To Employees
Workforce Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Basic Employment Policy
Hiring a diverse array of people with respect for human rights and without regard for gender, age, nationality or race is essential to the ongoing business development of a multinational corporation.
Based on this thinking, Mitsubishi Electric not only complies with the Labor Standards Law and the Equal Employment Opportunity Law, it provides equal treatment to all employees regardless of nationality, creed or social status, uses the same pay scale for men and women, and determines working conditions with equal standing given to employers and workers. These employment policies also apply to Group companies.
Aggressive Hiring and Transmission of Technology, Knowledge and Know-how
To address the mass retirement problem of baby boomers in Japan, we are aggressively hiring both recent graduates and mid-career professionals, increasing every year from 1,160 new employees in fiscal 2008, 1,385 in fiscal 2009 and 1,500 (planned) in fiscal 2010.
In order to pass on the skills possessed by highly experienced employees to younger technicians at production sites accompanying the company's generational shift, we have developed a training program that allows the skills of accomplished employees to be acquired in one-on-one settings. Technical skills are also passed on to young technicians through various measures such as the use of "technical help desks," where employees can consult with highly experienced employees through the company's intranet.
The 30th Mitsubishi Electric Group Skills Competition
The 30th Mitsubishi Electric Group Skills Competition was held as a way of fostering the technical level of employees and promoting a climate that encourages technological improvement.
With a level of competition appropriate for a 30th event, the company-wide competition encompassed a total of nine different job types with representatives chosen to compete from different sites and offices.
To Provide Diverse Employment Formats for Older Employees
Mitsubishi Electric instituted a multi-track personnel system in fiscal 2002, which makes diverse employment formats possible by allowing employees aged 50 and over to choose from among a variety of options. The options include financial assistance for an employee's "second life" following retirement, a "second life" support program that provides two years of paid vacation, and extending employment up to the age of 65 through a re-employment program.
We also offer an annual "lifestyle design" training session at each of our business sites to employees turning 50 and their spouses. The sessions encourage employees to take an interest in planning the rest of their lives and designing a rewarding lifestyle by providing information on pensions and retirement benefits, social insurance, taxes, hobbies, health and other topics, and facilitating group discussions. In fiscal 2008 over 450 employees participated in the session.
Creating Barrier-Free Workplaces and Employing People with Disabilities
Mitsubishi Electric works to promote the employment of people with disabilities and to create barrier-free workplaces at its business sites to make it easy for people with disabilities to work at the company.
Continuing the achievements of the previous fiscal year, we employed people with disabilities at a ratio of 1.97% in fiscal 2008, which substantially exceeded the legally required ratio of 1.8%.
Barrier-free elevator (Head office building in Tokyo, Japan)
