Active participation by diverse employees
We value diversity and create a work environment in which every employee can demonstrate his or her ability and work enthusiastically and productively.
Support for Women's Careers
Declaration of Support for Women's Careers
As the requirements of our customers and the world at large undergo constant and dramatic changes in the current business environment, we have to respond with a full and varied range of solutions. For this purpose, we depend on the professional achievements of diverse groups of people. Under these conditions, we believe that making our company and workplaces women-friendly will allow each and every employee to exercise their abilities to the fullest. We regard this as a crucial wellspring that will help us create new value as a company.
We have already implemented programs to help balance work and child care, and to foster an awareness of women taking charge of their own success as part of our efforts to build an environment that is both physically and psychologically supportive. These programs have won high praise from outside the company. We are working to increase understanding of these programs across our whole workforce, and we hope that our employees will make full use of the systems available to realize both self-actualization and quality work.
We declare that we will make every effort to further promote a workplace culture that facilitates the careers of women.
Yoshiyuki Kagawa, President
We are promoting a workplace culture that facilitates the careers of women who are self-motivated to realize personal growth.
Examples of key existing TTDC initiatives:
- ● Holding of seminars to promote the careers of women (2017)
- ● Cross-field networking events (2017, 2018)
Certifications and awards:
We have received recognition and awards for our diversity initiatives.
L Star Certification
This certification is awarded to companies that have made outstanding progress to promote the careers of women in the context of the Act of Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.
In August 2020, we were the first company in Toyota city to receive this certification.
Aichi Women-Friendly Company Certification
This certification is awarded by Aichi Prefecture to companies striving to create a working environment that promotes a positive work-life balance and enables a practical balance between work and child and family care. These efforts must be accompanied by a statement of intent from top management, wider recruitment of women, expansion of occupational fields open to women, education and training, and the appointment of women to management positions.
We have received this certification every year since 2016.
Selection as Aichi Women in the Workplace Promotion Leader
To promote the careers of women by companies in Aichi Prefecture, the prefectural government inaugurated its Women in the Workplace Promotion Project in 2018, under which some of the corporations and groups selected as Aichi Women-Friendly Companies were awarded this designation.
Support for child care
We are enhancing our workplace environments and fostering a supportive workplace culture so that all of our employees can participate in child care, regardless of their gender.
Examples of key existing TTDC initiatives:
- ● Introduction of affiliated daycare center (2011)
- ● Enhancement of shortened working schedule for child care (2014, 2020)
- ● Introduction of support program for employees returning from child care leave (2021)
- ● Declaration of support to help balance work and child care (2022)
- ● Introduction of “Happy Baby” leave system* (2022)
- ● Introduction of “Family Co-Working” system that allows employees to bring their children to work on certain days (2023)
- ● Introduction of special leave systems for supporting child care and expecting parents during pregnancy (2024)
* Up to 20 days of special leave available after the birth of a child
Certifications and awards:
Acquisition of “Kurumin Plus” Certification
In accordance with the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, we have qualified for accreditation under the “Kurumin” standards for companies providing support for child care and the “Plus” standards for companies actively implementing initiatives to support the balancing of fertility treatments and work, both of which are awarded by the Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Support for Family Care
We are building a workplace environment that helps our employees continue working even when faced with the realities of caring for a family member, and supporting a positive balance between work and family care.
Examples of key existing TTDC initiatives:
- ● Family care leave above that required by law, shortened working schedule for family care, family care leave system
- ● Introduction and expansion of work-from-home program (2014, 2019, 2020)
- ● Holding of basic seminars about family care (2017)
- ● Communication of information pertaining to family care (2018)
Certifications and awards:
Acquisition of “Tomonin Mark” Certification
With growing numbers of employees becoming more likely to leave their jobs to care for family members, this certification is awarded to companies promoting workplace environments with a positive balance between work and family care to help keep people in the workforce.
Emphasis on Healthy Work/Life Balance
We are creating workplace environments that will allow the widest range of employees to work enthusiastically and productively, with the aim of creating a happy work/life balance.
Examples of key existing TTDC initiatives:
- ● Introduction and expansion of work-from-home program (2014, 2019, 2020, 2021)
- ● Introduction of system that permits employees who meet certain conditions to work outside the company or home (2022)
- ● Introduction of anniversary-linked paid leave and encouragement of consecutive days of paid leave (2016)
- ● Introduction of flextime system with no compulsory core time (2018)
- ● Introduction of system that permits employees who meet certain conditions to work in their spare time (2021)
Certifications and awards:
Toyota City Iki-Iki Grand Prize for Businesses where Worker Enthusiasm Shines
The award is given to businesses actively engaged in promoting a positive work-life balance and building satisfying workplaces with a work-friendly environment.
We were awarded the Grand Prize in 2018 after being praised for our support of diversity and the work-life balance of our employees.
TTDC granted the 2019 Family Friendly Company Award from the Aichi Family Friendly Companies Commendation Program
This program recognizes and creates a register of companies in Aichi Prefecture that are engaged in initiatives to realize a better work-life balance, with the aim of introducing those initiatives to a wider audience. The Family Friendly Company Award is granted each year by the governor of Aichi Prefecture to companies on that list with particularly exemplary initiatives.
TTDC selected among the 2021 Top Hundred Telework Pioneers
Since 2015, the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has been recognizing corporations or groups that adopt and implement telework programs in an effort to encourage the greater spread of telework.
Health and Productivity Management
At TTDC, we have already conducted a wide range of initiatives to maintain and enhance the health of our employees, including implementing a complete ban on smoking on the premises of the Headquarters Building, ensuring the 100% uptake of regular health checks as mandated by law, the introduction of programs encouraging the return of furloughed employees back to the workplace, and so on.
In addition, to realize the further sustainable growth and development of TTDC in the future, we have pinpointed the health of our employees as a key issue. Based on this approach, we have formulated a health and productivity management declaration.
With employee happiness a key part of our Basic Philosophy, we are actively supporting and promoting a range of activities to maintain and enhance the health and productivity of everyone in the company.
Health and Productivity Management Declaration
At TTDC, people are our most valuable asset. We believe that maximizing the individual capabilities of our employees through their physical and mental wellbeing is the key to the continued development of the company.
Good health is the desire of every employee and their families. We are convinced that being a company that nurtures healthy and enthusiastic workplaces will help to enhance the happiness of all our employees.
We declare that we will make every effort to build and maintain a company in which every employee can work enthusiastically and in good health by actively supporting voluntary initiatives to encourage health and wellbeing and maintaining a framework to systematically encourage healthy and productive practices.
Yoshiyuki Kagawa, President
Organization to Promote Health and Productivity Management
Initiatives to Enhance the Health of Our Employees
1．Promotion of activities to enhance health and wellbeing
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Provision of free activity meters
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Online virtual global walking events
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Full menu of healthy options in the cafeteria
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Provision of advice on health
2．Establishment of area dedicated to the health and wellbeing of our employees
Body composition analyzer and blood pressure gauge linked with activity meter
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Scale for wheelchair users
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Stretching
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Posture checks using full-length mirror
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Stride checks
Trunk and lower body training
Certifications
TTDC has been accredited as a Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization, which recognizes companies practicing excellent health and productivity management in partnership with insurance companies. TTDC has also been recognized as a company that actively encourages and promotes sport (a so-called “Sports Yell Company”) to enhance the health and wellbeing of its employees. It has also been re-awarded the Safety and Health Superior Enterprise Mark by the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare to recognize companies with an active track record in encouraging the safety and health of its employees, and that are working to maintain and further enhance a high level of health and safety within the company.
