Human Rights, DE&I, Work Style, Well-Being

—Creating an Environment for Maximizing Performance

The LY Corporation Group believes that employee performance is a major driving force behind its product-driven approach and is dedicated to creating an environment that enables peak performance.

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Basic Policy on Human Rights

In accordance with international human rights principles*, the LY Corporation Group works to maintain a safe and secure working environment and respect the human rights and individuality of each and every employee by forbidding the use of forced labor and child labor, prohibiting discrimination and harassment, managing working hours, and recognizing labor unions and the right to collective bargaining, and others. To achieve this, the Company has formulated the Human Rights Policy, and the Sustainability Committee, chaired by the President and Representative Director, has organized the Human Rights Working Group to conduct human rights due diligence. In addition, each Group company strives to reduce risks by identifying and assessing risks, as well as formulating and implementing response plans.
Furthermore, to raise employee awareness and promote human rights due diligence, LY Corporation regularly provides educational material and holds seminars tailored to the characteristics of its business, such as AI and human rights. On the 2023 Human Rights Day, the Company made information regarding human rights available on Yahoo! JAPAN Kids, a website geared towards children and future generations. Leveraging the characteristics as an internet media, Yahoo! JAPAN Kids widely disseminates information on human rights to children and introduces related videos. The Company has a dedicated and internal contact point for human rights, giving full consideration to the privacy of the person consulting. The consultation process is handled with respect to the person's wishes and the content of the consultation is kept strictly confidential. If an investigation confirms that a human rights violation has occurred, the Company will promptly provide relief to the victim and work diligently to resolve the issue.

*Refers to: Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Children's Rights and Business Principles, and the eight conventions constituting the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

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Creating an Environment Fostering the Success of Diverse Employees

LY Corporation (the "Company") respects human rights and is committed to creating an environment in which all employees can perform to their fullest regardless of their attributes and life stages. With the launch of the new company, the Company conducted a DE&I awareness survey of the entire company to visualize the situation within the company (which has become even more diverse) and the awareness of the employees. Based on the results of this survey, the Company summarized the basic approach to LY Corporation's DE&I.

The basic concept of DE&I at LY Corporation

LY Corporation has “Create an amazing life platform that brings WOW! to our users.” as its mission and has always been oriented to be product-driven.　We believe that promoting DE&I is very important to accelerate our product-driven approach and to realize our mission.　This is because we believe that in order to create products that generate innovation and inspire users, it is essential for us, as creators, to be diverse ourselves, and to understand and respect diversity.

For this reason,

  • To understand and respect the attributes, personalities, and cultures of the people we work with.
  • To have open communication, knowing our differences in order to achieve the same goals.
  • To create an environment where everyone, regardless of their attributes or life stage, can maximize their abilities.

This is the basic concept of DE&I at LY Corporation.

Initiatives to Promote Gender Equity

LY Corporation prioritizes gender equity as a crucial aspect of fostering diversity in its workplace, where impactful products are created.

Female Empowerment

As of fiscal 2023, the employee gender ratio is approximately 33% female to 67% male.* In contrast, the gender ratio of managerial positions is approximately 18% female to 82% male. While the results of a company-wide DE&I awareness survey did not reveal any significant discrimination, prejudice, or gender-based unconscious bias within the company, the Company is aware of the fact that there is a discrepancy between the gender ratio of employees and that of the managerial staff and that there is a pay gap between male and female employees. The Company will analyze and explore the causes from various perspectives, and work to raise awareness and formulate appropriate measures. The Company aims to have an equal gender ratio of employees and managers by 2030.

*Based on the information provided by individuals in the legal notification documents at the time of employment.

Programs Available for Employees
Mentorship program for female managers In addition to supporting the success of female managers through dialogue with mentors outside the company, the Company also fosters internal mentors and supports the expansion of their perspectives and awareness through in-house mentor/mentee sessions. In addition, since it is essential to raise the awareness and understanding of those around female managers, the Company also provides training to supervisors.
LY Corporation Academia— Female leader class With the aim of fostering the mindset of the next generation of female leaders, which is essential for closing the gender gap in management positions, this curriculum is offered to employees of the LY Corporation Group to provide an opportunity for leadership development and dialogue. Since its inception in 2019 through March 2024, the class is participated by a total of 230 persons
Celebrating the International Women's Day In conjunction with the International Women's Day on March 8, 2024 and in collaboration with ZOZO, Inc., the Company invited Ms. Makiko Clapper from Women in Technology Japan (WITJ) for a lecture on: "International Women's Day: What Is a Self-Directed Career?" WITJ focuses on closing the gender gap in the technology industry.

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Initiatives to Promote Understanding of LGBTQ and Other Sexual Minorities

LY Corporation hopes to realize a society where LGBTQ and other sexual minorities can work and live in peace without discrimination or prejudice and conducts initiatives both inside and outside of the company. Through these activities, the Company received again for fiscal 2023 the gold rating (highest rank) on PRIDE Index, which is an evaluation index on companies' inclusivity efforts towards LGBT and other sexual minority employees.

Programs Available for Employees
Applying the same benefits to same-sex partners and common-law partners as to spouses Same-sex partners and persons notifying a common-law marriage are treated in the same manner as spouses in the internal regulations covering days off and leave of absence (for marriage, mourning, nursing care, childcare etc.), financial support for a relocation within Japan or overseas (single-person relocation allowance, travel expenses, etc.), and congratulatory/condolence money (celebrating a marriage or birth, or condolence payments) for permanent employees, contract employees, fixed-term employees, and part-time employees.
Volunteer projects of LGBTQ employees Employees who are LGBTQ or other sexual minorities have formed a voluntary project called "Rainbow Project" to disseminate information and holds study sessions to promote understanding, internal briefings for new employees, and events to raise awareness. In addition, a consultation service for business and service divisions has been established, and upon request, reviews from the perspectives of LGBTQ and other sexual minorities are provided to help improve services.
Business/service initiatives In the registration of Yahoo! JAPAN IDs, four choices (male/female/other/no answer) are available for gender selection. Yahoo! JAPAN Kids provides content to answer various questions about the mind and body mainly for elementary school students, and promotes correct understanding of human diversity, including gender identity and sexual orientation.
Participation in Tokyo Rainbow Pride LY Corporation continues to participate in Tokyo Rainbow Pride to show its support for LGBTQ and other sexual minorities.

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Support to Maintain Work-Life Balance

Based on the premise that changes in life stages and conditions can occur to anyone, LY Corporation continues to develop measures to support each and every employee in achieving sustainable performance.

Balancing Work with Childbirth and Childcare
Holidays and leaves In addition to the statutory maternity leave of absence, the Company provides sick leave for expectant mothers (paid, 5 days) and LY Corporation maternity leave before childbirth (unpaid, 7 days).

When a spouse gives birth, the partner is entitled to a paternity leave (paid, 3 days) in addition to the statutory paternity leave after childbirth.

Childcare leave can be extended until the day before the child's second birthday at the maximum if the child is unable to enter a licensed nursery school.

Sick childcare leave may be taken to care for sick or injured children who have not yet completed the sixth grade of elementary school, or to accompany children for immunizations or medical checkups. (Paid, for one child: within 5 working days, for two or more children: within 10 working days/every fiscal year)

Accumulated paid leave (a system that allows employees to accumulate up to 30 days of unused paid leave that has passed its expiration date) can be used in cases of illness or medical examinations resulting from the employee's pregnancy, or when necessary for other maternal protection, or for childcare or participation in school events (regardless of the age of the child).
Balancing work with childcare In addition to the Children and Families Agency Babysitter Voucher, the Company has established its own babysitter fee subsidy system to subsidize half of the fee of babysitters for employees who meet the requirements.

The Company is broadening its partnerships with corporate-led daycare centers.
Provision of comprehensive information and support On the intranet, the Company prepares pages that consolidate information on available systems and procedures titled "Systems and Procedures for Your Childbirth," "Systems and Procedures for Your Spouse (Partner)'s Childbirth," and "Systems Available to Those with Children," so that employees can obtain necessary information and utilize support systems at one stop.

The Company distributes a Guidebook for Maternity Leave and Childcare Leave to employees who give birth and a Guidebook for Childcare to employees whose spouses or partners give birth, providing step-by-step instructions on the process from reporting the expected date of birth to taking maternity or childcare leave and returning to work, and providing explanations to help employees understand the key points. The guidebooks help alleviate the anxiety of father and mother employees and facilitate their smooth return to work.
Promoting interactions among relevant employees LY Corporation has a group of volunteer fathers and mothers, "Papa Mama PJ," which exchanges information, holds internal exchange events, and operates a community on the Company's internal communication tool. In addition, an internal club called "Parenting Club—parents all flags" regularly holds events where employees can play with their children.
Balancing work with nursing care
Holidays and leaves Employees who have a family member in need of nursing care are eligible to take nursing care leave. (Paid, for one family member: within 5 working days, for two or more family members: within 10 working days/every fiscal year)

Accumulated paid leave (a system that allows employees to accumulate up to 30 days of unused paid leave that has passed its expiration date) can be used to provide nursing care for family members.

Nursing care leave of absence (unpaid) can be taken to provide nursing care for family members. As a general rule, the period is limited to a total of one year per eligible family member and may be acquired separately up to a maximum of three times.
Selectable Work System Employees raising a child of elementary school age or younger living with them or caring for a family member may take one day off per week (unpaid) in addition to weekends off. This system was established to provide more work options for employees with childcare or nursing care responsibilities and to provide a work style that allows them to work with peace of mind while still supporting their families.
Balancing work with treatments
Support for balancing treatment with work The Company has prepared a program to make the workplace an easier place to work for employees receiving or having finished treatment. Especially, the Company offers all employees an online course on cancer to deepen their understanding towards others who are balancing work with cancer treatment. In addition, a consultation desk has been established and a support system is provided by industrial physicians and health staff of the Good Condition Support Department.
Balancing Work with Fertility Treatment
Leave Pregnancy support leave can be applied for and used when taking leave to visit a medical facility for fertility treatment (paid, 10 days/year).
Leave of absence The leave of absence is available to employees themselves for fertility treatment, as an option when drawing up their life design, and is intended to be used when they wish to temporarily take a break from work to undergo fertility treatment, rather than to strike a balance between the two.
Subsidy The Company partially subsidizes the cost of fertility treatment at medical institutions. The subsidy is also available for treatment for the spouse, and the amount is half of the cost borne by the individual, with a maximum of JPY100,000 per household per year.

Employment of Employees with Disabilities and Supporting Their Performance

At LY Corporation, the common working space for all employees is online. By freeing employees from the constraints of commuting to the office and the environment in which they work, employees with disabilities are also able to work in a way that maximizes their performance.

Policy on the Employment of Those with Disabilities
Employment policy 1. We are looking for talented professionals who will be assets to the company, regardless of whether disabled or not.
2. We believe in accommodating, not creating unfair advantages and disadvantages.
3. We create a level playing field wherein everyone has a fair chance to excel.
The Company hires people with or without disabilities, and employees with disabilities work in a variety of positions, including sales, service planning, engineering, web design, customer support, and administration.
Supportive Environment
Tools Slack is used as the internal communication tool and Zoom as the online conferencing tool, allowing for timely interactions in an accessible manner, whether text or conversation, no matter where the communication takes place on either end.

The Company introduces voice recognition software as a work tool for employees with hearing disabilities to facilitate smooth communication.

The Company's internal operations are paperless, and paper documents are rarely used. Therefore, if employees are proficient in using a computer, they can perform most of their work smoothly. Employees with visual disabilities are lent computers with enlarged screens.
Office environment In the Kioicho Office, where the largest number of employees belong to, whiteboards are permanently installed on the walls of each floor and in all meeting spaces, allowing employees to easily share ideas with each other, and are also used for written communication by employees with hearing disabilities.

The hot-desking Kioicho Office has numerous electric elevating desks, allowing employees in wheelchairs to freely adjust to a height that is comfortable for them. Wheelchair-priority elevators are available for wheelchair users to move from floor to floor, and the aisles on each floor are equipped with curved mirrors to prevent collisions for employees with viewing disabilities or those who use wheelchairs.

The Kioicho Office has one multipurpose restroom on every floor. The sliding doors are easy to open and close and the restrooms are equipped with handrails, changing boards, and ostomate-accessible facilities.
Support services The personnel staff takes care of work and life concerns, and consultation services by industrial physicians and industrial nurses are permanently available to help alleviate various anxieties in the workplace. In addition, employees with disabilities can use the special leave for employees with disabilities (paid, 6 working days/every fiscal year) for the purpose of maintaining and managing their physical condition for more stable performance.
Promoting Active Participation
Volunteer projects The internal volunteer projects work with the services offered on Yahoo! JAPAN and LINE to continuously improve the services leveraging the perspectives of persons with disabilities.
Supporting para-athletes LY Corporation has para-athletes who are seeking to acquire work experience and skills while balancing their competitive activities and work duties.

Achieving the Best Performance Unrestricted by Race, Nationality, Etc.

LY Corporation has established a specialized organization to support its foreign employees and is actively working to help resolve various issues they may face while working in Japan.

Supportive Environment
Supportive system LY Corporation has set up a specialized organization to provide support to its foreign employees and works to help resolve various unfamiliar issues the employees and their families may face when working in Japan. This includes assistance before starting to live in Japan, visa procedures, consultation on living arrangements and procedures necessary for leaving Japan, such as housing-related cancellations.
Development of a Multilingual and Multicultural Environment
Creating a multilingual working environment Internal text communication tools are equipped with the ability to automatically translate between Japanese, English, and Korean, and are used to facilitate communication.

The Company has a dedicated interpretation and translation division for English and Korean to facilitate the communication of the Company's unique expressions and terminologies. Messages for all employees and all employee events are provided with translated texts and simultaneous interpretation in Japanese, English, and Korean.

English and Korean language training is provided for employees whose work requires language skills.
Creating a multicultural working environment In a quiet area of the Kioicho Office, a prayer room is available for use by all religions and denominations.

At the internal café/restaurant, the ingredients of the menu items are displayed so that employees can understand the information, making menu selections easier for those with dietary restrictions due to religious reasons.

Promoting a Work Style Unrestricted by Time or Workspace

LY Corporation Working Style

LY Corporation Working Style allows all employees to autonomously manage their optimal work locations and schedules in accordance with their diverse lifestyles and life stages, promoting team synergy and the highest performance. By leveraging information technology to eliminate the constraints of time and place, the Company aims to enhance both individual and organizational productivity. At the same time, work styles that presuppose late-night hours or working on holidays are not permitted as in the past, and the Company strives to protect the health of its employees.

Workspace

At LY Corporation, the common working space for all employees is online. Employees are expected to autonomously create their ideal working environments where they can deliver their best performance, capitalizing on a hybrid model that combines the advantages of both office and remote work.

Maintaining the working environment for each individual Employees can live anywhere in Japan, and the only requirement is that the location must allow them to travel to the office if they are instructed to do so the day before for work-related reasons. Commuting allowances of up to JPY150,000 per month are paid at actual expense, and employees can use trains, bullet trains, airplanes, and express trains. This system expands work options for employees who are balancing work with childcare or nursing care.

LY Corporation Working Style allowance is provided to support the improvement of the working environment, and employees can use the allowance to make necessary improvements according to their respective working environments.
Office environment The Company adopts hot-desking in all offices meaning that employees are not restricted to their own seat. They can work from anywhere with a computer according to their needs. In addition to standard desks, workspaces are equipped with height-adjustable desks and relaxing chairs, as well as concentration booths and areas suitable for discussions among multiple employees, allowing employees to choose the environment in which they can best perform their work.
Working Hours
Autonomous designing of working hours The Company adopts a flextime system without core hours, where employees can decide when to start and end work within a certain time frame (fixed work hours and shift work are adopted in some departments). Schedule can be determined at the discretion of the individual on the premise that the total number of hours worked per month meets the prescribed hours (7.75 hours x number of business days per month). There is also flexibility to step out mid-day as long as work arrangements are made and shared with supervisors and co-workers.
This makes it easier for employees to balance their work and personal schedules. For example, with the conventional way of working, it was necessary to take a leave of absence every time one had to take one's children to and from school, attend school events, visit hospital for family members or oneself, or take care of one's family members. However, the LY Corporation Working Style allows work schedules to be structured to meet the diverse needs of employees at various life stages, supporting sustained performance.

Creating a Healthy Working Environment

Establishment of Consultation Desks for Employees

LY Corporation establishes a dedicated harassment consultation desk within the personnel division. Furthermore, harassment consultation desk has also been established within the Good Condition Support Department. Together with the Compliance Hotline, there are three contacts points. It strives to create a good working environment free from harassment by providing consultation with adequate consideration for privacy and earnestly working to resolve problems.

Labor-Management Cooperation

LY Corporation has an employee representative system that allows employees to express their opinions on various company rules and regulations. One employee representative is elected for each office by a majority vote of confidence of the employees in the office for a term of one year. In the second half of fiscal 2023, 14 employees from 14 offices were elected to work on the employees' behalf. The representatives are actively involved in submission of opinions upon revisions of internal regulations, signing of the "36 agreement" and other agreements, participation in the Committee to Improve Health Conditions, exchanging opinions with the personnel division on personnel-related measures, etc. Through these, the labor and management are working together to develop a motivating work environment.

Improvement of Working Well-Being

Promotion of Health and Productivity Management

Under the "Good Condition Declaration" announced by the President and Representative Director of LY Corporation, the LY Corporation Group is engaged in various efforts to become a group where all employees can carry out their work in optimal condition in terms of both body and mind. In particular, the Group is undertaking specific measures to combat lifestyle diseases and overwork, protect mental health, and support women's health.
In March 2024, LY Corporation was selected in the large enterprise category (White 500) of the 2024 Certified KENKO Investment for Health Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program by Nippon Kenko Kaigi. The Company will continue to create a work environment where all employees can work in their best physical and mental conditions.

*"健康経営 (KENKO Investment for Health)” is a registered trademark of the Nonprofit Organization Kenkokeiei.

Good Condition Declaration

LY Corporation proclaims its commitment to becoming a company where all employees can carry out their work in optimal physical and mental condition. We firmly believe that ensuring the optimal well-being of our employees, both physically and mentally, is the key to achieving the best possible performance while promoting greater happiness for our employees and their families.Regardless of how far technology advances, human resources will always be essential to creating and delivering quality services to the world.
We will remain dedicated to establishing work styles that optimize the physical and mental health and maximize the performance of everyone who works in the LY Corporation Group while at the same time creating more opportunities for learning and new experiences, all with an eye toward enhancing overall well-being.

Takeshi Idezawa
President and Representative Director,
LY Corporation

System for Promoting Health and Productivity Management

At LY Corporation, the philosophy of health and productivity management is clearly stated in the rules of employment, and health-related target values are also established.

Excerpt from the Rules of Employment for Permanent Employees (Chapter 9: Health and Productivity Management; Article 70: Philosophy of Health and Productivity Management)
The Company shall operate under the philosophy that the best conditions of workers lead to their best performance and the happiness of the workers and their families.

Health-Related Targets

The Company's health-related target is 100% health checkup rate and 60% completion rate of specific health guidance in FY2028.
In addition, the following health-related information is identified and linked to measures.

  • Presenteeism: FY2022 80% | FY2023 79.4% (target: 90% and over)
  • Absenteeism: FY2022 2.7 days | FY2023 3 days (target: 4.5 days or less)
  • Results of stress checks (% of those with high-stress): FY2022 10% | FY2023 8.7%

* Presenteeism: SPQ (University of Tokyo 1-item version)
*Absenteeism: number of days off work due to own illness in the past year
* Measurement method: Stress check (35 items + 11 items of health awareness survey)

Health Initiatives for Employees

Preventive measures

LY Corporation conducts measures to promote employees' health from a preventive viewpoint.

Measures against lifestyle diseases Based on the results of the medical checkups, occupational physicians and health professionals provide individual health guidance. The Company also promotes measures to counter lifestyle diseases through e-learning. Internal seminars are held on topics such as common diseases, and eating, exercise and sleeping habits in order to enrich its health promotional activities. In addition, the Company gives out coupons that can be used in fitness clubs.
Mental health measures The Company promotes mental health by holding mental health training for new entrants, "line-care seminars" and online training for managers, etc. A mental health consultation desk is established to make it easy for both employees themselves and their concerned supervisors to bring up their concerns casually to the attention of industrial physicians and health nurses. In addition, various measures are taken for employees, including the provision of attentive support from medical counselors in charge of each workplace, notifications via the company intranet, and stress check test to be taken by all employees.
Measures against overwork Counselling by occupational physicians, personnel, and supervisors are held for employees with excessively long working hours to reduce the risk of health disorders due to overwork. Major measures taken are: alert notification in the attendance system for workers with working hours that exceed a threshold, counselling by occupational physicians, and warning to the supervisors. The Company also has an educational program in place for managers regarding overwork and obligation to consider health and safety.
Health management for personnel dispatched abroad The Company provides government-recommended vaccinations for employees dispatched overseas at company expense. In addition to annual medical checkups and consultations with industrial physicians upon their return to their home countries, it also provides online consultation services tailored to local conditions.
Medical checkups For early detection and treatment of disease, the Company provides systems enabling employees to obtain more complete physical exams in addition to legally mandated checkups. To encourage employees to take steps to maintain and improve their own health, the Company has also introduced electronic medical records, allowing employees to review the results of checkups at any time.
Since the basic premise of health-related efforts is to ascertain the state of health through periodic medical checkups, the target is set at 100% for the rate of periodic medical checkups.
Precision examinations Aiming at early detection and early treatment of diseases, the Company provides subsidies up to JPY20,000/year for the cost of secondary examinations. 61.7% of patients underwent precision examinations in fiscal 2023.
Cancer measures The Company participates in Corporate Action for Cancer Prevention Promotion, a program commissioned by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare. The Company's cancer-prevention measures include activities to raise awareness among its employees, such as addition of cancer-related examination items in the regular medical checkups and information distribution through seminars and the company intranet. The Company has been recognized as an Excellent Company Promoting Cancer Control every year through the Award program launched in fiscal 2021 as part of the "Corporate Action to Promote Cancer Control." In addition, a support system for balancing treatment and work is in place to enable cancer patients to continue working and a colonoscopy cost assistance program has been implemented on a trial basis since fiscal 2023.
Measures against infectious diseases The Company provides special leave for employees who contract infectious diseases as stipulated by law and subsidizes the cost of influenza vaccinations. In addition, as risk management measures, disinfectants and masks for emergency use are available in the office.
Measures against smoking In the interest of employee health promotion and secondhand smoke prevention, the Company offers various support, including consultation for those who want to quit smoking, introduction of smoking cessation clinics, and a subsidy for smoking cessation program fees. Starting from 2014, the Company also conducts awareness-raising activities on the World No Tobacco Day (May 31) every year. In addition to these, it decided on a policy not to have smoking rooms in any of its newly opened offices from fiscal 2017. There are no installations of smoking rooms on its premises in fiscal 2024.

Support for employment

LY Corporation supports employees who wish to return to work after leaving for sickness or injury and employees who wish to balance treatment and work.

Support towards balancing treatment and work The Company has prepared a program to make the workplace an easier place to work for employees receiving or having finished treatment. Especially, the Company conducts an online course on cancer towards all employees to deepen their understanding towards the balance of cancer treatment and work.
Support towards employees returning from leave for sickness or injury Based on a job return support program, the personnel, workplace and the Good Condition Support Department collaborate to support employees on leave for sickness or injury to make a smooth return to the workplace. The Company has a counselling desk for mental care so that employees can easily receive counselling. The desk also accepts consultation requests from supervisors in the workplace.

Health support for female employees

Focusing on the diverse health challenges and lifestyles faced by women, the Company is working to improve health literacy and foster a corporate culture that encourages women to seek advice. In addition, the Company is committed to supporting women's health through the following initiatives:

  • Regular hosting of various seminars focused on health care and DE&I
  • Providing discount coupons for fertility treatments, pill prescriptions, bone density tests, and whole-body cancer screenings available also to non-females
  • Establishment of pregnancy support leave and subsidy system (fertility treatment support system)
  • Introduction of F leave system which caters to mental and physical disorders specific to women

In addition, employee volunteers are engaged in women's health support project activities with the aim of deepening understanding of women's health, creating a vibrant workplace, and fostering a culture in which employees, their supervisors, and colleagues can work vigorously and in good health. These efforts are quantitatively evaluated through the establishment of KPI’s and are linked to sustainable improvements.

Conditioning the office work environment

  • LY Corporation conditions the work environment in its offices in order to improve the performance of the employees (reducing presenteeism).
  • The offices have separate resting rooms for both genders for employees to take a rest when they feel unwell during working hours. Also, there is a massage room where licensed care givers give treatment to refresh the employees both physically and mentally.
  • Since a 20 minute nap is regarded to be effective in improving the performance of workers, the Company also has napping and resting areas, as well as exercise area for employees to refresh or to tone up their muscles.

Encouraging exercise

  • LY Corporation invites its employees to a variety of exercise programs, such as daily radio exercise and stretching over the web conferencing system Zoom. The programs are offered online so that employees working remotely can also participate from their places. The Company also hosts physical fitness tests every six months.
  • In order to maintain an appropriate weight and increase physical activity, the Company offers a "GC Bonus" that is paid the following month with the salary based on the number of target steps achieved and the results of monthly weight measurements. More than 60% of employees participate, with each employee receiving an average of a little under JPY2,000 per month. (As of March 2024)
  • "Stride length checkers" are placed in the Kioicho Office in Tokyo and other major offices, to let employees easily experience the ideal walking stride length of "body height x 45%."
  • Also, the month of October was designated as "Good Condition Month" to raise health awareness for employees and their families. In fiscal 2023, various programs were held, including a walking event in which employees compete in team for the total number of steps walked and a bowling event.

Provision of Health and Safety Systems

In addition to establishing a Health and Safety Committee and workplace inspections, LY Corporation has instituted emergency response measures, such as installation of automatic external defibrillators (AEDs), emergency-response drills, and online disaster prevention modules. Emergency-response drills are regularly held in all offices.

Health and Safety Committee The Health and Safety Committee is established based on the Industrial Safety and Health Act to prevent workplace accidents and as part of the Company's initiatives to ensure the health and safety of its employees.
Workplace inspections Workplace inspections are conducted to ensure a comfortable, hygienic and safe work environment, and to understand and improve work conditions.
Occupational health and safety management A comprehensive approach to management of work environments, work practices, and health forms the base of the Company's occupational health and safety measures. Through these measures, the Company strives to create comfortable work environments.

Measures to Support Life Plans

LY Corporation is committed to creating an environment where employees can work in a sustainable manner.

Leaves

  • When a public holiday falls on a Saturday, employees will be given the previous business day off as Happy Friday.
  • For the purpose of personal growth, a sabbatical leave can be taken for 2–3 months as an opportunity to think about career, experience, and working style. The leave is available to permanent employees who have worked for at least ten years.

Long Service Award

  • LY Corporation Long Service Award is given to employees who have reached 20 years of service.

Formation of a Financial Base

  • The Company supports the formation of an individual financial base for each employee through optional defined contribution pension plan, a property accumulation savings plan, and a stock accumulation investment plan.
  • To prepare for death or severe disability in case employees become unable to work due to illness or injury, the Company subscribes to a group long-term disability plan and a comprehensive welfare group term insurance (a livelihood security program for surviving families).
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