We value the health of our employees and their families, and so we are making more pleasant and comfortable workplaces so that people feel “happy to work for this company” and “want to work for this company.” Additionally, we have established the “Health Declaration” to ensure that everyone, including our customers, can feel happiness.
Hankyu Hanshin Properties’ Declaration on Employee Health Management
Health Management “Hankyu Hanshin Properties Well-Being Project”
Hankyu Hanshin Properties believes that the mental and physical well-being of employees and their families remains the source of happiness and the cornerstone of the Group’s prosperous future. In addition, in order to fulfill our management philosophy of delivering “Safety and Comfort” and “Dreams and Excitement” to our customers, it is paramount that we enable everyone to fully demonstrate their diverse personalities and abilities in good health.
In order to realize this, we are making efforts to ensure that all employees have a high awareness of his or her own health, and work together with colleagues and family members to promote good health.
Furthermore, as a comprehensive real estate business company in our group, we will support everyone’s efforts to improve their health by providing facilities and living spaces that enable office and commercial workers and residents of condominiums and detached houses to experience well-being. Moreover, for urban development, we will work to create towns and cities that harmonize with the natural environment, so that society as a whole can permanently lead safe and comfortable lives.
Under the slogan of the Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Group’s “Hankyu Hanshin Wellness Challenge,” Hankyu Hanshin Properties will strive to actively support the health of each and every individual and create a workplace environment where people can work with vigor and vitality, while also making further efforts at our company by implementing the Hankyu Hanshin Properties Well-Being Project.
The term “well-being” refers to an individual’s physical and mental health, and social well-being (i.e., feeling happy).
June 2018
Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.
We have established the Health Management Promotion Committee, which comprises members of the management board mostly from the Human Resources Department, and makes decisions for the review and implementation of measures.
The Committee works with the Health and Safety Committee of each business establishment, industrial physicians, and the Hankyu Hanshin Health Insurance Association, and analyzes the health issues of employees and their families, formulates specific measures, verifies if targets and goals are being met, and creates plans for continual improvement.
FY 2024 Health Management Strategy Map & Actual Results
We have formulated a strategy map that outlines measures and provides the guidance needed to achieve targets and goals.
Promotion of Physical Health
Establishment of the Declaration of Non-Smoking Promotion
Hankyu Hanshin Properties has established the following “Declaration of Non-Smoking Promotion” as part of its health management.
Based on this declaration, we will work to support, educate, enlighten, and improve the environment to promote non-smoking.
Declaration of Non-Smoking Promotion by Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.
Hankyu Hanshin Properties believes that the physical and mental health of employees and their families is the starting point of happiness and the foundation of a prosperous future for the Group, and that good health is of utmost importance in order to provide customers with “Safety and Comfort” and “Dreams and Excitement.”
In order to realize this, we are promoting “health management,” a company-wide effort to ensure that each and every employee has a high awareness of his or her own health and works together with colleagues and family members to promote good health.
Among the various factors that impair health, smoking is said to be the greatest risk factor among the preventable causes of illness and death. Smoking not only adversely affects one’s own health, but it also poses a significant health hazard to those around the smokers at work and at home in the form of passive smoking.
In view of the above, Hankyu Hanshin Properties declares its commitment to the “promotion of non-smoking” with the aim of creating a workplace environment that promotes the health and vitality of each and every employee.
September 2021
Hankyu Hanshin Properties Corp.
President and Representative Director, Head of Health Management Promotion
Ryuichi Morotomi
Smoking Cessation Measures in the Workplace
Implementing countermeasures for smoking, which can be a risk for various diseases, is an important issue for maintaining and improving individual and workplace health.
Since the smoking rate among our employees is 22.3%, which is higher than the national average (16.7% in 2019), we are implementing various measures to help promote smoking cessation in cooperation with our Health Insurance Association and affiliated medical institutions.
Assistance for outpatient smoking cessation treatment
As a measure to support “smoking cessation,” the actual cost of outpatient smoking cessation treatment at a medical institution will be subsidized upon application by the patient. （The maximum amount is 20,000 yen.)
Health Seminar for Women
We have been holding seminars for female employees and women in management positions, with the aim of increasing their knowledge of women’s health issues.
The seminar participation rate of women in management positions was 80% (FY 2022) and of female employees was 70% (FY 2022).
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Subsidy System
Even though cases of breast and cervical cancer have been increasing in women aged in their 20s and 30s, early detection not only results in a higher survival rate but also lessens the physical impact of the cancer. The Health Insurance Association provides the examination and full subsidies for the examination fee to encourage women to have an annual checkup.
Health Checkups
Having regular health checkups is important in order to detect and treat lifestyle-related diseases at an early stage. That is why we are working to improve the rate of health checkups.
Specific Health Guidance
Lifestyle-related diseases are at risk of leading to serious illness if left untreated. We are encouraging employees to participate in specific health guidance to prevent lifestyle-related diseases, for individuals who meet certain criteria in their health checkup results.
Encouraging Participation in Walking Events
We encourage our employees to participate in the “Minna-de-Arukatsu” walking event, which is sponsored by the Health Insurance Association (held twice a year).
In this event, participants freely form teams and compete with each other in teams over the number of steps they have taken over a certain period of time. The participants whose average number of steps during the event exceeds a certain standard are entered into a drawing to receive a magnificent prize.
Bento Lunch Box System
We have started a system that allows employees to order a healthy bento lunch box.
These healthy lunch boxes feature a daily menu that takes into consideration the nutritional balance and appropriate calories, which are the basis of healthy eating.
OFFICE DE YASAI
We have set up a space in workplaces where employees can buy at a low price farm-fresh vegetables, seasonal fruits, and other food that are selected by a nutritionist.
Alliance with Hankyu Kyoeikai Medical Corporation
In order to maintain and enhance the health of our employees, we have formed an alliance with Hankyu Kyoeikai, a medical corporation with resident industrial physicians (three clinics in Umeda, including the Higashi Hankyu Building). We are working to improve the rate of employees having regular health checkups and various vaccinations, and to provide employees with a chance to consult industrial physicians. Additionally, we have a system in place that enables employees who fall ill or continue to have health problems while at work to receive outpatient consultations at an early stage, with the system acting as the primary physician for employees in the workplace.
Promotion of Mental Health
Stress Checks
We conduct regular stress checks for employees to reduce their risk of developing mental health issues, by encouraging employees to become aware of their own stress and analyzing the test results collectively to improve the work environment.
Handbook for Supporting Work and Childcare/Nursing Care Balance
So as to support the childcare and nursing care duties of employees, we have introduced a system of leave and reduced working hours that exceeds the statutory requirements. We have also created and made available a Handbook to Support Balancing Work and Childcare/Nursing Care to encourage employees to make further use of these systems.
Health and Childcare Consultation Service by Midwives
This service is open for consultations about not only your own health and parenting issues, but also those of your family members. Online consultations are available, as well as individual parenting classes and other services. We also hold health-related seminars, as needed.
Promotion of Workplace Health
Flextime System
We have introduced a so-called Super Flextime System that has no core hours. This system allows employees to work according to their lifestyles, such as picking up and dropping off children, caring for family members, going to the hospital, off-peak commuting, etc. It also helps to reduce working hours by allowing employees to leave early on days when work is relatively light.
IT Systems and Tools
So as to facilitate operational efficiency, we have introduced a variety of IT systems and tools, including information sharing tools, business card management systems, and human resource management systems, as well as TV and web conferencing systems and transportation expense reimbursement systems.
Club Activities Support System
We have set up six active clubs (baseball, futsal, running, golf, marathon/ekiden, tennis) with a total of 150 members (as of April 2020) to expand communication among employees. We are also encouraging employees to develop exercise habits through these circle activities.
Hashigo (Ladder) Plan (Internal Activation Project)
The Hashigo (Ladder) Plan project was formed mostly by young employees in their 5th-to-10th year with the company, with the aim of creating an environment that stimulates communication among employees beyond the boundaries of superiors, subordinates, colleagues, and affiliated departments. This project reviews and implements various measures and events, from the perspective of young employees.
In-House Magazine Han-Fun
Han-Fun is a quarterly magazine to activate communication in the company. It introduces a lot of information about well-being and supports the health of employees by providing information and stimulating communication.
Refreshment Space Hashigobase
This space was produced by the members of the previously mentioned Hashigo (Ladder) Plan and employees of the company’s renovation department, who shared their ideas for a place to foster communication among employees, to disseminate information both inside and outside the company, and to rest and refresh.
Equipped with a library space and ping-pong table, Hashigobase is a place that can be used for a variety of purposes and occasions.
In-House Exchange Events
Held in November 2019
We are holding a variety of in-house events such as BBQ parties, to create opportunities for young employees in various businesses and departments to communicate and interact with each other.
Excellent Health Management Corporation 2024
Certified as an Excellent Health Management Corporation 2024 (Large Corporation Division)
On March 11, 2024, we were certified as an Excellent Health Management Corporation 2024, jointly selected by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) and the Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Council).
This system recognizes and honors corporations that practice particularly excellent health management, based on initiatives that are aligned with local health issues and the health promotion initiatives advocated by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi (Japan Health Council).
On September 15, 2021, we were registered as a partner company for the promotion of Corporate Action for Cancer Control.
Hankyu Hanshin Properties supports the creation of worker-friendly environments and systems to help each and every employee achieve a fulfilling work-life balance.
Setting Up Company Systems
Systems for Supporting Work and Childcare Balance
We have set up various original systems, such as childcare leave and shorter working hours that exceed the statutory requirements, to help employees balance work and childcare.
We also encourage both female and male employees to take childcare leave, and in FY 2021 and FY 2022, we achieved a 100% rate for childcare leave taken by female and male employees. We will continue to create an environment that makes it easy for employees to take childcare leave.
The PDF below is a partial introduction of the systems set up for supporting work and childcare balance.
Systems for Supporting Work and Nursing Care Balance
When it comes to balancing work with private life, childcare and also nursing care are important themes for many employees. We have set up the support systems listed below to create an environment that allows employees to balance work and nursing care comfortably.
List of Systems for Supporting Work and Nursing Care Balance
Creation of a Worker-Friendly Environment
Work-From-Home System
We have introduced a work-from-home system that allows employees to do some work tasks from their home. This system also helps to reduce commuting time and realize flexible workstyles.
Childcare Coupons (Discount ticket for babysitter dispatch services)
We are issuing childcare coupons from the Children and Families Agency for mainly employees (those who apply) who have children that are infants or aged up to the third grade in elementary school. The coupon provides a partial discount of the fee for using a babysitter during work hours. This is one way we are helping employees to balance their work and home life.
Accrued Leave
Employees are able to use a maximum of 20 days in one year of accrued leave, which is an accumulation of some of the annual leave that was not taken within the designated period, for childcare, nursing care, and other reasons.
Handbook for Supporting Work and Childcare/Nursing Care Balance
So as to support the childcare and nursing care duties of employees, we have introduced a system of leave and reduced working hours that exceeds the statutory requirements. We have also created and made available a Handbook to Support Balancing Work and Childcare/Nursing Care to encourage employees to make further use of these systems.
