Life & Work
We consider a fulfilling work–life balance (sense of growth, physical and mental fulfillment) essential so that employees can continue working with vitality, and have introduced various systems and mechanisms to support this.
Initiatives for those posted overseas
A comprehensive range of initiatives are available for employees posted overseas, with the view of boosting the appeal and compensation of business trips and positions stationed overseas in the Total Engineering Business.
Purpose
- 1.Provide more extensive experience, including positions overseas, to facilitate employee career formation
- 2.Improve the working environment and compensation for overseas positions, giving employees a more rewarding experience and sense of pride
- 3.Provide comprehensive lifestyle support for family members to suit each employee's life stage
Specific Initiatives
- Shorter cycles for overseas postings
Postings overseas exceeding 2 years are determined based on the employee's intentions to suit their life stages, such as marriage, childbirth, childcare or nursing.
- Enhanced home leave
The length of home leave available for single employees or those posted alone to construction sites overseas has been changed from 12 weeks overseas and 2 weeks home, to 10 weeks overseas and 2 weeks home. After 2024, we plan to further reduce the vacation cycle, aiming to achieve a well-balanced and flexible leave system that harmonizes with different life stages.
- Care for family members at home
We have partnered with full-service housekeeping companies providing house cleaning, babysitting, nursing and other services to assist family members in Japan with their childcare or nursing needs, or to reduce the burden on those posted overseas.
Family Care System
The comprehensive family care system we have put in place helps members balance work with housework, childcare, and nursing care. We offer childcare leave without conditions up until the age of two, support for those raising children (two days off per month) for childcare leave, shorter working hours and childcare telecommuting (four days a week until the child is two years old, and two days a week until the child is in second grade), as well as nursing care leave comprising up to 365 cumulative days of caregiving leave and nursing care leave, and nursing care telecommuting (four days a week).
We support a flexible work style for both men and women that takes into account individual life events, with the childcare leave utilization rate for men reaching half of those eligible in fiscal 2023, with one-third utilizing this for at least one month.
The JGC Group companies received "Kurumin" certification as a "company that supports childrearing."
Physical and Mental Health Management
As well as industrial physicians and nurses, at our offices we also have public health nurses and licensed psychologists on staff, providing employees with support to ensure peace of mind at work in terms of their physical and mental health. We have put in place an environment in which employees can consult with us at any time through interviews, both in person and online, through email, or over the phone. Depending on the results of these, we provide suitable advice and referrals to specialists.
During our new employee training, we provide education about physical and mental health management. We convey to employees the importance of well-being and inform them about our internal and external consultation services. Additionally, we hold mental health issue prevention workshops for all employees, inviting external lecturers. We also stress to employees the importance of timely care from the perspectives of maintaining health, preventing issues with mental health, and being aware of one’s physical and mental condition. Furthermore, with regard to stress checks conducted in accordance with the law, we are implementing a healthy work environment that includes actively recommending that employees under high stress consult with industrial physicians.
Facilitating work styles and workplace environments
Telecommuting system
To maintain high productivity while respecting the work-life balance of each member, flexible work styles have been adopted with relaxed restrictions on where and when work is done. Our basic approach is a hybrid style combining commuting and telecommuting for greater convenience.
Extensive paid leave and other leave systems
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Welcome Back system
Welcome Back system is available for employees who retired due to their spouse's relocation to new jobs or positions overseas (regardless of whether or not they are our company employees), on the assumption that they will return to work within 3 years. In the past, such employees had to retire and rejoin the company, but the system has been changed from fiscal 2022 where employees can select a new form of "leave." The system has been amended to provide additional flexibility where it has become the norm for both partners to be working.
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Childcare leave for male employees
With a growing number of people taking childcare leave and more households where both partners are working, we are creating a workplace environment and supportive systems that allow male employees take childcare leave.
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Encouraging employees to take paid leave
In addition to regular days off every month, measures are in place to encourage employees to take an extra day off for a three-day weekend, to cater to more flexible work styles. In a standard month (based on 30 days) made up of four weeks, employees would work for 22 days and have eight days off. This system encouraging employees to take paid leave is called "921", as taking an extra day of leave results in nine days off and 21 days of work. We are taking steps to make sure employees are aware of this system, particularly in June and December when there are no public holidays available.
JGC Family Day
Since fiscal 2009, we have held the JGC Family Day, aimed at cultivating children’s perspectives on work and promoting family understanding of our work more deeply. We held this again in fiscal 2024 with a total of 40 children (employees’ children in grades 4 to 6) participating.
On the day, in addition to experiencing the workplace through tours and exchanging of business cards, we held various programs throughout the day including games that let participants experience our core EPC business, and have opportunities to interact with top management.