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［ Employee Support Initiatives｜Other Support Initiatives for Work-Life Balance ］

Support initiatives for employees to achieve work-life balance go beyond legal requirements

In fiscal 2006, OMRON Corporation strengthened and expanded support initiatives for employees trying to achieve a balance between their work and personal lives.

For example, the maximum childcare leave period was extended from the previous "longer of up to end of March at the child's age of 1 year or up to the child's age of 1 year and 6 months," to "up to the end of March at the child's age of 2 years." The maximum period for short working hours for childcare was also extended from "up to the time in which child enters elementary school" to "up to the time in which child completes third grade in elementary school." Also, to help employees adjust to returning to work after childcare leave, a system was established in which the manager can interview employees three months before their leave completes.

In fiscal 2008, 53 employees took maternity leave and 28 employees took childcare leave, while one used the shorter working hours system for childcare. OMRON also expanded the eligibility of these initiatives to include employees of major Group companies in Japan.

	Legal requirements	OMRON Corporation
Childcare leave	Until the child's age of 18 months	Until the end of March at the child's age of 2 years
Short working hours for childcare	Until the child enters elementary school	Until the child completes third grade in elementary school
Maternity leave	6 weeks before and 8 weeks after childbirth	8 weeks before and 8 weeks after childbirth

	Legal requirements	OMRON Corporation
Leave for care of sick/elderly family member	3 months	1 year
Short working hours for care of sick/elderly family member	3 months	3 years

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