Human Resource
Approach to Human Resource management
We believe that our corporate growth are enabled by people, and our employees we create and fulfill company values. Based on this approach, we practice motivation-oriented management. We actively invest in our employees and implement a variety of measures while also providing many opportunities for employees to challenge themselves to achieve high-level goals by making the most of their individual potential.
These initiatives have led to continuous improvement of employee engagement scores and the maintenance of high retention rates. This has also helped us earn the trust of our customers by ensuring reliable technology.
Our global uniform human resource platform discloses information such as job duties and career opportunities to all employees. Through this, we are implementing autonomous career development and visualizing career paths.
In addition, to promote career development, we are investing in capability development through TEL UNIVERSITY*. Furthermore, we differentiate employee evaluations based on Company performance as well as employee’s individual responsibilities and contributions to the Company. Through this, we achieve fair and competitive global level compensation while striving to attract and retain the best human resources.
TEL UNIVERSITY: Refer to Developing Human Resources. An in-house education platform that helps employees independently build their careers and realize their personal goals for their growth and development
May 15, 2013 Established
- Respect for Human Rights
- We respect the character and individuality of each person and strive to create work environments without any infringement of human rights.
- Diverse Workforce
- We strive to respect and understand differences in values arising from gender, nationality, age, race, creed, religion, and other attributes and to be a corporation where a diverse range of employees can work to their full potential.
- Human Resource Development
- We believe that each employee is the source of value creation and support the development of skills by employees.
- Employee Assessment and Treatment
- We provide opportunities to those employees with the enthusiasm for personal growth and engage in fair evaluation of skills and employee treatment so that employees with significant results can be rewarded.
- Occupational Safety and Health
- We place the highest priority on ensuring the safety and health of employees and maintain environments such that employees can work safely at our workplaces and local residents feel a sense of reassurance.
- Work-Life Balance
- We implement measures to enable employees to achieve a good work-life balance.
TEL maximizes its corporate value by maintaining an open and dynamic organization that enables all employees to apply their abilities to the fullest extent. TEL is also optimally structured to be flexible and respond quickly to any changes in the operating environment.
The HR (human resources) departments at the head office and in the various TEL companies work closely together on personnel issues, convening the Japan HR leaders meeting*1 every month and Global HR leaders meeting*2 twice a year in principle. These meetings serve as the forum for sharing corporate missions, setting goals, communicating activities, and discussing key issues. Under this management framework, our HR departments identify risks from an organization-wide perspective and make sure appropriate measures are implemented throughout TEL.
Japan HR leaders meeting: A meeting comprising the heads and principal managers of HR departments at Japanese Group companies
Global HR leaders meeting: A meeting comprising the heads and principal managers of HR departments at worldwide Group companies
Global Human Resources System
We operate in 87 sites in 19 countries and regions. We believe it is important for human resources with different cultural backgrounds, experiences and attributes to share values and work together as one toward value creation.
It clarifies the roles and responsibilities for each employee, sets appropriate targets and challenging targets, provides absolute evaluation of degree of achievement, awards performance bonuses and provides further career opportunities. We aim to encourage greater engagement by evaluating the proactiveness of employees. We are also focusing on global human resource management to promote career advancement under a common platform without biases against any country or the Group companies affiliation. This allows us to respond to changes in business environments and allocate resources in an agile and optimal manner.
The Overview of Human Resource Management System
Human Resource System Key Points
- Common global rating system (GTC)/Evaluation system
- Evaluated on the two axes of targets and competencies
- Career paths for not only manager, but also experts
- Feedback by absolute evaluation and a point system that leads to development
- Setting Levels based on the responsibility of the job role
Rating System (GTC)
We operate a common global job-based human resources system (GTC: Global TEL Career-Paths).
GTC is a system that places personnel in appropriate departments according to individual abilities, decides on rating/treatment depending on the job role and scale of job responsibilities and clarifies the duties each individual should achieve. In addition, by operating a common system in Japan and overseas, we promote global career development in not only managers, but also experts, without restricting work location.
Global TEL Career-paths
TEL Global Performance Management System
We operate TEL global performance management system, which is a global system that conducts evaluations based on the two axes of target and competencies evaluation.
Each employee sets goals according to their job responsibilities through interviews with managers, which are evaluated every semi-annual. Evaluations confirm the degree of target achievement and degree to which thoughts and actions are demonstrated in work as determined by GTC levels.
Evaluations consider not only evaluations by superiors, but also employee self-evaluations and the multifaceted feedback of people responsible for work duties. We are conducted on absolute rather than relative evaluations on a five-point scale, so as to provide fair evaluations.
Evaluation results are used in interviews between employees and managers where each individual’s strengths and challenges are shared in addition to their achievement against their goals to encourage awareness that will lead to higher performance and employee growth.
EE: Exceeds Expectations
ME: Meets Expectations
PE: Partially Meets Expectations
NI: Needs Improvement
Employee Engagement
Improving employee engagement is essential to maximize corporate performance and achieve sustainable growth. Recognizing that employees both create and fulfill company values for us, we have been regularly conducting Group-wide engagement surveys since fiscal year 2016 to assess the current state of employee engagement and identify issues .
This survey measures employee engagement rather than employee satisfaction, and its main objectives are 1) to understand what motivates employees to enable them to maintain a high level of engagement, exercise their abilities to the fullest and continue growing with the company, and 2) to confirm and share employees’ voices and opinions about the company and their workplace environments.
The survey includes 20 items identified as engagement factors, such as “teamwork,” “productive operational improvement,” “work-life balance,” “career opportunities,” and “compliance,” and relates to how everyday work is done as well as future growth. An engagement score is calculated based on the ratio of highly engaged employees.
Survey results are reported to management and shared among each division, and action plans for the whole company and divisions are deliberated and implemented. As a result of these initiatives, employee engagement scores improved in nearly all Group companies in Japan and overseas subsidiaries between fiscal year 2016 and fiscal year 2023. Our overall employee engagement score has risen by 18 points since fiscal year 2016 and by 6 points since fiscal year 2021, and in Japan our employee engagement score now falls within the top 25% of the overall benchmark.
In addition, after applying past survey results to improvement measures relating to “communication with management,” “factors relating to the human resources system” and “factors relating to career and management training,” our scores rose, enabling us to confirm the results of these initiatives. Along with the rise in our employee engagement score, our employee retention rate* reached extremely high levels in fiscal year 2024 of 97.5% globally and 98.8% in Japan . We believe that improving employee engagement is vital for providing increased value to our stakeholders. To this end, we will continuously and efficiently implement various activities , such as further enhancing our employees’ work-life balance, improving work efficiency through DX, and strengthening safety, quality and compliance.
Retention rate is calculated using data on turnover rate.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I)
With the strong commitment of managements, we actively promote DE&I as one of management pillars that leads to the continuous generation of innovation and increased corporate value. Based on the idea that “ONE TEL and DIFFERENT TOGETHER with 3G (Global, Gender, and Generation),” we have taken on gender, nationality and generation as major themes. Each Group company is implementing various initiatives, such as setting the following goals.
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The ratio of females majoring in science or engineering
“Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Week (DE&I Week)”
In January 2024, we expanded the scale of the DE&I Talk we had been holding until then and held DE&I Week for Group employees around the world. Specifically, we held a total of 15 events dealing with DE&I from a variety of angles, such as training using VR where employees experienced “If I were in that position, how would I feel and what would I think? ” to promote the understanding of DE&I, a conference for women engineers, an event promoting paternity leave and talks about topics such as unconscious bias*³. Through participation in such events, we promote DE&I throughout the entire Group to deepen employees’ interest and understanding of DE&I with “ONE TEL, DIFFERENT TOGETHER™” as our slogan.
Unconscious bias: unconscious prejudice. Distortions and partiality regarding how one perceives and interprets things that the person themself is unaware of.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Talks (DE&I Talks)
In March 2023, we held a DE&I Talk that was streamed simultaneously online to the Group companies worldwide. As the fifth of these events held, “equity” was added to the discussion this year, with the name “DE&I Talk” being used for the first time. While there have been no significant changes to the original purpose and policy of these talks, this addition aims to more proactively pursue the development of environments where diverse employees can play active roles.
In his opening speech at the event, the CEO stated “By continually driving motivation-oriented management, while improving diversity through our 3G policy, we aim to further grow the company.” Guest speakers also helped deepen our understanding of DE&I, with one speech titled “The Importance of Equity: World Trends D&I to DE&I” and another titled Corporate Transformation through Diversity: An Organization That maintains strength through its recognition of the “differences” from LGBTQ+.
Diversity and Inclusion Day
Diversity and Inclusion Day, an online event with simultaneous streaming for Group companies worldwide, was held in February 2022.
In his opening speech, the CEO stated “We need to incorporate all wisdom and diverse ideas to maximize the growth potential of the entire Group. In order to do this, it is essential to promote diversity and inclusion.” In addition, members from the U.S. including the president of Tokyo Electron America spoke about the importance of diversity and inclusion at a talk session. From Japan, two outside directors participated in a panel discussion regarding the roles of the Company in a rapidly changing global society. Through this event, the importance of embracing and making the most of diversity was once again confirmed.
Diversity and Inclusion Day
Diversity and Inclusion Talk Event
To realize a workplace where diverse employees have a better understanding of each other and can play an active role, we have been implementing awareness activities globally. In January 2020, we held a D&I Talk event at our headquarters in Akasaka. The event included guest speakers and a panel discussion, and was well attended by employees.
The event was streamed live to business sites in Japan and overseas in an effort to raise awareness for D&I among all employees in the Group. The second event was held online for global employees to attend.
We aim to further promote D&I throughout the Group.
Diversity and Inclusion Talk Event
Tokyo Electron Receives Gold Rating in the Pride Index 2024
Tokyo Electron and its Group companies in Japan* have achieved a significant milestone by being awarded a Gold rating in the prestigious Pride Index 2024 for their first application. This recognition, developed and awarded by the "work with Pride Association", underscores our commitment to workplace initiatives related to LGBTQ+ and other sexual minority groups.
We are committed to creating a workplace where all employees, regardless of gender, feel comfortable and highly motivated to work. Our commitment to LGBTQ+ initiatives is unwavering, and we believe that diversity is a strength that transforms individual differences into a competitive advantage. Past initiatives include the establishment of an LGBTQ+ helpline and the inclusion of same-sex partners in employee benefit schemes. We have also conducted orientation sessions for all employees to help them understand LGBTQ+ identities.
Under our slogan “ONE TEL, DIFFERENT TOGETHER™,” we are steadfast in our commitment to reinforcing our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) initiatives. Our aim is to create a work environment and culture where all employees, regardless of their unique differences, feel valued, respected, and included, and can work to their full potential.
The companies evaluated as a group include the following: Tokyo Electron Ltd., Tokyo Electron Technology Solutions Ltd., Tokyo Electron Kyushu Ltd., Tokyo Electron Miyagi Ltd., Tokyo Electron FE Ltd., and Tokyo Electron BP Ltd.
Major DE&I Activities
As a global, borderless company, we are implementing various initiatives as detailed below to leverage the strengths of our diverse human resources and create well-balanced systems and teams.
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Employees of a certain level or position based on the global human resources system
Initiatives at Group companies in Japan
Disclosure of information about women in leadership roles
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Disclosure of the career-track recruits ratio of regular employees in accordance with the Labor Measures Comprehensive Promotion Act.(Disclosure date: May 1st , 2023)
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| New graduates hired | 281 | 253 | 209 | 232 | 353 |
| Career-track recruits | 140 | 152 | 391 | 566 | 271 |
| Total | 421 | 405 | 600 | 798 | 624 |
| Tokyo Electron Group’s Career-track recruits ratio* | 33.3% | 37.5% | 65.2% | 70.9% | 43.4% |
In the Tokyo Electron Group, all new graduate recruitment is done by headquarters. Career-track recruits are done by each of the Group companies
Diversity Activities
Employee Resource Group “DRIVE”
DRIVE is a working group comprising engineers who gather from sites located all over Japan under the vision “To aim to be a company where anyone can play an active role and generate high added value and profits.” Members share opinions and actively conduct activities based on the activity policy of creating opportunities to know about diversity and inclusion (D&I), listening to various ways of thinking transcending site boundaries, and developing proposals on creating workplaces where anyone can play an active role.
Activity Report
So far, as opportunities to learn about D&I, we have conducted regular workshops by members and invited external lecturers to give lectures on themes such as promoting women’s participation and awareness of unconscious bias. In fiscal year 2021, we conducted an online forum to share problems and concerns about nursing care and a LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® workshop where employees learn about D&I while using LEGO blocks. Approximately 50 employees participated in these events. Through these activities, employees were able to think deeply and share their awareness about the differences and diversity in their ways of thinking and positions. Going forward, together with creating opportunities for mutual interaction and learning about diverse values through repeated dialogues between employees, we will promote activities that allows such initiatives to lead to the driving force that generates high added value and profits.
Active Involvement of Diverse Human Resources
We seek to be a corporation where a diverse range of employees can work to their full potential. By developing a workplace where anyone, irrespective of gender, nationality, age, background or ability, can work easily and feel motivated, TEL will promote creation of an environment where the diversity of talent leads to greater competitiveness.
Furthermore, TEL have established an inclusive working environment for people with disabilities. People with disabilities account for 2.43% of employees at TEL headquarters and 2.3% of employees in Japan operations overall. *
As of March 31, 2021
Employee voices ｜ Active Involvement of Employees with Various Nationalities
In 2018 I relocated to Japan and joined Tokyo Electron FE as Co-Leader of the Global FE(Field Engineer) Training Operations Center. Many things have changed in TEL since my first business trip to Japan in 1994. Technology now makes it easy to communicate and navigate in a country where the language and culture are so different from my own. I often use the translation technology that TEL has integrated into the work environment to enhance communication with co-workers in Japan and abroad. As a member of Global FE Training Operations Center and the Global Service Solutions Committee, I collaborate with training and service leaders from all over the world. I’ve been fortunate to experience TEL’s unique culture, which for me is about a team of people who are friendly, helpful, dedicated to quality and focused on building and maintaining good relationships.
For relocating my home and start working in Japan, I have experienced the respect, encouragement, and strong support of my co-workers. I was able to quickly adapt to the office working style and effectively perform my job. I feel included in the team and the experience has been very enjoyable in a comfortable work environment where everyone can work effectively.
GLOBAL FE TRAINING OPERATION CENTER
Expert
Mccloud, Ethan
Employee voices ｜ Active Involvement of Employees with Disabilities
After joining the company mid-career, I currently work in the management of the Compliance Policy & Program Group of the Compliance Department. Workplaces not only take measures reasonably to ensure accessibility depending on the type and degree of disability (such as barrier-free designs and permitting commuting to work by car) but also nurture an organizational culture that allows individuals to freely apply themselves without reservation or hesitation even if they have disabilities. Because the environment allows us to see disabilities as positive individual characteristics, I strongly feel that I am able to apply my skills. Going forward, I hope to utilize my strong specialty to bravely undertake new and difficult issues.
Masashi Tamura
Group leader
Compliance Policy & Program Group, Compliance Department
TEL Values
Systems and Initiatives for TEL Values
A total of 17,204* employees are working at Tokyo Electron, which operates worldwide. We believe that each of them maintaining a high level of engagement and demonstrating their full potential will lead directly to our growth as a company.
By sharing with our employees the direction toward which management is aiming and providing platforms for direct dialogue through the employee meetings and discussions held at each site, we are striving to build mutual trust between the organization and individuals. Furthermore, to realize our Corporate Philosophy, we established TEL Values, which delineate Tokyo Electron’s values, the mindset that each employee must possess and the codes of conduct to be passed on to the future. The TEL Values—pride, challenge, ownership, teamwork and awareness—are being put into practice by our employees all over the world.
As of March 31, 2023
Human Resource Development
Principles of Human Resource Development
We are making continued efforts for employee education and training while encouraging and supporting employees' proactive approaches toward learning in line with our basic human resource development policy, which consists of the following three principles:
1. Self-motivation and a sense of responsibility are the basic requirements for developing the talents of employees.
2. The workplace supports employee development.
3. The company provides employees with opportunities and incentives to learn and must build the necessary platform or framework.
Developing Human Resources
Our company is engaged with the development of human resources that can play an active role on the global stage amid rapidly changing business environments. To maximize the performance of each employee, we place importance on our employees’ motivation and are globally developing human resources strategies so that the company and our employees can both continue to grow.
In 2023, with the aim of contributing to the development of individuals capable of leading the technological innovation in semiconductors, we participated in the “U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for the Future.”
In 2007, we established TEL UNIVERSITY as an internal educational institution for all employees, to support them in building their careers and achieving self-realization through voluntary self-growth. To realize our company's vision of being a company filled with dreams and vitality that contributes to technological innovation in semiconductors, it is essential to develop our human resources. Therefore, each of our Group companies conducts education tailored to the needs of each location and offers level-based and goal-based training programs, in order to carry out effective human resources development. We are creating a foundation for growth where the organization and employees trust each other, and we support lifelong self-growth and rich career formation.
Karuizawa Training Center
Corporate Education System (TEL UNIVERSITY)
Through TEL UNIVERSITY, we implement various initiatives for developing human resources indispensable to our future growth.
Three Pillars of Human Resource Development
| Provision of Global and On-demand Learning Opportunities | Support for Career Development | Leader Programs |
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Provision of Global and On-demand Learning Opportunities
Since each employee develops differently, we provide on-demand education* that enables learning in multiple languages according to individual needs and timing. In addition to group training, we actively use online education and other methods to provide a common platform for learning from any location in the world.
Since fiscal year 2023, we have been offering LinkedIn Learning to all Group employees. In fiscal year 2024, 80% of all employees are registered as users and are undertaking independent learning.
On-demand education: Education programs that allow employees to learn at their own convenience, anywhere, anytime
Support for Career Development
We are expanding our training programs to support employees quickly acquire basic skills according to their GTC levels*1 and goals based on our global human resources system. We also provide information and tools so that employees can gain a more concrete image of their own accumulated learning and experiences as well as their career development.
For example, in training for new graduates, we conduct training that forms the foundation as a member of society, seeking to (1) transform mindsets to that of a working adult, (2) acquire knowledge and skills common to all occupations, and (3) acquire knowledge and skills specific to each occupation. For employees in their second year onward, we have junior employee programs that check the skills acquired, provide opportunities for reflecting on their thinking and actions, and so on. Through such support, we strive to develop human resources that can play active roles as our employees and learn the necessary skills through understanding and practice of our philosophy and the TEL Values*2 to deliver even greater results.
In fiscal year 2024, for our training targeting managers, the attendance rate was 99.1% for new managers (attended by 216 out of 218 new managers) and 78.1% for new department heads (attended by 25 out of 32 new department heads).
GTC levels: Refer to the global human resources system
TEL Values: Refer to TEL Values
Leader Programs
To nurture the next generation of leaders to support our future, we identify potential future leaders at an early stage and systematically nurture them. We provide next-generation management candidates with opportunities to build networks through participation in events such as external training, to develop a broader perspective, and to receive 360-degree feedback*. In addition, management, including outside directors, conduct systematic assignment considerations and reviews.
We are working to promote human resources development cycles at our business sites; for those in the management of potential future leaders, we provide level-based training for various duties, with the goal of improving their skills in a practical manner.
360-degree feedback: Process for collecting feedback from the subordinates, peers and supervisors of employees, as well as self-assessments by the employees themselves
Onboarding Education
We provide important knowledge and skills related to ethics and compliance, information security, environment, safety and quality, risk management, and sustainability at the time of joining the company. We have prepared appropriate programs in accordance with the laws and cultures of each country. Additionally, we are expanding DX basic education to all employees to ensure they understand the importance of DX and can take action towards transformation.
Specific initiatives
Major human resource development programs (Japan)
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| Level-based Training | Basic Training | Introductory programs for new graduates, Values Up basic, business essentials, etc. | Clarify action guidelines for putting TEL Values into practice, encourage self-establishment and skill acquisition, and drive mindset transformation through dialogue in the workplace. |
| Leader Training | MBA courses, management skills, reflection round table, etc. | Equip executives and managers with the essential skills through practical case studies, fostering external networking and a culture of learning. |
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| Goal-based Training | Personalized Training | Language training (including English proficiency assessment), intercultural training, etc. | Acquire specialized terminology and expressions required for the global business environment, while deepening mutual understanding across different cultures. |
| LinkedIn Learning, Udemy, etc. | Promote a culture of self-directed learning for sustainable growth to enhance global competitiveness. | ||
| Workshops (AI, Plasma, Simulation, Clean Energy, Semiconductor Devices), analytical technique seminars, etc. |
In workshops, we deliver presentations and engage in discussions on topics related to conference proceedings and internal knowledge sharing.
In analytical technique seminars, participants acquire skills in thermal, fluid, and structural analysis.
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| Career Training | Career ownership, career design, occupational personality tests, etc. | Reflect on your life and career development in rapidly changing environments, and take a step forward from your past self. | |
Example initiative (Japan)
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Example initiative (Global)
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Target: All global employees
Percentage: 80%
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Education and Training Expenses (Global)
| Item | FY2022 | FY2023 | FY2024 |
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| Education and Training Time | 5,900 hours | 7,200 hours | 8,600 hours |
| Education and Training Expenses | 650 million yen | 700 million yen | 540 million yen |
| Learning time per person | 52 hours | 53 hours | 55 hours |
| Training expenses per person | 47,000 yen | 41,000 yen | 30,000 yen |
Training time: Total training time, excluding compulsory companywide education (such as safety and compliance), etc.
Education and training expenses: Total training expenses (converted to Japanese yen)
Training time per person: Total training time* ÷ Number of employees = 17,702 (as of March 31, 2024)
Learning time per person: Total learning time ÷ Number of employees
Total training time: Number of participants for each training × Number of hours conducted
Education and Training Time
Education and training time continues to increase each year, reaching 8,600 hours in fiscal year 2024. Total learning time per person was 55 hours in fiscal year 2024, its highest in the past three years. In addition, company-wide education and training time is increasing due to the increase in the number of employees.
As for the breakdown of education and training time in fiscal year 2024 basic training accounted for 65%, personalized training for 12%, leader training for 13%, and 1% came from other types of training. Basic training increased by 21% from the previous fiscal year.
Education and Training Expenses
Regarding the breakdown of education and training expenses in fiscal year 2024 basic training accounted for 49%, leader training for 27%, personalized training for 16%, and 4% came from other types of training. Basic training increased by 14% from the previous fiscal year, while leader training remained at a similar level. In addition, training expenses decreased due to the introduction of on-demand, online education, amounting to 540 million yen in fiscal year 2024 with training expenses per person being 30,000 yen.
Human Capital ROI
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| Human Capital ROI | ー | 5.4 | 4.3 |
Human capital ROI: Consolidated net sales – (Total consolidated operating expenses - (Total expenses*)) ÷ Total expenses)
Total expenses = Wages in Japan + Welfare (Globally for education and training expenses)
Work-life Balance
Work-life Balance Concept and Systems
We believe that harmony between work and life for each employee produces a synergistic growth effect both of employees and the company, and we are building structures for this.
Our vision is to realize a truly global company that creates high added value and profit. We recognize that in order to achieve this, it is necessary to reduce overtime through efficient work techniques and to have mechanisms in place to evaluate the outcomes.
Work Styles and Offices
We endorse work styles that contribute to a positive work-life balance, and are continually working to create environments that facilitate this. For example, we recommend that both mothers and fathers take advantage of our parental leave systems—one of several childcare leave systems we operate—and this has resulted in a high proportion of our employees returning to work after taking maternity/paternity leave and childcare leave. We also offer a range of work style programs, such as flextime system that allow employees to work flexible hours, and work from home system. We incorporate user feedback to improve our programs and promote efficient work styles that cater to diverse lifestyles and social situations.
We are engaged in building unprecedented new office environments that are work-friendly for all our employees and that support their endeavors.
To take one example, the Miyagi Technology Innovation Center we opened at Tokyo Electron Miyagi in 2021 features an “Innovation Area,” which is a communal space for creating new technologies, and a “Creative Office,” which is centered on a bright and open communication space. We are also working on creating office spaces at our other sites that encourage interactions between different departments and that provide support for new innovations.
Leave System
We believe that employees are high productivity when they can properly manage their work hours and take leave. Accordingly, we are working to eliminate long working hours, and to both enhance our leave systems and encourage employees to make use of them. We have set a medium-term target of ensuring that our employees take 80%¹ or more of the paid leave available to them . To this end, we educate employees on how to take leave in a systematic manner, regularly monitor how much leave employees have available and encourage management styles aimed at improving leave usage rates . In fiscal 2024, the rate of employees taking advantage of paid leave was 80%, achieving our medium-term target.
We also operate a unique “refreshment leave system” in different countries around the world, depending on the prevailing circumstances. This system aims to provide both mental and physical refreshment for employees, and so boost their motivation to work. In Japan, employees who have worked at the company for 10 years or more are granted special, supplementary paid leave of between two weeks and one month for every five years of continuous service. In fiscal 2024, 630 employees in Japan and 827 employees overseas took advantage of refreshment paid leave. We are also working to establish various other leave systems for different life events, including childcare leave, leave to care for a sick or injured child, childcare support leave² and paid leave to provide nursing care. Employees are permitted to extend childcare leave until the day the child reaches three years of age; employees are now also eligible for the reduced working-hours program for childcare until the child graduates from elementary school¹.
Usage for employees in Japan
Leave to care for a sick or injured child: employees are granted five days of paid leave per year until the child enters elementary school; childcare support leave: employees are granted five days of unpaid leave per year until the child enters junior high school
Childcare and Nursing Systems・Employee Life Support
Childcare and Nursing Systems
We respect the various lifestyles of its employees and is investing effort into providing an environment where each employee can thrive. In addition, to the system made available by existing laws, we are independently building a substantial framework that allows employees to adopt a flexible approach to work that accords with diverse life events such as raising children or caring for family members.
With regard to the situation in Japan, we have acknowledged the maximum extension of the childcare leave period to the day a child reaches three years of age, as well as expanding our provision of a reduced working hours program for childcare to include employees rearing children as far as graduation from elementary school. In addition to leave to care for a sick or injured child, we are enriching the provision of support through establishment of our own childcare leave, etc. As a result, currently in Japan, 42% of female TEL employees are working mothers. To further our support for the compatibility of work, and nursing care, nursing care leave on full pay is available for up to five days. We are advancing improvement of the system, for instance, by allowing nursing care leave to be taken up to three times per person requiring nursing care for a one year in total.
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| Relief for commuting difficulties | Allows work start times and finishing times to be moved forward or back by a maximum of one hour each day | Pregnant female employees who are under instruction from their doctor | As per the legal requirement |
| Childcare leave | (1) Allows leave to be taken up until a requested date but no later than the end of April after the child turns 18 months of age (2) If the child cannot gain admission into a nursery school, leave may be extended from the end of April after the child turns 18 months of age until the child turns three years of age (i.e. the day before their third birthday) | Employees with a child who will be less than 18 months of age at the end of the following April | More than the legal requirement (up to a maximum of three years of age) |
| Childcare time | Allows an employee to request time to care for their infant for two 30-minute periods per day, in addition to prescribed rest periods (treated as paid leave) | Female employees with an infant under one year of age | More than the legal requirement (paid component) |
| Flextime for childcare and nursing care | Allows work start times and finishing times to be moved forward or back by a maximum of 90 minutes per day | Employees with a child who has not graduated elementary school, or who are caring for a family member requiring nursing care | More than the legal requirement (up until the child finishes elementary school) |
| Leave to care for a sick/injured child | Allows leave to be taken for up to a maximum of five days for employees with one child, and 10 days for employees with two or more children, per business year (up to five days treated as paid leave) | Employees with a child not old enough to commence elementary school | More than the legal requirement (paid component) |
| Childcare support leave | Special leave to care for a child for up to a maximum of five days per business year(unpaid) | Employees with a child not old enough to commence junior high school | Unique system |
| Short nursing care leave | Allows leave to be taken for up to a maximum of five days for employees with one family member requiring nursing care, and 10 days for employees with two or more family members requiring nursing care, per business year (up to five days treated as paid leave) | Employees with a family member requiring nursing care | More than the legal requirement (paid component) |
| Extended nursing care leave | Allows an extended period of leave to be taken for up to three times per person requiring care, up to a maximum of one year in aggregate | Employees with a family member requiring nursing care | More than the legal requirement (up to one year of leave) |
Support for Employees During Childrearing
The Group provides work environments in which employees who are childrearing can work with a sense of security. In manufacturing sites in Japan, we have established rooms to support nursing mothers that can be used for pumping breastmilk and for other needs during childrearing necessary for the management of maternal health.
Support for Female Employees During Childrearing
Employee Life Support
We are enacting a diverse range of support toward achieving a workplace environment where employees can work energetically while each making full use of their abilities. We present regular opportunities for employees aged 50 or over to attend seminars providing necessary information and review of financial planning, encouraging them to consider their way of working after retirement. Furthermore, we support employees’ everyday lives by offering assistance to all age groups on familiar topics such as nursing care for family members and inheritance.
Employee voices ｜ Childcare leave for men
My eldest son was born in November 2018, and I took childcare leave for six months from June 2019. Working in sales means a life with many business trips, and I decided to take childcare leave because I wanted to play an active part in raising my son and support my wife. I also thought it could be my first and also final time to experience raising children. My supervisor respected my intention and I was able to hand over my work based on reassuring support. During childcare leave, I was close to my son as he grew each day, and I recorded things down in a childcare diary. I look forward to looking back on this precious time someday together with my family. When I returned to work, I was able to go back to the same team. I am sincerely grateful to my supervisor and colleagues. Taking childcare leave became an opportunity to learn about the importance of being involved in raising children and the difficulty of raising children, which continues without a break. At the same time, I think it also led me toward a work attitude of being further aware about improving efficiency.
Kiyohisa Motoda
CT Product Group
Field Solutions Department 1
Initiatives for Preventing Harassment
As stated in the Tokyo Electron Group Code of Ethics and the Tokyo Electron Group Human Rights Policy , we have zero tolerance for any form of harassment.
To promote and entrench understanding of preventing harassment, we provide online-trainings for executives and all employees, while training is also provided specifically for managers. The key is to stop harassment before it happens. Training imparts the knowledge and information required to do this, with a focus on good communication in the workplace and prompt action when issues do occur. Personnel directly involved in fielding contact about harassment or related matters will participate in additional training to upgrade their own skills.
Each Group company has its own harassment consultation desk. To ensure that employees are not mistreated or otherwise disadvantaged for making contact, consultation desk personnel will act in good faith, taking due care to keep matters private, including facts about the contact itself. If it is determined that a serious instance of harassment has occurred, the Disciplinary Committee will discuss what action to take against the harasser in accordance with the Rules of Employment. Appropriate corrective and preventive measures will be implemented.
