Other Support Initiatives for Work-Life Balance

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Other Support Initiatives for Work-Life Balance

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Career reentry initiative supporting work-life balance from a longer-term perspective

In fiscal 2007, OMRON Corporation launched a career reentry initiative intended to provide employee support for work-life balance based on a medium-/long-term viewpoint.

This initiative gives hiring preferences to former employees who want to return to work after experiencing ongoing extenuating circumstances. Such circumstances may include relocation due to marriage or job transfer of a spouse, pregnancy, giving birth, care for a child or an elderly or ill family member, etc. The reentry application period is within three years after resignation, and reentered persons are employed as regular employees.

This initiative conforms to OMRON's employment policy of securing talented employees and encouraging them to fully demonstrate their capabilities, while also allowing OMRON to fulfill employee needs for a career plan that balances work and personal life.

Eligibility	Former regular employees who have worked at OMRON for 3 or more years and resigned due to any of the following circumstances: Difficulty in commuting due to relocation accompanying marriage Employee's pregnancy, giving birth or care of a child until the time the child enters school Care for an elderly or ill family member in the first or second degree of kinship (those who also used the leave for care of sick/elderly family member while working for OMRON) Transfer of a spouse including accompanying the spouse for work abroad Note: No limitations in the frequency of application for the system.
Reentry application period	Employees may apply for reentry within 3 years of resignation. If an employee resigns from the company due to a circumstance eligible for this system, while also taking leave for care of a child or sick/elderly family member, the sum of the leave period and the period after resignation should be 3 years maximum.
Conditions	Applicants must meet the following conditions. Acceptance of reentry will be determined through screening (interview). The employee must indicate a desire for reentry at the time of resigning from the company The employee must have the experience, capability and aptitude required for the job that is offered
Employment status	Regular employee

Additional leave for fertility treatment

A declining birthrate has become a critical issue in Japanese society. Accordingly, OMRON Corporation and 14 Group companies introduced a special leave for fertility treatment in fiscal 2005. Employees who require longer leave than annual paid holidays for advanced fertility treatment are eligible for this initiative.

Moreover, the OMRON Group employee association, named "WITH," began providing subsidies for fertility treatment in fiscal 2005. OMRON Corporation pledges half of the association's membership fee. Should an employee or his/her spouse receive fertility treatment, the employee association provides a subsidy of up to 200,000 yen in total, provided that the sum of the public subsidy from the respective municipality and the subsidy from the association does not exceed the actual cost for treatment.

Subsidy	Up to 200,000 yen in total
Period	Up to 2 years
Conditions	The sum of the public subsidy from the respective municipality and the subsidy from this initiative must not exceed the actual cost of treatment (the sum of the amount paid by health insurance for in vitro fertilization, etc. and the amount borne by the patient)