Relationships with Employees
- Basic Approach
- Employees Data
- Respect for Human Rights
- Workforce Diversity
- Human Resources Development
- Evaluation and Treatment
- Initiatives to Create Good Work Environment
- Health and Occupational Safety Management
- Health Initiatives
Basic Approach
The strength of the MinebeaMitsumi Group is our global and diverse workforce cultivated through overseas expansion and M&A since the Company's founding, and the ongoing expansion and evolution of our manufacturing expertise.
As we take on the challenge of pursuing the Eight Spear strategy, and to solve social issues, we focus on developing and acquiring "leaders who look at the big picture, and who strengthen and evolve business through ingenuity, leadership execution skills" and "engineers who boldly confront the challenge of solving social issues through the deepening and INTEGRATION of technologies."
We strive to maximize organizational strength by fostering INTEGRATION of our diverse talents.
Corporate Philosophy (move to company site)
Human resources policy
We create new value by actively accepting differences, and take on the challenge of reform to increase corporate value and realize our management strategy.
Human resources strategy
We will discover, secure, and develop "sharp talents" individuals who can drive the business forward on their own, take on new challenges, and continually grow the Company.
Employees Data
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | |||
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Number of Employees*1 | Japan | Employees | 8,406 persons | 8,572 persons | 8,844 persons |
Japanese staff on overseas assignment | − | − | − | ||
Subtotal | 8,406 persons | 8,572 persons | 8,844 persons | ||
North and South America | Employees | 3,742 persons | 3,449 persons | 3,309 persons | |
Japanese staff on overseas assignment | 49 persons | 52 persons | 54 persons | ||
Subtotal | 3,791 persons | 3,501 persons | 3,363 persons | ||
Europe | Employees | 5,379 persons | 5,452 persons | 5,210 persons | |
Japanese staff on overseas assignment | 55 persons | 50 persons | 54 persons | ||
Subtotal | 5,434 persons | 5,502 persons | 5,264 persons | ||
Asia (excluding Japan) | Employees | 65,865 persons | 66,090 persons | 63,701 persons | |
Japanese staff on overseas assignment | 539 persons | 504 persons | 496 persons | ||
Subtotal | 66,404 persons | 66,594 persons | 64,197 persons | ||
Total | Employees | 83,392 persons | 83,563 persons | 81,064 persons | |
Japanese staff on overseas assignment | 643 persons | 606 persons | 604 persons | ||
Subtotal | 84,035 persons | 84,169 persons | 81,668 persons | ||
Average of working years by gender*1 | Japan | Male | 17.2 years | 17.3 years | 17.3 years |
Female | 17.0 years | 17.2 years | 16.9 years | ||
Overseas | Male | 9.1 years | 9.6 years | 9.4 years | |
Female | 12.8 years | 12.4 years | 12.6 years | ||
Group | Male | 11.1 years | 11.4 years | 11.4 years | |
Female | 12.9 years | 12.5 years | 12.7 years | ||
Proportion of female employees (Group)*1 | Employees | Male | 35.90% | 36.30% | 36.50% |
Female | 64.10% | 63.70% | 63.50% | ||
Managers | Male | 84.90% | 82.60% | 83.60% | |
Female | 15.10% | 17.40% | 16.40% | ||
New hires | Male | 43.80% | 41.00% | 35.40% | |
Female | 56.20% | 59.00% | 64.60% | ||
Proportion of female employees (non-consolidated)*1 | Employees | Male | − | − | 84.40% |
Female | − | − | 15.60% | ||
Managers | Male | − | − | 97.20% | |
Female | − | − | 2.80% | ||
New hires | Male | − | − | 81.50% | |
Female | − | − | 18.50% | ||
Japanese staff on overseas assignment*2 | 643 persons | 606 persons | 597 persons | ||
Service status (non-consolidated) | Average years of service | 16 years 4 months | 16 years 6 months | 16 years 8 months | |
Average age of employees | 44 years 8 months | 45 years | 45 years 3 months | ||
Turnover rate (non-consolidated) | Number of resignation | 103 persons | 121 persons | 159 persons | |
Turnover rate | 2.30% | 2.70% | 3.60% | ||
Rate of Employees with Disabilities (non-consolidated) | 1.74% | 2.50% | 2.49% | ||
Number of Days and Rate of Taking Annual Paid Leave (non-consolidated) | 12.1 days/ 65.6% | 12.9 days/ 70.1% | 14.4 days/ 78.24% | ||
Number of Users of Main Welfare Systems (non-consolidated) | Childcare leave | 80 persons | 89 persons | 178 persons | |
Spousal childbirth leave | 59 persons | 63 persons | 48 persons | ||
Family care leave | 0 persons | 1 persons | 2 persons | ||
Gift for veteran employees | 115 persons | 115 persons | 143 persons | ||
Overtime Work Data (non-consolidated) | Per head | Average overtime hours /month | 2.89 hours /month | 3.79 hours /month | 4.78 hours /month |
Per head | Average overtime wages /month | \6,743/month | \9,326/month | \7,131/month |
- *1 2020: As of May 2020, 2021:As of June 2021, 2022:As of June 2022
- *2 2020: May 2020, 2021:May 2021, 2022:March 2022
Applicable Group companies-
2020: MinebeaMitsumi, MITSUMI ELECTRIC, U-Shin, ABLIC
2021: MinebeaMitsumi, MITSUMI ELECTRIC, U-Shin, ABLIC
2022: MinebeaMitsumi, MITSUMI ELECTRIC, U-Shin, ABLIC
Respect for Human Rights
As the MinebeaMitsumi Group Company Credo "The Five Principles" states, the company must "Be a company where our employees are proud to work".
Based upon this management policy, MinebeaMitsumi Group prohibits discrimination in promotion, rewards, training opportunities, job offer and employment on factors such as race, age, gender, sexual preference, nationality, and religion.
We provide various types of education to ensure this policy is followed, including New Employee Training, Junior Employee Training, Mid-level Employee Training, New Manager Training, followed by "MinebeaMitsumi Group Officer and Employee Compliance Guidelines". We also offer multi-cultural communication training to employees prior to their assignments to overseas sites and provide consultation center and an internal reporting system to prevent human rights abuses.
And in Thailand, which is our largest site, our labor policy prohibits human rights violations such as forced labor and child labor and sets disciplinary measures towards violation and has been recognized by certification TLS8001, a Thai labor corporate social accountability standard.
Human Rights Policy
The MinebeaMitsumi Group regards respect for human rights of all stakeholders concerned in our corporate activities as a key issue of the basic management policy. In order to fulfill our social responsibilities as a global corporation, we have built a human rights due diligence system and supports the guiding principles on Human Rights such as the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the United Nations Global Compact. We also have the MinebeaMitsumi Group Human Rights Policy, consisting of the following items.
MinebeaMitsumi Group Human Rights Policy
- Respect for basic human rights
- Compliance with applicable laws
- Respect for international human rights agreements
- Prohibition of child labor and restrictions on employment of young laborers
- Prohibition of forced labor
- Prohibition of discrimination
- Prohibition of harassment
- Respect for freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
- Human rights due diligence
- Education
- Requests for suppliers to provide support and cooperation
- Information disclosure
- Scope
Participation in Human Rights Education Subcommittee
The MinebeaMitsumi Group participates in the sectional meeting on human rights education organized by the United Nations Global Compact. We continue pursuing our training for human rights education within the company in order to improve workplace environment for everyone.
Workforce Diversity
The MinebeaMitsumi Group serves as a global enterprise that carries out and employs 90% of its diversified workforce abroad. Everything including our products and plants are diverse and the source of our technological innovation comes from its diversity.
As we have undergone numerous instances of business integration, we uphold our spirit of equality in the promotion of human resources, allowing excellent human resources to play an active role irrespective of company of origin. We also actively recruit core human resources from outside.
In addition, we hold diversity seminars and employee networking events to realize "INTEGRATION of talent" which employees of diverse nationalities, genders, ages, and lifestyles recognize each other's abilities, experiences, and ways of thinking, and take advantage of each other. We continually hold these seminars and events and strive to create an environment where diverse human resources can demonstrate their full potential.
Promoting Active Roles for Women
As part of the act of creating organizational culture and workplace environment in which all employees can fully demonstrate their abilities, we are promoting projects specifically aimed at promoting the active participation of women. We provide training for women so that they can play an active role as leaders and managers, strengthen the recruitment of women, and create various systems that make it easier to balance between work and childcare.
The action plan formulated in April 2021 based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace and the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, we have set a goal of increasing the proportion of women in new graduate recruitment to 20% or more by 2026. We also aim to increase the rate of male employees taking childcare leave, creating an environment where all employees can work efficiently and autonomously.
Since 2018, the company was incorporated into "MSCI Japan Empowering Woman Index" which is provided by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.
In 2021, MinebeaMitsumi received "Eruboshi" (Level 3) certification by the Japanese Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare as a company that promotes Women's participation and advancement. We also obtained the "Kurumin" certification from the Tokyo Labor Bureau in 2022 as a child-care supportive company.
For the detail, please refer to [Evaluation by Society].
Initiatives Regarding Employees with Disabilities
MinebeaMitsumi promotes the employment of individuals with disabilities and is working to create a workplace where everyone can play an active role with a sense of satisfaction by providing guidance from employees with specialized knowledge.
We believe that understanding, respecting, and working together with individuals who have different backgrounds further nurtures teamwork and we will make the most of it to foster human resource development that continues to grow while coexisting with diverse people.
As of June 2023, employment rate of people with disabilities is 2.48% and we will continuously work to surpass the statutory rate.
Human Resources Development
As the scale of our business expands and globalization accelerates, the MinebeaMitsumi Group strives to foster human resources who is willing to take on the challenges of achieving goals and making changes, have ability to think and take the lead with enthusiasm with a passion for manufacturing while cooperating with team members of various nationalities.
Main domestic Stratified Training Programs
Program | Participants | Aim of Training |
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New Employee Training | New employees |
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Junior Employee Training | Employees in their second year of employment |
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Leader Development Training | New assistant supervisor-level employees |
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New Assistant Manager Training | New assistant manager-level employees |
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New Manager Training | New manager-level employees |
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New General Manager Training | General managers |
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Program | Participants | Aim of Training |
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Brother-Sister System | New employees |
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Developing the Next Generation Leaders
For the MinebeaMitsumi Group, developing human resources who will drive global business expansion and development is an important management issue.
We continue to provide practical training to the next generation of leaders, including providing employees of domestic group companies with overseas assignment experience at global locations and offering an opportunity to study at Columbia University Business School and Hitotsubashi University's Financial Leadership Program, etc.
As part of our efforts to develop human resources of our overseas subsidiaries who will take on the role of local managers in the future, we send employees from major overseas group companies such as Thailand, China, the Philippines, and Germany, to Japan for one year to gain a broader perspective and management perspective.
Evaluation and Treatment
Fair and Balanced Evaluation
At the MinebeaMitsumi Group, impartiality and objectivity are our prime concerns in evaluating the abilities and performance of our employees.
Salary increases and bonuses of all employees are linked to the Company's business results as well as based on the results of an individual's achievements and abilities. In order to reduce the bias of evaluation by the organization to which each employee belong, we have introduced a common evaluation distribution guideline, and we are working to improve transparency and fairness by giving a feed back of the evaluation results. We constantly review personnel evaluation standards and promotion standards and will continue to implement measures that can flexibly respond to changes in the working environment and employment structure so that we can create a working environment where motivated employees can fully demonstrate their abilities and feel rewarded.
Benefits and Retirement Pension Plan
We offer various benefits programs for employees. In addition to being fully equipped with various types of social insurance (health, employees' pension insurance, industrial accident, employment insurance), there are employee stock holding partnership system, rental housing provided by the company, various regional allowances, etc. We also carry out special health examinations and provide non-life insurance measures to secure talented human resources.
We provide the compensation benefit including pension and retirement under the law of each country for all employees. Especially in the USA, the UK and in Japan, we have our original pension and retirement plan.
Employee Stock Holding Partnership System
At the MinebeaMitsumi Group, we are promoting participation in the employee stock holding partnership system in order for each employee to have a "shareholder's perspective" in addition to an "employee's perspective" by owning the Company's shares. This is based on the idea that "our share price is our report card" and to further enhance each employee's passion for improving our business performance.
As of December 2022, we have a participation rate of 67% for the employee stock holding partnership system at the entire domestic group companies.
Incentive for Employees
At the MinebeaMitsumi Group, we have a team building monetary award system that recognizes employees and teams who have made significant achievements in proposal-based activities with the aim of improving business performance and cost reduction. This team building activity started in 2019 and is now expanding and evolving globally.
Initiatives to Create Good Work Environment
Dialogue with Employees
As recited in the MinebeaMitsumi Group Code of Conduct, the MinebeaMitsumi Group recognizes freedom of association and endeavors to build harmonious labor relations by holding regular labor-management meetings (two or more times a year) and taking other measures to actively communicate with labor unions and employee representatives on issues such as the work environment and working conditions.
MinebeaMitsumi Group Code of Conduct (move to company site)
Improvement of Employee Engagement
We conducted an engagement survey of approximately 9,000 employees of domestic group companies in June 2023. Based on the results, we are working to implement improvement actions.
In addition, we continue to participate in company ranking surveys aimed at making a comfortable work environment and promoting the active participation of women, and we strive to understand our own situation by comparing ourselves with other companies, and use this information to introduce related systems and measures.
Together with our employees, MinebeaMitsumi creates a work environment and corporate culture where employees feel motivated to work over the long term with a sense of reassurance and security.
Support for Flexible Work Styles
We believe that the MinebeaMitsumi Group's consideration for employees' work-life balance is an important issue that leads to a sense of satisfaction and fulfillment. To this end, we have established a flexible system that enables employees to take time off for childbirth, childrearing, caring for family members, and other important events in their private lives.
In the action plan formulated in April 2021 based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace and the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children, we set our aim to further promoting and increasing the rate of male employees taking childcare leave, etc. We also consider to improve the system and expanding the scope of application to enable effective work styles according to the company's business and job type so that we can create a workplace where all employees can work efficiently and autonomously.
We obtained the "Kurumin" certification from the Tokyo Labor Bureau in 2022 as a child-care supportive company.For the detail, please refer to [Evaluation by Society].
Main Welfare Systems to Balance Work, Child Care, and Family Care
Welfare Systems | Description |
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Spousal childbirth leave | Providing paid leave up to 2 days from the day a spouse of an employee is hospitalized (or have equivalent care) for childbirth until two weeks after the birth. |
Maternity leave | Providing leave starting from 6 weeks to due date until 8 weeks after the childbirth. |
Child care leave | Providing leave starting from the next day of the end of maternity leave up to the maximum of the end of the 2nd birthday of the child. |
Parental leave | Providing up to 4 weeks (28 days) of leave within 8 weeks after the birth of the child. |
Shorter working hours for childcare | Employees can select shorter working hours (up to 2 hours reduction) when raising a child up to the end of 6th grade of elementary school. |
Child nursing care leave | Employees can take up to 5 days (one child)/10 days (two or more children) per year to take care of their child up to the end of 3rd grade of elementary school. |
Leave of absence for family care | Providing leave up to 93 days in total per family member requiring care. |
Shorter working hours for family care | Employees can select shorter working hours (up to 2 hours reduction) when nursing a family member. |
Family care leave | Employees can take up to 5 days (one family member to care)/10 days (two or more) per year to take care of their family member. The leave can be taken as hourly units too. |
Half-day paid leave | Employees can take paid annual holidays in half-day units. |
Health and Occupational Safety Management
The MinebeaMitsumi Group firmly believes that a safe, healthy workplace is key to improving product and service quality, consistency of manufacturing operations, and employee morale.
Each plant holds regular meetings of their Health and Safety Committee, comprised of working groups involved in health and safety operations. At the meetings, each working group shares its progress toward its targets. In addition, the MinebeaMitsumi Group's main plants in its mass production bases of Thailand, China, the Philippines, Cambodia, Singapore, and Malaysia have obtained ISO45001 certification.
In the event of a fire, workplace injury, traffic accident, or other similar incident, safety managers take the lead in identifying the cause and handling the issue. Information about such incidents is shared with other production sites in each country to prevent similar incidents in the future.
Regular patrols at plants
We conduct monthly safety patrols at the Karuizawa and other plants to ensure that issues pointed out in the past have been addressed and to identify any new issues for improvement. The safety patrols help to confirm that areas/spaces around manufacturing equipment are kept clean and tidy, to request improvements when unsafe areas are discovered, to ensure that tools are stored properly, and to confirm that safety glasses and earplugs are used properly.
Health Initiatives
Basic Policy
The MinebeaMitsumi Group strongly believes that our employees' health is the cornerstone of growth when creating new value through extraordinary "difference" and it is a driving force for demonstrating unique strength that cannot be found elsewhere.
In order to realize our corporate philosophy, we aim to celebrate our 100th anniversary by actively working to create a work environment where each employee is proud to work, be healthy and active, and able to show their abilities.
Promoting Health Management
In addition to regular health checkups as required by law, the MinebeaMitsumi Group provides health checkups for lifestyle-related diseases and complete health checkups for each age group to help maintain and improve the health of our employees. In addition, as part of our health promotion activities, we hold walking events jointly with the health insurance association, offer healthy meals, and provide health information.
In regard to mental health care, which has drawn social interest in recent years, we have conducted stress checks since 2016 and have a consultation structure in place to ensure that employees can discuss issues with industrial physicians, public health nurses and counselors.
For employees working overseas, we work to maintain and improve the health of our employees in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations and actual circumstances of each country.
Industrial health staff such as industrial physicians and public health nurses who are assigned to each factory in Japan hold regular meetings once every three months to exchange information for the purpose of having better health management in place.
In addition, by further visualizing working hours including overtime and reinforcing the management of long working hours, we are constantly striving to improve the work environment in order to achieve solid results within limited time.
In 2022 and 2023, we were recognized as Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations.