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

Respect for Human Rights

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 support 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.

Education and Training

For our group's employees to have a deeper understanding of our company's basic management policies, including respect for human rights, we provide a variety of comprehensive training programs and education such as: e-learning programs aimed at promoting understanding of "business and human rights," onboarding training, stratified training based on the "MinebeaMitsumi Group Officer and Employee Compliance Guidelines," harassment prevention training and multi-cultural communication training to employees prior to their assignments to overseas.

Initiatives regarding Employee Human Rights

In Thailand, which is one of our largest overseas bases, our labor guidelines prohibit and impose penalties on human rights violations such as forced labor and child labor and we have obtained certification under TLS8001, Thailand's labor protection standard. At our Cebu plant in the Philippines, all 8,798 employees attended training based on the RBA Code of Conduct and learned about labor, health/safety, and ethics.
Also, we have established a whistle-blowing system and consultation desk so that our group employees and retired employees can report and consult on human rights-related issues and troubles, and we strive to prevent and reduce human rights violations by disseminating information on our company intranet and other medium.

Participation in Human Rights Education Subcommittee

The MinebeaMitsumi Group continually participates in the sectional meeting on human rights education organized by the United Nations Global Compact and collects information. As a company committed to respecting the human rights of all stakeholders, we will continue to promote respect for human rights　throughout the group in collaboration with each responsible department, reduce human rights violation risks, and enhance our corporate value.

Participation in Initiatives

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.

• Awards to MinebeaMitsumi Group by external organizations related to good work environment (105KB/1page)

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].

The action plan based on "Act on the Promotion of Female Participation and Career Advancement in the Workplace" and "Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children" (408KB/2pages)

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.

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

Developing the Next Generation Leaders

One of the important management issues is the early selection and development of leadership candidates who will help accelerate the medium-term management plan.
Our group discovers candidates from a variety of angles, including recommendations from each of the current chief and head of business unit, 360-degree evaluations of leadership behavior, and logical thinking ability diagnostic tests. We have developed a human resources pool with a three-layer structure of "candidates for a chief" "candidates for a head of Business Unit" and "young and mid-career high-potential leaders.'' We provide practical training that takes into account the circumstances of each individual candidate.
We also continuously offer 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.

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

From the perspective of our company's sustainable growth, we believe that employee engagement is an important management indicator.
In June 2023, we conducted our first employee engagement survey targeting Japanese employees in order to understand the current state of our company and formulate and implement improvement plans.
Our overall score for "sustainable engagement" (ratio of favorable responses) was 60%, which is below the level that is generally considered to be no problems. On the other hand, our company's strengths (high degree of empathy for our corporate philosophy and attitude toward social contribution, clear and high level of understanding of our own goals and objectives) and improvement issues (transformation for the next generation, operational efficiency, communication/cooperation, talent management, etc.) became clear, and it came to light that there is a lot of room for future improvement. Furthermore, the survey showed the response rate was high for the first survey, at 85%, demonstrating the active participation of our employees.

Based on the survey results, we identified six areas for improvement: (1) creating an environment that allows work to proceed efficiently and effectively, (2) having products and services that meet our customers' needs in ahead of others, (3) creating a culture where challenges are encouraged, and (4) the company's attitude toward incorporating employee opinions, (5) strengthening human resources, and (6) creating a healthy work environment. We have started to formulate a future action plan with a focus on the company's commitment to improving above areas and began systematic efforts to improve company-wide engagement in FY 2024.

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].

The action plan based on "Act on the Promotion of Female Participation and Career Advancement in the Workplace" and "Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children" (408KB/2pages)

Main Welfare Systems to Balance Work, Child Care, and Family Care

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.

• Sites which Obtained ISO45001 Certification (409KB/1page)

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.
Industrial health staff such as industrial physicians and public health nurses who are assigned to each factory in Japan hold regular meetings to exchange information for the purpose of having better health management in place.
For employees working overseas, we ensure to maintain and improve the health of our employees in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations and actual circumstances of each country.
In regard to mental health care, which has drawn social interest in recent years, we have conducted stress checks since 2016 and in addition to efforts to improve the workplace environment, we have a consultation structure in place to ensure that employees can discuss issues with industrial physicians, public health nurses and counselors. For employees who take a leave of absence due to physical or mental distress, we have a system in place to support their return to work through interviews with industrial physicians.
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.
Maintaining and improving the health of our employees as an important management issue. We are accelerating our efforts to promote health, and have been recognized as the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization in 2022, 2023, and 2024.

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