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The Sojitz Group has adopted various initiatives to promote the creation of a workplace environment where employees feel peace of mind and can continue working.

Fulfilling Workplace Environments

Promoting Work-Life Balance

Sojitz offers systems that enable employees to balance work with child and nursing care. In the year ended March 31, 2010, we revised our child care system to extend child care leave until the child is two years and six months old, at the maximum, and introduced a system of shortened work hours for employees raising children. We also introduced a program to support employees taking child care leave. In the year ended March 31, 2011, we launched a subsidy system for the use of babysitters. As a result of this series of initiatives, more male employees have used the systems. Sojitz received the Kurumin Mark for its efforts as a corporation to support the next generation.

In April 2011, we moved to further promote work-life balance by launching four new nursing care programs that increase the number of family care leave days, reduce working hours for caregivers, re-hire employees who leave the Company to care for family members, and allow employees to take long-term leave for family care multiple times.

Outline of Child Care System

Employees Using Child Care Leave (no. of persons, by fiscal year)

FY2009	FY2010
11 (Including 3 males)	10 (Including 2 males)

 

Percentage of Annual Paid Holidays Taken

FY2009	FY2010
39%	41%

Reemployment System

As a result of several cases of women employees leaving employment at Sojitz to follow their spouses in overseas postings, Sojitz created a reemployment system for such women in May 2008. This system makes it possible for former employees to become part of Sojitz again when they return to Japan after completion of their spouses' overseas assignments.

Employee Health Management

Health Care Room on company premises

For employee health, Sojitz has a Health Care Room where employees can receive massages to help them recover from fatigue and relieve stress. Stress checks, available online to all employees, are also conducted to prevent or alleviate stress. Medical specialists and counselors are also regularly on duty at the Employee Health Clinic.

Promoting Diversity

Training targeting female employees

To further develop an environment in which women can flourish, we hold comprehensive and supplementary training for female employees with the aim of helping them acquire management skills and create networks. In addition, the Sojitz Group actively employs persons with disabilities.
The percentage of disabled people employed by Sojitz in the year ended March 31, 2011 was 1.83%.

Number of Employees by Gender (As of March 31, 2011)

Male	Female	Total
1,815	439	2,254

*The turnover rate in the year ended March 31, 2011 was 2.6%

Number of New Graduates Hired (Entered company in the year ended March 31, 2011)

Male	Female	Total
39	17	56

Labor-Management Relations

As part of the Company's efforts to inculcate its management policies and vision, Sojitz and the Sojitz Employees Union regularly hold meetings of the President's Labor-Management Council, the President of Business Division Council and the Financial Results Briefing Council. Furthermore, the Company and the union jointly established the Work-Life Balance Committee to create systems for realizing work-life balance and a work environment that sustains employees' enthusiasm.
* Employee union membership rate in the year ended March 31, 2011 was 64%

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