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The NEC Group believes that diversity will become increasingly important to addressing major upheaval in
the business environment and achieving innovation. Recognizing the diverse array of unique personalities among individuals,
the NEC Group has defined “Respect each individual,” as a principle of action within the NEC Group Core Values.
NEC aims to create a fair, diverse and high-quality working environment that allows all employees to demonstrate their abilities and
shows respect for each individual, without facing discrimination by gender, age, nationality, ethnicity, religion, disability, or other parameters.
NEC Corporation has established the Human Rights Awareness Committee, chaired by the director with responsibility for personnel affairs. The Company is building a system to investigate and formulate basic initiatives relating to human rights awareness activities and to promote training within the Company. In addition, similar frameworks have been established at Group companies in Japan as well.
＊NEC Corporation participates in the Global Compact advocated by the United Nations. The ten principles of the Global Compact are based on universally accepted principles including those set forth by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labor Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. They include support and respect for the protection of human rights, the elimination of forced and compulsory labor, and the effective abolition of child labor.
NEC Corporation has established a central committee to promote hiring of people with disabilities, chaired by the director with responsibility for personnel affairs. The Company is building a system to deliberate and formulate basic initiatives relating to recruiting people with disabilities and promote their employment. In addition, NEC Friendly Staff, Ltd, established in March 2003, is a specialized company for employing people with disabilities. This company actively employs people with intellectual disabilities and had hired 23 such people as of the end of March 2011. Its main business entails providing administrative support services at offices within the NEC Fuchu Plant.
NEC Corporation is working to recruit non-Japanese individuals who possess the skills and specialized knowledge needed by the Company in the areas of research, technology, sales and corporate administration. Through these efforts, NEC strives to increase the quality of its workforce and promote diversity in each area. As globalization continues apace, NEC Corporation has proactively provided opportunities for employees of overseas subsidiaries to work at NEC Headquarters to facilitate interaction with these personnel and develop human resources.
NEC has long appointed and promoted personnel irrespective of gender. As a result, women have accounted for a rising percentage of the total number of managers. Women have also been appointed to senior management positions and have proven highly successful these roles. Examples of such positions include Division leader, branch manager, and president and representative director of an affiliated company.
FY2009 |
FY2010 |
FY2011 |
|---|---|---|
314(4.3％) |
367(4.6％) |
372(4.8％) |
NEC Corporation has implemented systems that enable employees to individually choose their career support programs or to
extend their employment beyond retirement age. These systems are designed to meet the diverse array of needs among employees seeking
to start a new career outside the company or those approaching retirement age.
For employees voluntarily planning and preparing for new careers outside the Company, NEC Corporation has provided systems that support
these sorts of proactive life planning initiatives by providing assistance with the associated financial and time requirements.
Since 1998 NEC Corporation has developed three systems that provide support by granting periods of leave to employees aged 45
or over for skills training and development, providing financial assistance for post-retirement career support,
and subsidizing the costs of related skills training. In addition, NEC Corporation provides a system that enables employees
who wish to work beyond the age of 60 or older to extend their employment up to the maximum age of 65. The system is provided from
the standpoint of giving highly motivated and skilled personnel the opportunity to continue to succeed on the job.
NEC Corporation strives to enhance various schemes that can be utilized by both male and female employees to
support them in achieving a balance between work, childcare and nursing care.
NEC Corporation has offered childcare and nursing care leave systems ahead of other companies and before such systems were mandated by law.
Since fiscal 2006, NEC Corporation has implemented various policies based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising
Next-Generation Children.
As a result, in fiscal 2008 NEC Corporation obtained the "Kurumin" certificate for its childcare support programs for the next generation of children.
| FY | Systems Introduced |
|---|---|
| 2007 | ・Reduced working hours extended: to third graders, in special circumstances ・Applicable period for telecommuting system extended: to end of third grade ・Family-friendly leave extended to employees with morning sickness or undergoing fertility treatment (in addition to annual paid leave) ・Extended leave for employees in fertility treatment |
| 2008 | ・Expanded services subject to fee subsidies payable to employees using local public childcare support services and extended subsidy period: to end of third grade ・Introduction of financial support system for fertility treatment (up to ¥200,000 a year) |
| 2009 | ・Retiree re-entry system: a re-employment system for people who have left the Company for reasons such as spouse relocation, childcare and nursing care, provided certain requirements are met. ・Elimination of eligibility requirements for childcare reduced working hours and childcare leave systems: Enabled employees to utilize these systems even if they have a spouse or parents who are able to devote themselves to childcare ・Expanded child nursing leave: Employees can obtain up to 5 days multiplied by the number of children |
| 2011 | ・Introduced nursing care leave: Employees can obtain up to 5 days multiplied by the number of family members requiring nursing care ・Added reasons of sickness prevention for children before entering elementary school to the Family Friendly Leave system ・Exempted employees raising children younger than the age of 3 from overtime work ・Increased the number of times childcare leave can be obtained: up to twice per child ・Offered subsidies for relocation expenses incurred to provide nursing care ・Provided a subsidy program for expenses (up to \200,000 a year) related to changes in nursing care methods, such as home renovations or relocation into a nursing home ・Launched a nursing care support website |
＊ For details on activities in years prior to the above, please follow this link.
