To help establish an employment environment that enables the active participation of women and permits employees to achieve a better work-life balance, Artner has formulated a General Employers Action Plan, 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 also strive to increase the number of female executives and improve the rate of childcare and nursing leave utilization.
At Artner, we believe that promoting workplace diversity and giving all employees the opportunity to demonstrate their full potential lead to innovation and value creation. For this purpose, we strive to foster an inclusive company culture, through measures such as diversity training, LGBTQ+ study meetings, and activities to promote an understanding of gender equality by all employees.
In September 2011, Artner set up a Diversity Promotion Office (now Diversity Team), centered around people with disabilities. In addition to promoting the employment of people with disabilities, we also aim to create a workplace that enables all employees to feel fulfilled by their work.
Artner actively hires people with disabilities. In 2018, Artner was officially recognized by Osaka Prefecture for its outstanding company efforts in support of people with disabilities. (This award is part of the prefecture’s initiatives to actively support the employment of people with disabilities.)
We administer this training to international students after they complete basic training. Their studies cover a wide range that includes culture and etiquette at Japanese enterprises and Japanese expressions and grammar, tailored to students’ individual Japanese level. The purpose of the training is to have international students develop practical ability to communicate in Japanese, from drafting emails to conversing about business.
At Artner, employees who wish to continue working after the age of 60 can take advantage of the “continued employment program.” To adapt to the rapid aging of Japan’s population, and with the aim of creating an environment where motivated seniors can remain active without a time limit, we have established this program that offers continued employment for engineers who would like to continue working in design and development after reaching the retirement age of 60.
Artner encourages both men and women to take advantage of our childcare leave system so that women can continue working after returning from maternity or childcare leave, and so that men can also actively participate in raising their children.
This married couple took parental leave while working in the front lines of the automobile industry. Both of them are now working the way they want to work.
I thought about how my life is going to change in the future, and before going on parental leave, I told the company that I would like to transfer somewhere with more flexible hours and less actual work. They accepted my request and it was a great relief.
It’s easy to adjust how you work at Artner , from increasing the hours you work from home to leaving early some days and being able to pick up children from daycare.
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