Basic Policy, Target, and Achievement
From the perspective of D&I, which not only fulfills our social responsibilities but also pursues the potential of diverse human resources and organizations for corporate growth, we actively work to expand the work environment for people with disabilities. In addition to recruiting through Group companies and our special subsidiary, Furukawa New Leaf Co., Ltd., we further improve the work environment and promote reforms in work styles, such as remote work and well accessible environment, to create a better environment.
Basic Policy, System, Target, and Result
Initiatives
Recruitment and Careful Onboarding After Employment
In addition to the recruitment of people with intellectual disabilities at Furukawa New Leaf Co., Ltd., Furukawa Electric expands its recruitment of people with physical and mental disabilities. We conduct careful pre-employment interviews and post-employment onboarding in the human resources department to help them gradually adjust to the workplace atmosphere and work.
Inquiries about Furukawa Electric's Employment of People with Disabilities (only available in Japanese)
Efforts to Promote Understanding: In-House Lectures
To promote understanding of employment of people with disabilities within the Company, we distribute materials explaining our initiatives and hold in-house lectures to managers. In fiscal 2022 we invited Yui Hirono, the representative of DDAC (Developmental Disorders Adult Advanced Community) Nonprofit Organization, to give a lecture on “Reasonable accommodation in the workplace for understanding and promoting employment of people with developmental disorders.”
Data
Employment rate of people with disabilities
Introduction to Furukawa New Leaf Co., Ltd.
Company profile
| Company name |
Furukawa New Leaf Co., Ltd. |
| Capital |
10 million yen (fully owned subsidiary of Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.) |
| Established |
May 26, 2004 |
| Business |
Consigned cleaning of plant premises, dormitories and other activities |
| Representative |
Shigeru Endo, President & Representative Director |
Location
For inquiries about job opportunities at Furukawa New Leaf, please contact preferred branch office by phone.
| Location |
Address |
TEL |
FAX |
| Hiratsuka Branch Office |
5-1-9 Higashiyawata, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 254-0016 (within Furukawa Electric's Hiratsuka Works) | 0463-24-8001 |
0463-24-8002 |
| Chiba Branch Office |
6 Yawata-kaigan-dori, Ichihara-shi, Chiba 290-8555 (within Furukawa Electric's Chiba Works) | 0436-42-1826 |
0436-42-1840 |
| Mie Branch Office |
20-16 Nobono-cho, Kameyama-shi, Mie 519-0292 (within Furukawa Electric's Mie Works) | 0595-85-2659 |
Daily efforts
- Considerations for safety and health
- Cooperative sharing of medical check-up results with their guardians/supporting organizations
- Promotion of communication with employees to detect changes
- Understanding the changes experienced by individual employees through meetings in the morning, during the day, and at the end of the day, and daily work reports, and acting promptly to ensure employee safety and health
- Evaluation and follow-up activities for basic actions and fundamental work using a skill map
- Setting individual goals and reflecting on results
- Introduction of performance review meetings
- Individual interviews with their guardians
- Cooperation with employment and livelihood support centers to assist people with disabilities
- Welcoming visitors (students and teachers) from special needs schools nearby to contribute to the community
- Participation in the Abilympics, the vocational skills competition for people with disabilities
Business description
- Cleaning their Works, dormitories for single employees, and facilities of Furukawa Electric Group companies
- Cleaning full body safety harnesses
- Electric wire disassembly and document shredding
- Other
We prioritize safety and health with the goal of completely preventing accidents
We move around by bicycle when working at large sites.
Cleaning under Japanese plum trees in the premises
Cleaning windows at an office
Comments from staff members
Comment from the member
I joined Furukawa New Leaf on April 1, 2019. As a cleaner, we have to learn many things and use different tools for the different places that are cleaned. Although it is a hard job, I am very happy after cleaning. I would like to be capable of doing more to please people. I can buy books about trains, my favorite, with my wage and talk to the employees more senior than I. It is very nice.
Comment from the instructor
- The employees ride bicycles to worksites while ensuring they are safe within the Works, where there are many trucks and forklifts. Employees are not allowed to go to a worksite if they do not observe traffic rules and other regulations. Safety comes first.
- The photo shows employees who are sorting electrical waste. They remove foreign matters so that only good quality products are delivered to customers. Customers will complain if there is any foreign matter in the product. This is why employees work carefully in the sorting process.
Benefit package
- Company-owned and contracted recreational facilities around Japan, cafeterias
- A variety of events such as a friendly bowling competition and a party on the last working day of the year
Cafeteria in the Chiba Works
Cafeteria in the Mie Works
Friendly bowling competition
Kinugawa-so, the company-owned recreational facility
