Work-Life Balance

<Purpose>
We have been conducting the seminar since 2012 to strengthen the measures that supports the continuation of an employee’s career and not let childbirth or childcare end a career.

1. To share thoughts and know-how on how to build a career while supporting childcare at home, and to learn the positive impacts of childcare on one’s career.
2. To dispel unconsicous bias such as gender roles.
3. For supervisors to consider their management approach to bring out the potential of a diverse human resources, and to cultivate a company culture that supports career advancement while providing childcare regardless of gender.

<Details>
The seminar includes a lecture and discussions on unconscious bias, employees sharing their experience of childcare leave, and efforts to reaffirm one’s sense of value. This allows employees to think about their career from a long-term perspective and for supervisors to think about their management of employees with children.

<Targets>
Total of four
For employees returning from childcare leave and their supervisors
For partners of a returnee from childcare leave and their supervisors

<Results in Fiscal 2021>
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the seminar was conducted online among the Head Office and each business site. To foster a corporate culture that supports the balance between work and childcare regardless of an employee’s gender, we have expanded the targets to include partners of returnees from childcare leave and their supervisors, in addition to employees returning from extended childcare leave.

<Purpose>
To recommend all male employees with a recently born child to take at least five days of childcare leave.

<Details>
We publish and distribute the Handbook on Balancing Work and Childcare among male employees with a recently born child and their supervisors, which includes information for new fathers. To promote systematic utilization of childcare leave, we make announcements on the system and encourage conversations between supervisors and employees. The Human Resources Division also conducts regular check in with eligible employees on their plan to take the leave.

<Purpose>
Daikin promotes early return from childcare leave as a measure to smooth the transition back to work from childbirth or childcare.

<Details>
The following policy was introduced (in 2014) for returnees from childcare leave whose child is less than 6 months of age.

1. Flexible workstyle to enable an easy transition that balances work with life
   • Shorter workday of 4 hours a day
   • Shorter flexible workday of 6 hours a day
   • Work-from-home for up to 4 times a week
2. Strengthen services to support parents of infants in balancing life and career
   • Expand the subsidy amount and list of support within the Childcare Support Cafeteria Program

<Results>
Increased number of employees returning early from childcare leave as a result of the early return support policy

<Purpose>
Since 2019, we have been conducting support on career development during childcare leave in collaboration with Osaka Univesrity as a part of diversity promotion. Our goal is to provide opportunities to develop skills toward advancing their future career targeting employees currently on childcare leave.

<Details>
Employees on their childcare leave are eligible to attend lectures within the School of Human Sciences, School of Economics, and Graduate School of Engineering at Osaka University for their career development and learning. The employees are also able to access the nursery on campus for childcare during their lectures.

<Results in Fiscal 2021>
Participation by five employees in the spring/summer term between April and September, and by 10 employees in the fall/winter term between October and February.

In addition to the daycare facilities concierge program, we began to host seminars in 2017 to share information on how to look for daycare facilties, know-how and examples of other employees. The aim of the seminar is to provide reference and address concerns on searches for daycare facilities to facilitate a smooth entrance for the children.

<Results in Fiscal 2021>
In Septebmer 2021, a lecture given by President Ueda of Mothernet Co., Ltd. to provide insight and address questions on the search for daycares.