Promoting Diversity

Policy

Framework and Systems

Policy

The NEC Group has defined “Respect each individual,” as a principle of action for promoting diversity within the NEC Group Core Values.
Besides addressing changes in the working population and demands from society, such as changes to labor laws and regulations, NEC is fostering an environment that promotes the success of a diverse array of human resources in various organizations and divisions along with incorporating multiple perspectives and ideas. We see this as an important management strategy, as well as a crucial approach to creating a foundation for growth that will enable us to compete globally, as set forth in Mid-term Management Plan 2015.

Framework and Systems

In July 2013, NEC established the Diversity Promotion Group within the Personnel Affairs Division  as a dedicated unit to promote diversity across the Company. The Diversity Promotion Group is responsible for implementing initiatives concerning the following diversity-related themes and building frameworks for cooperation among the relevant divisions.

Promoting global recruitment of human resources

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, with the view to achieving global business expansion. Through these efforts, NEC strives to increase the quality of its workforce and promote diversity in each area.  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. For further details on other initiatives to develop global human resources, please see the Human Resources Development section of this Website.

Promoting women’s success in the workplace

NEC has appointed and promoted personnel irrespective of gender. The ratio of female managers to the total number of managers has been increasing every year. Many women have also been appointed to senior management positions and have proven highly successful in these roles. Examples of such positions include Division  leader and branch manager.
NEC is taking a range of initiatives to promote women’s success in the workplace. NEC will systematically appoint and strengthen training of female managers holding the post of general manager or higher, while supporting career development focused on mid-career and younger employees, and the building of personal business networks both internally and outside the company.

Promoting employment of people with disabilities

NEC Corporation has established a central committee to promote hiring of people with disabilities, chaired by the senior executive vice president, while the director with responsibility for personnel affairs serves as the vice chairman of the committee. The Company is building a system to deliberate and formulate basic initiatives relating to recruiting people with disabilities and promote their employment.

When recruiting for such positions, NEC provides a contact point for the employment of people with disabilities, and conducts company presentations giving due consideration to the needs of the disabled, through such means as dispatching sign language interpreters. In addition, NEC provides support to people with disabilities during the selection process and after they join the company. NEC also provides opportunities for a diverse array of people to apply for jobs, including through participation in joint job interviews for people with disabilities that are organized by public employment security offices (Hello Work) and other organizations.

Since the beginning of fiscal 2014, NEC has been stepping up recruitment of people with disabilities nationwide, including sales offices. NEC has also been working to develop worksites where the people with disabilities can succeed as a driving force behind business operations through active efforts to expand occupational fields in step with business expansion.

In other initiatives, NEC is broadening the scope of recruitment of people with disabilities by continuing to increase its knowledge Group-wide on the characteristics of disabilities and related work aptitude in cooperation with experts and support organizations. At the same time, NEC is also working to diversify working styles through such means as adopting new employment formats.

(About Specialized Company NEC Friendly Staff, Ltd)
In March 2003, NEC established NEC Friendly Staff, Ltd, as a specialized company for employing people with disabilities. This company actively employs people with intellectual disabilities. The company had hired 21 such people as of the end of March 2013. Its main business activities entail providing administrative support services at offices within the NEC Fuchu Plant, cleaning and greenification services, and support services for Company-wide social contribution activities. Going forward, the company plans to create new job categories as it seeks to conduct activities eyeing further business expansion.

Supporting diverse work styles for seniors

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.

Promoting a Healthy Work-life Balance

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.
Specifically, in 2005 NEC introduced the following systems: (1) fee subsidies payable to employees using local public childcare support services (subsidies for family support service usage fees) and (2) subsidies for relocation expenses incurred to provide childcare (childcare support system). To increase the number of employees using these systems, NEC relaxed certain usage conditions in 2012.
As a result of these measures, in fiscal 2008 NEC Corporation obtained the "Kurumin" certificate for its childcare support programs for the next generation of children.

Specifically, NEC has implemented three main initiatives. First, NEC has introduced the “Nursing Care Relocation Expense Subsidies” system, under which NEC will provide subsidies for relocation expenses incurred by employees who have their parents move in with them or move nearby so that they can provide nursing care.

Second, NEC Corporation has implemented a “Nursing Care Setting Development Assistance Payment” system to help alleviate the financial burden of nursing care. Under this system, NEC provides subsidies for large costs incurred by employees due to changes in nursing care methods for parents requiring a high degree of nursing care support, such as home renovations, or relocation into nursing homes.

Third, NEC Corporation has launched a nursing care support website to help reduce any feelings of isolation or frustration experienced by nursing care providers. The website is a portal site mainly providing in-depth nursing care-related information and a forum for nursing care providers to share their views in their own words.

History of introduction of systems to support balance of work with childcare or nursing care of NEC Corporation

*For details on activities in years prior to the above, please follow this link.

Main Activities and Results (Fiscal 2013)

Objectives and Achievements

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