Initiatives Promoting the Employment of People with Disabilities

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Initiatives Promoting the Employment of People with Disabilities

Through the employment of people with disabilities, we promote diversity and inclusion.

Furukawa Electric established special subsidiary Furukawa New Leaf in fiscal 2004 to create an environment where more people with disabilities are able to work in a better setting, provide a place for them in society so that they are able secure stability and peace of mind, and develop independent workers who follow rules and actively participate in society.

The subsidiary employs 43 people with disabilities at three locations. They engage in cleaning and electric wire disassembly. Furukawa New Leaf is proactively contributing to the community, focusing on recruitment and training and increasing the number of jobs it provides by introducing new businesses.

Employment rate of people with disabilities (%)

	FY 2016	FY 2017	FY 2018	FY 2019	FY 2020
Furukawa Electric	2.31	2.23	2.12	2.14	2.09

Employment of people with disabilities by Furukawa Electric

Introduction to Furukawa New Leaf

Company outline

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

Employees with disabilities

Average age of employees: 33.4 (as of November 30, 2020)
Average years of service: 9.9 years (as of November 30, 2020)

For inquiries about job opportunities at Furukawa New Leaf, call any of the branch offices.

Plants

Hiratsuka Branch Office

Address	5-1-9 Higashiyawata, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 254-0016 (within Furukawa Electric's Hiratsuka Plant)
TEL	0463-24-8001
FAX	0463-24-8002

Chiba Branch Office

Address	6 Yawata-kaigan-dori, Ichihara-shi, Chiba 290-8555 (within Furukawa Electric's Chiba Plant)
TEL	0436-42-1826
FAX	0436-42-1840

Mie Branch Office

Address	20-16 Nobono-cho, Kameyama-shi, Mie 519-0292 (within Furukawa Electric's Mie Plant)
TEL／FAX	0595-85-2659

We prioritize safety and health with the goal of completely preventing accidents and disease.
We move around by bicycle when working at large sites.

Daily efforts

Considerations for safety and health
Cooperative sharing of medical check-up results with guardians/supporting organizations
Promotion of speaking with employees to detect changes
Understanding the changes experienced by individual employees through meetings in 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
Interviews with individual guardians
Cooperation with employment and livelihood support centers to assist persons with disabilities
Welcoming visitors (students and teachers) from schools for students with disabilities and special schools nearby to contribute to the community
Participation in the Abilympics, the vocational skills competition for people with disabilities

An employee participating in the Abilympics

Business description

Cleaning plants, dormitories for single employees, and for affiliates of the Furukawa Electric Group
Cleaning full body safety harnesses
Electric wire disassembly and document shredding
Other

Cleaning under Japanese plum trees in the business office site
Cleaning windows at the office

Comments from a senior employee and an instructor

Comment from the senior

I joined Furukawa New Leaf on April 1, 2019. As a cleaner, you 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 plants, where there are many trucks and forklifts. You are not allowed to go to a worksite if you do not observe traffic rules and other regulations. Safety comes first.
The photo shows employees who are sorting fruit. They remove foreign matter so that only good quality fruit is delivered to customers. Customers will complain if there is any foreign matter in their shipments. This is why employees work carefully in the sorting process.

Benefit package

The company-run resort house, contracted resort houses around Japan, and company cafeterias
A variety of events such as a friendly bowling competition and a party on the last working day of the year

Company cafeteria in the Chiba Plant
Company cafeteria in the Mie Plant
Friendly bowling competition
Kinugawa-so, the company-run resort house

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