Occupational health
[Employee Health Management Declaration]
The Bando Group works to promote good health of employees in the firm belief that each employee’s physical and mental health forms a basis for our development.
1. Under the leadership of the top management, the entire Bando Group works “closely” to promote the health management.
2. The Group supports employees’ self-directed efforts to promote their good health with “excitement.”
3. The Group aims to create a workplace where employees can work “enthusiastically,” along with its work style innovation.
－Priority measures－
1. Work “closely”
We set up the “Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team” in each office to enable the Company, employees, and the health insurance association to work together to promote health by respecting individuality of each office.
2. Promote health with “excitement”
Each employee creates a vision about his/her health and makes an effort that lets him/her feel the positive effects on his/her health.
3. Create a workplace where employees can work “enthusiastically”
The Group aims to create a workplace where employees enjoy both their work and leisure time.
Material Issue Occupational health
Targets/Vision
- ●Every employee strives to maintain their health and create a workplace where they can work enthusiastically through activities of the Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team
Management and Promotion Method of Occupational health
[Responsible Departments] Health
- Business facilities
Coordinating office: Company-Wide Health and Safety Committee (Secretariat: Personnel Department is responsible for health)
[Policy/Point of view]
For health, the Group positions securing the health and safety in workplaces and improving the mental and physical health of employees as the foundation of our business activities and is working to strengthen the initiatives on employees’ health under the “Employee Health Management Declaration.”
[Visions]
Every employee strives to maintain their health and create a workplace where they can work enthusiastically through activities of the Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team
[Measures]
・ Promote activities to care for and follow up mental and physical health of employees based on the attributes such as regular and special medical checkup for all employees and the establishment of the “Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team” in each business facility as well as collaborative health activities using health scoring report as part of our data health program.
Initiatives to work healthily and enthusiastically
Since we appointed a new executive in charge of health and enacted the “Employee Health Management Declaration” in 2017, we formed the “Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team” at each office to help employees realize their own “health vision,” promoting the creation of a vibrant and pleasant workplace toward the realization of the Declaration. The “Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team” embodies the voices of employees and has conducted activities that take advantage of the characteristics of each office, such as renovation of employees’ cafeteria and liberalization of dress code. From fiscal 2022, as an initiative to improve engagement, we are refocusing on improving workplace and solving issues based on the results of stress checks and harassment questionnaires.
These initiatives on which the Company and employees work “closely” are evaluated, and the Company was selected as a Health & Productivity Stock Selection four times and recognized in the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program (White 500) twice since 2018. We will continue to promote the creation of an organization based on the physical and mental health of each and every employee.
Aiming at the lost days rate 0.4% or less
As a target of initiatives for employees to work healthily and enthusiastically, we are aiming at achieving the rate of frequency of injuries resulting in lost time of 0.4% or less.
To achieve this target, we use the results of medical checkups and surveys to address identified health issues and encourage employees to take healthy actions by holding fitness classes and offering health guidance mainly by a public health nurse.
In fiscal 2022, the results of lifestyle habit surveys and physical fitness measurement showed issues such as lack of physical exercise and decreased flexibility. We distributed exercise videos, offered online yoga classes, and promoted collaborative health measures with the health insurance association to prevent lifestyle diseases and also provided mental health education to improve the workplace. Unfortunately, the number of medical treatment days due to lifestyle diseases increased by 2.5% from the previous year but that due to mental health decreased by 9.0%. The lost days rate was 0.81%*1. We will continue to focus on the prevention of lifestyle diseases and mental health measures, and in the future, we will promote health by addressing a wider range of health issues such as aging and women's health promotion.
*1 The lost days rate excluding COVID-19-related is 0.58%.
TOPICSStrengthen the health management while staying at home
The COVID-19 pandemic has drastically changed life and work styles of employees. As a preventive measure against physical and mental disorders caused by such changes, we conducted health surveys by public health nurses regularly to take care of those suffering physical and mental disorders promptly and let them know about the consultation service. In addition, we transmitted simple exercise and online Yoga videos to encourage employees to do exercise at home as measures to prevent fatigue, lack of physical activity or weight gain in an unfamiliar environment.
“Employee Health Management Declaration” upholds the idea of “the Company’s foundation is physical and mental health of all employees.” While strongly recognizing it once again, we will implement flexible and appropriate measures to deal with every situation and work “closely” to enhance our employees’ health.
TOPICSPromote employees’ health with healthy meals
In fiscal 2018, Nankai Plant renovated its employees’ cafeteria as an activity of the Healthy and Enthusiastic Workplace Creation Team. In addition to the tangible aspect, we also reviewed the menu to provide healthier meals. While the Bando Group is working to solve issues of each plant based on the trends of employee health issues, we introduced low-calorie dishes with lots of vegetables to improve the issue of employees at Nankai Plant, “excessive intake of fat and carbohydrate.” The actual menu offered at the cafeteria was recognized by Osaka prefectural government as healthy menu (V.O.S menu*) that gives consideration to the volume of Vegetables, Oil, and Salt.
*V.O.S menu: An approval system being promoted to develop a healthy food environment (the reference value per meal is vegetables of 120g or more, ratio of fat to energy intake of 30% or less and salt of 3.0g or less)
