Mental and Physical Health Support System

Every CDC employee ended up working for us because of a twist of fate, making them colleagues who now spend most of their daily lives together, and we want to work together with them as long as possible. In order to ensure that valuable employees can work for a long time in good health, we are actively involved in employee health management on an individual level, and we provide support through measures including the establishment of a Suggestion Box, which is an internal contact point for consultation about anything, and Employee Voices, an employee survey. 

　Going forward, we will continue to enhance measures to ensure that all employees can enjoy the company's support so that they can maintain their health regardless of where they work, whether in the office or from home. As the company’s employees grow in number, their opinions diversify, which we believe is a valuable opportunity for CDC to grow as well. We respond to each and every opinion promptly and thoroughly. We are also working to detect unspoken sentiments among employees and to resolve issues in advance in order to create a working environment in which employees can concentrate on their own work.

  Employee health management was supervised by the Human Resources Section until October 2016 (1Q of the 26th term), when we established an independent department called the Support Room Section to further address employee health management. Also, in March 2020, we established the new COVID-19 Countermeasure Section to promote measures.

  The company makes appointments for regular medical checkups and optional checkups. Any time spent at health checkups is counted as working hours, and when employees are directed to seek re-examination, the company pays expenses for re-examination and transportation to medical institutions until it is determined whether there are any diagnostic abnormalities. In addition, checkup items beyond those required by law are implemented as standard, and all eligible employees are required to undergo gynecological checkups, which the law treats as optional. The annual percentage of employees who undergo regular health checkups is almost 100%.

  This is a system to assess employee stress levels by having them answer simple check-box-style questions online. It is implemented once a year by sending an email to all employees, and the response rate is over 95%. All employees who are diagnosed as high stress in a stress check can have an interview with an industrial physician if they wish.

  We have a permanent space for consultation about physical, mental, and career matters (the Comfort Room), operated in cooperation with industrial physicians and external consultants. The site is located outside the company and it accepts anonymous consultations so that employees can use it with peace of mind. The details of consultations will not be made known to the company without the consent of the consulter. The Comfort Room is also available to managers who have problems managing their subordinates.

  We have a permanent Relaxation Room with beds where employees can rest if they feel unwell.

  We provide flu shots every year at the company's expense. They are available to everyone who works in the CDC offices, including part-time workers and employees of partner companies stationed in the company. The cost of vaccination is subsidized so it is virtually free of charge, whether employees get vaccinated inside or outside the company.

  The overtime hours of all employees are made visible on a monthly list and are reported to the Top Management Committee and industrial physicians. Any employees who are overworked are referred for interviews with an industrial physician.

  We have established a COVID-19 Countermeasure Section and we have provided vaccinations in the workplace three times (as of September 2022). As a measure against COVID-19, we have taken thorough steps to prevent the spread of infection by installing partitions and disinfectant products around all desks and in all meeting rooms.

  The company newsletter regularly shares information that helps to promote employee health, including smoking cessation campaigns (encouraging quitting smoking).

  When working remotely in accordance with internal guidelines, we publicize health precautions that are unique to remote work based on advice from industrial physicians so that employees do not suffer poor health impacts in a different working environment from their existing one.

 　We have installed a Suggestion Box as a contact point where employees can casually consult us about issues in their daily work or problems they don’t know how to address. While we already had a whistle-blowing contact point for consultations about misconduct and other matters that may violate internal rules, we also established the Suggestion Box so that employees can easily consult about more sensitive issues. 

　We address the consultations promptly and appropriately, with due respect for the privacy of employees, making sure that they will never be treated unfavorably for consulting.

  We conduct an employee survey called Employee Voices for all employees and for each Business Unit. It uses numerical and descriptive responses to collect opinions from employees from various perspectives. The survey results are analyzed and utilized as necessary for the revision and creation of systems.