Diversity and Equal Opportunity
Basic Approach
We believe that respecting others’ diverse backgrounds leads to "Well” not only for the Company, but also for society as a whole. The fact that our board members and employees are diverse in terms of personal attributes, work styles, and careers, that they work independently, and that they practice the values that we hold dear, supports our business and engenders a high degree of flexibility and adaptability to change. We believe that by feeling pride and satisfaction in working for UACJ, and by engaging in exciting work with our supervisors and colleagues in better environments, we can help deliver results that exceed our customers’ expectations.
Promoting Diversity
Statement of Dei-Ay Promotion
The UACJ Group values the concept of diversity in accordance with the “respect and understand your associates” principle of the UACJ Way. To further embody this principle, we adopted the Statement of Dei-Ay Promotion. The objective of our approach is to generate synergy between each employee fulfilling their potential and the creation of innovation, which are the two main forces behind the Company’s sustainable growth.
Employment of Diverse Human Resources
The UACJ Group actively maintains a diverse work force to support its business endeavors in new fields and in the global arena
In fiscal 2024 (April 2024), the Group hired 37 new university graduates to career-track positions (31 men and 6 women) and 37 technician positions (35 men and 2 women). The Group is also aiming for 10% of new graduate hires being foreign nationals. Since its establishment, the UACJ Group has hired 15 foreign nationals. We are also continuously recruiting mid-career workers.
| FY2021 | FY2022 | FY2023 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percentage of mid-career hires | 68% | 66% | 58% |
Hiring and Development of Human Resources for UATH
UATH*1 is actively conducting local recruitment activities and is seeking to increase the number of locally hired employees.
*1 UACJ (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Overseas personnel exchanges
Between 2022 and 2023, we launched a personnel exchange program in which three candidates for executive positions from UATH*2 came to Japan to receive training at Nagoya Works. Since UATH was established from scratch as a UACJ Group base, one of the challenges it faced was the development of human resources. UATH aims to operate primarily with local staff and has begun training with the objective of developing future management personnel.
The training includes not only language study and the acquisition of technical knowledge, but also learning the “5-gen principle,” the basic premises of manufacturing, by working together with Japanese staff. After returning to UATH, they have been expanding their activities by applying the knowledge and skills they acquired through the training to help train local staff. The overseas personnel exchanges are still ongoing, with the second batch of three students arriving to Japan to start their training in May 2024.
*2 UACJ (Thailand) Co., Ltd.
Creating Work Environments Supporting Career Success for Women
UACJ is increasing opportunities for women to play an active role in its operations and, in accordance with the Japanese government’s Action Plan under the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace, has set a target to increase the percentage of women in its workforce to a minimum of 20%. In fiscal 2023, women accounted for 20.3% of all new hires.
As of the end of fiscal 2023, 140 of the Group’s managers were women. The Group is also creating workplaces that enable employees to fulfill both work and child-care responsibilities to fulfill the intentions of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children and other laws.
Percentage of women in managerial positions
Initiatives for Hiring People with Disabilities
UACJ, in accordance with the statutory employment rate of people with disabilities, provides employment at UACJ Green-net Corporation, a company recognized as a special subsidiary under Japan’s Act for Promotion of Employment of Persons with Disabilities. As of June 1, 2024, people with disabilities comprised 2.69%*3 of the Company’s workforce, which exceeds the legally mandated percentage of 2.5%.
*3 Calculation of this percentage on June 1, 2021 was based on the combined employment data for UACJ Corporation, UACJ Foil Corporation, UACJ Extrusion Nagoya Corporation, UACJ Green-net Corporation, UACJ Trading Corporation, and UACJ Metal Components Corporation. On June 1, 2023, the calculation also included UACJ Extrusion Oyama Corporation, UACJ Foundry & Forging Corporation, and UACJ Aluminum Center Corporation.
UACJ Employment Percentage of People with Disabilities
Note: As of June 1 for each year
Rehiring Employees Who Have Retired
The UACJ Group actively rehires retired employees up to the age of 65. As of the end of April 2024, UACJ has rehired 180 formerly retired employees. A new system was introduced in April 2023 for rehiring individual meeting certain conditions for employment up to age 70.
For employees who do not seek to be rehired, prior to leaving the Group, we offer career seminars and provide opportunities to receive counseling from experts on planning and preparation for life after retirement.
In April 2023, we also introduced a comeback hiring system recognizing former employees who left the Company for certain reasons as alumni (graduates). Alumni employees who have continued building their professional network outside the Company and who continue to share the same objectives as the Company will be considered for rehiring.
LGBT Awareness and Acceptance
The UACJ Group Code of Conduct stipulates that the UACJ Group respects the human rights of all people and does not engage in irrational discrimination or harassment based on race, creed, gender, language, religion, ideology, or social origin. These parameters include individuals who identify as LGBT. We also provide regular employee education to promote correct information and understanding about LGBT issues.