanding of our childcare and family care support systems and programs
  • Create time for relaxation. Continue to raise awareness and promote innovative practices to encourage employees to take annual leave and stop working overtime
  • Continue to implement comprehensive disease prevention measures and carry out planned improvements to local ventilation equipment

Fiscal 2011 Results and Assessment

Level achieved : A

  • Updated handbooks to make our childcare and family care support systems easier to understand
  • Increased the number of male employees taking childcare leave (0 in FY2008, 1 in FY2009, 36 in FY2010, 48 in FY2011)
  • Encouraged employees at individual workplaces to take annual leave and stop working overtime
  • Reduced the number of employees diagnosed with medical conditions and the number of days taken off for mental health reasons
  • Continued to carry out planned improvements to local ventilation equipment according to schedule

Goals for Fiscal 2012

  • Ensure that employees genuinely appreciate the need to strike a work-life balance and encourage employees to improve their attitudes towards work
  • Encourage a varied approach to work and extend efforts to create more free time
  • Continue to implement comprehensive disease prevention measures and carry out planned improvements to local ventilation equipment
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Levels of achievement based on self-assessment: A: 95% or more, B: 70% or more, C: less than 70%