Health management
Health and Productivity Management Declaration
In March 2017, we declared our commitment to Health and Productivity Management, and under the guiding principles of management that values and nurtures people, we aim to maintain and promote the health of our employees and their families.
We are convinced that healthy and energetic employees, both mentally and physically, who perform their duties at their best will enhance labor productivity, promote company growth, and lead to wider contributions to society.
March 30, 2022
Hideaki Yamashita, President & CEO
Health and Productivity Management Structure
We work with internal and external organizations, primarily Human Resources, to implement various measures
Overview of the Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program and our ranking
The Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program is a program that recognizes major corporations and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that practice particularly outstanding health management, through initiatives refl0ecting community health issues and efforts toward good health as promoted by the Nippon Kenko Kaigi.
Assessment of The Pack’s health management (FY2023 application)
- Overall ranking: 1,901-1,950out of 3520 companies
- Overall assessment: 49.3(up 1.4 points from the previous score of 47.9)
As the number of companies participating in this program increases, there is a need for more advanced and proactive health management efforts. Under our policy of management that values and nurtures people, we will strive to maintain and improve the health of employees and their families.
Background of certification
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- 2016:
- First took on the challenge of becoming a Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization
- February 2019:
- Named to the 2019 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program “White 500” in the large enterprise category
- March 2020:
- Recognized as a 2020 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization in the large enterprise category
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- March 2021:
- Recognized as a 2021 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization in the large enterprise category
- March 2022:
- Recognized as a 2022 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization in the large enterprise category
- March 2023:
- Recognized as a 2023 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization in the large enterprise category
- March 2024:
- Recognized as a 2024 Certified Health & Productivity Management Outstanding Organization in the large enterprise category
Thorough health checkups and secondary examinations
We provide regular health checkups for all employees, including part-time employees. The most recent percentages of employees undergoing these exams, for FY2022, shows that while 100% of employees underwent regular health checkups, only 33.2% underwent secondary examinations. More than one quarter of our employees, or 23.6%, underwent secondary examinations. Employees found to require urgent treatment based on examination results are encouraged to be examined through letters and telephone calls from public health nurses with the health insurance society. We will continue to confirm that employees understand the importance of undergoing secondary examinations instead of taking checkup results lightly.
※Part-time employees are not included because they may join and leave the company throughout the year.
Regular health checkups (checkup period: April 1 of year indicated ‒ March 31 of following calendar year)(Subject: All employees excluding part-time employees)
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||
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Persons | % | Persons | % | Persons | % | |
Examined | 913 | 100.0 | 899 | 100.0 | 883 | 100.0 |
Unexamined | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 913 | 100.0 | 899 | 100.0 | 883 | 100.0 |
Persons who underwent secondary examinations | 247 | 27.1 | 239 | 26.6 | 208 | 23.6 |
Secondary examinations (examination period: April 1 of year indicated – March 31 of following calendar year)(Subject: All employees excluding part-time employees)
2020 | 2021 | 2022 | ||||
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Persons | % | Persons | % | Persons | % | |
Examined | 166 | 67.2 | 138 | 57.8 | 69 | 33.2 |
Unexamined | 81 | 32.8 | 99 | 41.4 | 139 | 66.8 |
Resigned after being informed | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0.8 | 0 | 0.0 |
Total | 247 | 100.0 | 239 | 100.0 | 208 | 100.0 |
Smoking cessation challenge
We’re promoting a smoking cessation challenge program for the health of employees and their families. At the time of the first survey in March 2021, 27.1% of all Company employees were smokers, a figure much higher than the national adult average of 16.7% (according to the National Health and Nutrition Survey by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare). The following initiatives were undertaken by the human resources department, along with thorough promotion of the health insurance society’s smoking cessation program. The survey carried out in October 2023 showed 25.5% of employees were smokers, up 1.8 percentage points from the previous survey, due to a large number of smokers among new hires. We will continue encouraging employees to quit smoking.
Main initiatives
- Smoking survey to ascertain current conditions
- Encouraging employees to use the health insurance society’s smoking cessation support program
Smoking rate over time(Subject: All employees)
November 2021 | April 2022 | October 2023 | ||||
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Persons | % | Persons | % | Persons | % | |
Smokers | 303 | 24.3 | 298 | 23.7 | 336 | 25.5 |
Stress checks
We ask all employees, including part-time employees, to undergo annual stress checks. We aim to identify any mental-health concerns swiftly through analysis of individual groups of employees, in addition to encouraging eligible persons to receive in-person guidance from a physician based on the results of their stress checks.
Stress checks(Subject: All employees)
2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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Number undergoing stress checks (persons) | 1,295 | 1,274 | 1,215 | 1,206 | 1,233 |
Rate of undergoing stress checks (%) | 97.0 | 97.2 | 97.4 | 96.9 | 96.0 |
Other health-management initiatives
- Inuenza inoculations
- Normalization of working hours
- Radio calisthenics every morning
- Publicizing health emphasis month
- Encouraging employees to take paid vacation
- Specied health guidance etc.
Promoting participation in the RUNRUNRUN marathon
In 2023, we began sponsoring the RUNRUNRUN marathon held in Tokyo and Osaka. We recruited prospective runners from among employees and their families. A number of employees ran in the 2023 marathon. We plan to use this marathon to promote health and stimulate communication among employees and their families.