Annual Leave (full day, half day, time)
In addition to paid leave in units of a day or half a day, employees can also take paid leave in units of hours. We also have a well-developed paid leave
system, including the "three-day off system" introduced in fiscal 2017 and an increase in the target number of days to be taken annually.
Flextime
In March 2018, Gunze introduced flextime. By leaving the start and end times of work to individual employees, the company aims to increase their
independence and initiative and improve productivity through flexibility.
Working from home
In March 2018, Gunze introduced working from home to enable a more productive and efficient work style that fits each employee's diverse lifestyle and work
style.
Comeback System (Reentry System for Retirees)
This is a system that allows employees who left Gunze due to unavoidable circumstances such as child care, family care, or spouse transfer, or for career
advancement due to study or job change, to return to work for Gunze.
Career change system
Gunze has a career change system to encourage a variety of work styles, such as employees who want to change from a general position to a career track
position to take on different challenges, or employees who want to change to a regional career track position because marriage has made it difficult to move
to a new city.
Refreshment Year System
In order to refresh and further motivate employees to lead a healthy and fulfilling professional life, the company provides consecutive paid leave (Refresh
Leave) and incentive payments according to the number of years of service.
Refreshment Year 10
Three consecutive days of refreshment leave for employees with 10 years of service.
Refreshment Year 25
Five consecutive days of refreshment leave and a 25-year service award (100,000 yen) for employees with 25 years of service.
Self-development Support System
Employees who obtain the qualifications specified in the "List of Qualifications to be Encouraged to Acquire" or those approved by the company are eligible
to receive an incentive (10,000 to 100,000 yen) and assistance with tuition and other expenses.
In addition, under the distance learning support system, employees who complete a distance learning course can apply for support for approximately half of
the course fee. These self-development support programs are also available during leaves of absence, allowing those who have taken unavoidable leaves of
absence to develop their careers.
Childcare and Nursing Care Support System
Since April 2015, managers have been conducting "support interviews for balancing work and childcare," as we believe it is necessary to create an
environment in which employees can continue to work while taking advantage of the system. The company has also prepared a Q&A manual for managers so that
not only those who use the system, but also managers, can properly understand the system and smoothly manage the entire department.
Childcare Leave
You can take childcare leave up to the day before your child's second birthday.
Reduced Working Hours for Childcare
In principle, 6-hour days until the end of March when the child enters the sixth year of primary school. If desired, the hours can be reduced in 15-minute
increments, from 30 minutes to 2 hours per day, as needed.
Childcare Fee Subsidy
Employees who take childcare leave for two months or longer and, upon returning to work, are in a dual-income household or a single-parent household with a
child under six months of age placed in childcare, will receive a subsidy for childcare fees up to a specified limit until the end of March in the year the
child turns three.
Extended Childcare Fee Subsidy
Employees who are dual-income households or single-parent households with children, and who incur extended childcare fees due to work while placing children in
childcare, will receive a subsidy for these fees up to a specified limit.
Childcare Subsidy
For children up to sixth grade, employees who use babysitters or similar services (including municipal sick child care and family support centers) to secure
work hours will receive a subsidy for the usage fees up to a specified limit.
Long-Term Care Service Fees Subsidy
Employees caring for eligible family members will receive a subsidy up to a specified limit for fees incurred to secure work hours when using long-term care
insurance services.
Nursing Care Leave
A period of up to one consecutive year (which may be divided into several periods) to care for an eligible family member, combined with reduced work hours
for caregiving.
Reduced Work Hours for Nursing Care
When caring for an eligible family member, for a period of up to one year in the aggregate with the period of caregiving leave; may be up to two hours per
day in 30-minute increments; may be divided into multiple periods; may be taken concurrently.
Nursing Care Leave
Five days per year (10 days for two or more eligible family members) to care for or otherwise attend to an eligible family member.
