Occupational Safety and Health
Maxell Group Occupational Safety and Health Policy
Maxell Group aims to create a comfortable workplace where all employees can maintain their physical and mental health and work safely and securely to achieve the mission: "Contribute to a sustainable society by innovating unique,original technologies."
- 1.Maxell Group recognizes that ensuring the safety and health of employees is an inseparable part of its business activities, and makes ensuring a safe and comfortable working environment the basis of its activities.
- 2.As a global corporation, Maxell Group will proactively promote safety and health management throughout the Group.
- 3.Maxell Group will comply with all applicable occupational safety and health laws and regulations in the regions in which its business locations are located, and will establish necessary voluntary standards to improve the level of safety and health management.
- 4.Maxell Group will thoroughly inform employees of occupational safety and health knowledge, rules, and obligations through occupational safety and health education.
- 5.Maxell Group will strive to continuously improve and enhance occupational safety and health by establishing a management system, formulating relevant rules, setting improvement targets and periodically reviewing them.
- 6.Maxell Group will request that suppliers of materials, labour, etc., to each of its business locations and group companies implement the same operations and management of occupational safety and health as the Maxell Group.
Management, System, and Structure
Maxell Group appoints an executive in charge of safety and health as the chairman of the company-wide Safety and Health Committee. This committee holds "Company-wide Safety and Health Committee" meetings every six months with safety and health managers, safety and health promotion officers, and labour union representatives. At each business site, monthly statutory Safety and Health Committee meetings are held, involving safety and health managers, consisting of management personnel, and safety and health promotion officers elected as representative of employees. These meetings provide a platform for discussing and communicating safety and health measures, including the workplace's basic safety and health policies, annual goals, and promotion plans.
Goals
Zero fatalities and serious accidents in 2025 (Maxell Group)
Achievements
As of fiscal 2024, Maxell, Ltd. has had no instances of fatal accidents or serious industrial accidents (including fatal disaster) that resulted in permanent disabilities (for company employees, post-retirement employees, regional employees, fixed-term regional employees, and temporary workers) for five consecutive years from fiscal 2020. We will strive to prevent serious work-related accidents by thoroughly implementing measures to stop industrial accidents, including risk reduction measures based on risk assessments, Safety and Health Committee meetings, and internal safety patrols. We will also work to grasp data from the whole Group and disclose information.
Industrial Accident Occurrence Status
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Non-lost time accidents | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Lost time accidents | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Activities
Training on Health and Safety
Maxell Group offers various training and education programs to enhance employees' understanding and knowledge of health and safety, ensuring they can work with greater peace of mind. Health-related training includes mental health e-learning, with 1,709 employees (approximately 97％ participation rate) attending in fiscal 2024. We also conduct follow-up care, such as annual stress checks and recommending follow-up consultations after health checkups, achieving a 100％ recommendation rate.
Safety-related training includes annual safety and health training for new employees, risk assessment training, indstrial accident training, and traffic safety education using visual materials. We are also incorporating simulated experiences into education to reduce industrial accidents. In addition, we hold safety and health presentations to reflect on recent industrial accidents and share good practices from each business site, aiming to improve safety and health standards.
Efforts to Reduce Overwork Hours
Maxell maintains a balance between work and employees' personal lives through the flexible use of annual paid leave and a flexible working system so our employees are healthy in body and mind and can carry out activities that fully demonstrate their abilities in their work.
As a company-wide initiative for the fiscal 2024, the following activities were held.
・In principle, each person will have one No Overtime Day each month, and the bonus payment date will be set as the company's official No Overtime Day, resulting in an early departure.
・On No Overtime Day, we spread this information to employees via opening messages on computers and flags on the premises, and encourage employees to leave on time.
The following activities were held at each business location.
・Through the Labour-Management Council meetings that are held every month, both labour and management confirm the status of overtime and the number of days of paid leave taken.
・We will discuss improvements between labour and management based on the confirmed situation.
We will continue reducing overall working hours in fiscal 2025, both by shortening long working hours and encouraging people to take paid leave. This will increase productivity.
Guidelines for Working Hours Management
- 1.Reduce long working hours, workload imbalances, and overwork hours.
- 2.Manage time with a strong commitment to not allowing or causing unpaid overtime.
- 3.Aim for a balanced work style by improving work efficiency and striving for work-life balance.
Compliance with Labour Standards
Agreements on overtime and holiday work are necessary for employees to work beyond statutory working hours, based on Article 36 of the labour Standards Act. Maxell Group concludes these agreements annually.