Promotion of Occupational Health and Safety
Policies
In order to maintain a working environment in which employees can work with both a healthy mind and body, “Health and Safety Management Rules” have been established for application to the SoftBank Corp. Group. Under a system centered on the Occupational Health and Safety Committee which is composed of both the worker's and management sides, we comply with laws, regulations, and company rules related to occupational health and safety and at the same time we are working to continuously improve and enhance our health and safety activities such as setting target values, monitoring performance, and working on company-wide and individual workplace initiatives to achieve our goals.
Health management strategy policy
We have positioned the maintenance and improvement of employees' health as one of the important management issues and have set forth a “Health Management Declaration.” We identify key initiatives regarding health management within the company, set appropriate goals, and monitor the annual performance. In order to promote the implementation of initiatives to achieve these goals, we formulate action plans in accordance with the “Health Management Strategy Policy.” The “Health Management Strategy Policy” has been approved by the board of directors.
Structure
We have established an “Health and Safety Committee” in workplaces with 50 or more employees with the aim of creating a safe and comfortable working environment.
The committee members consist of representatives from the workers' side of each organization, representatives from the company such as hygiene managers and safety managers, and a neutral chairperson (overall safety and health manager). At the end of each fiscal year, the committee reviews the initiatives of that year, identifies priority risks to address in the following year, sets goals, and formulates specific action plans.Through presentations of good practices implemented within each department and introductions of initiatives from other workplaces, the main focus on safety and health, we strive to contribute to the improvement of the work environment.
Furthermore, we have positioned the maintenance and improvement of employee health as one of the important management challenges and have proclaimed a “Health Management Declaration.” We have also established a specialized department under the direct supervision of the CHRO*1 to promote the creation of an environment where employees can engage in work with both their physical and mental well-being in mind. Moreover, in addition to physical and mental health, we have set KPIs for work engagement. We monitor various indicators from three approaches: “health management,” “a safe and secure workplace environment,” and “health maintenance and promotion.” Through the PDCA cycle, we strive for continuous business improvement.
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- *1As the person with ultimate responsibility for human resources, the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) oversees the provision of a healthy working environment and the management of occupational health and safety.
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Initiatives for employees
In-house risk checking and audits
To prevent occupational accidents, we believe it is important to identify and reduce occupational safety and health risks in our business activities. As part of our risk assessment, we ensure the health and safety of our employees by conducting stress checks on a regular basis. We also identify potential hazards related to occupational health and safety by having an appointed industrial physician visit the workplace once a month to check the work environment and work activities of our employees.
Based on the results of risk assessment, we determine priorities according to the magnitude of risks and take measures to engage in improvement activities aimed at risk reduction. Particularly for items identified as high risks, we prioritize and promote improvement activities for risk reduction.
Safety measures for disasters and other emergencies
We have established a system to ensure the safety of employees in the event of earthquakes, heavy rainfall, terrorism, and other emergencies. In case of an emergency, we set up a task force as necessary and take appropriate measures based on our “Emergency operational plans” in accordance with the “Disaster Countermeasures Basic Act.” This includes ensuring the safety of employees and facilitating prompt recovery. Immediately after the disaster, we conduct employee safety confirmation using a safety confirmation system and promptly aggregate the status of safety responses. The aggregated information is swiftly and accurately communicated from the Human Resources Department to the management team, enabling appropriate initial responses. Our goal is to ensure the safety of all employees within 24 hours of an emergency occurring.
To prepare for emergencies, we conduct comprehensive disaster preparedness training for the entire company, focusing on large-scale disasters, and employee safety confirmation training utilizing the safety confirmation system twice a year.
Furthermore, as part of our safety measures during normal times, we prioritize employee safety by implementing systems for commuting safety and (for) managing attendance instructions. We also stockpile essential items such as drinking water and food supplies at our nationwide locations, ensuring a conducive environment for maintaining employee health during disasters.
Response to occupational accidents
Occupational accidents resulting from business-use vehicles accidents are reported through a dedicated reporting channel for occupational accidents. A process is in place for reporting cases with serious consequences, such as death or serious injury, or suspected violations of laws and regulations, through the Compliance Reporting Route as well. We take appropriate action (investigation, response to findings, etc.) against occupational accidents, including drive recorder analysis at the time of an accident, to prevent recurrence.
Health and safety management
for employees
and accompanying family members posted overseas
In order to ensure the health and safety of employees and their family members posted overseas, such as providing information on consultations with industrial physicians to employees prior to posting and requiring employees on assignment to undergo medical examinations upon their temporary return, we support our employees so that they can work overseas with peace of mind through a variety of initiatives, such as enrollment in medical consultation support services in the country of assignment, follow-up on mental, physical, and lifestyle issues through personnel interviews before, during, and after returning from an assignment, and safety confirmation in the event of an emergency for all overseas assignees and overseas business trip employees.