Occupational Safety and Health

Casio Group Occupational Safety and Health Policy

Based on various laws and work regulations such as Japan’s Industrial Safety and Health Act, we make group-wide efforts to create workplace environments where all employees can work with peace of mind in order to maintain and enhance the health of employees and prevent occupational injuries or their reoccurrence.

Health Declaration (Health and Productivity Management Policy)

Casio has established the Casio Basic Policy on Health to guide its efforts to promote health, and the company makes group-wide efforts to advance health and productivity management. The goal is to promote and maintain the health of each employee as a foundation on which they can maximize their individual potential, as they are the source of corporate growth.

To begin with, we are implementing initiatives to raise awareness of health among all employees, because awareness serves as the foundation for implementing the above policy. We also provide information to our business partners on the progress of our initiatives and other areas and support the efforts of each company.

Basic Policy on Health

Health and Productivity Organization and System

Targets and Action Plan

The targets for fiscal 2026 are based on the results from fiscal 2025. They are intended to further promote health and productivity management. Casio will continue to strive for further improvements going forward.

Activity Results

Initiatives to Revitalize the Workplace

Casio implemented initiatives that included “Tsunagaru Hiroba,” a section of the intranet bulletin board that takes applications for seminars and appeals widely to the company overall, and “Thanks Cards” to promote communication, build trusting relationships, and boost motivation. Casio also promoted communication between employees through many volunteer activities such as collecting plastic waste and cooperation between agriculture and welfare.

Initiatives for Balance between Work and Medical Treatment

Casio provides support for balancing medical treatment and work to help combine work and medical treatment as one of the priorities for health and productivity management to enable employees to continue to work with peace of mind. Casio is implementing measures that make it easy for employees to use the support system. It has set up an internal portal site related to support for balance between work and medical treatment, which provides information about the support system and the contact point. Occupational health nurses have obtained certification as work–treatment balance coordinators for combining work and medical treatment and are available for consultations.

Maintaining and Promoting Women’s Health

Twice a year, in October (Pink Ribbon Month) and March (Women’s Health Week/International Women’s Day), we hold seminars on women’s health. In October, we offered an e-learning module on breast cancer for women on breast cancer (participation rate: 28.7%), as well as other events, including a seminar on aging and vascular age and skin age assessments.  

At the seminar held in March, the company worked to foster deeper knowledge and common understanding by showing targeted types of videos: videos made for all employees (participation rate: 70.8%), and for managers (participation rate 68.4%).

The company created a page on the internal portal site entitled “Maintenance and Promotion of Women’s Health” that provides information on women’s health and established a consultation service provided by in-house medical professionals and a consultation service for pregnancy planning and infertility treatment by external specialists. The company has set up a women’s rest room in a corner of its in-house clinic. It includes areas where women can rest and recover from menstrual symptoms and lactation spaces for women who have returned to work after giving birth.

The system also subsidizes the cost of gynecological cancer screenings (gynecologic cancer and breast cancer) for women in the workforce and family members over 30 years old. (72.6% of woman employees utilized the system, and investment amount is approx. 13.0 million yen [including family members and voluntary-continued insurance system users].) Employees can undergo medical examinations during working hours. We also have a menstrual leave system and leave for infertility treatment.

Initiatives to Support Employees with Mental Health Issues

In addition to the stress check system established in December 2015, Casio has continuously enhanced its mental health education and system to support the mental health of its employees.

For the purpose of reducing the rate of mental health problems among younger employees, an e-Learning Program for new employees and a follow-up training (including stress management) for employees in their second year have been created. The program includes lectures and practice exercises for improving interaction with superiors and colleagues, and it also covers communication skills and mental health issues. For those in leadership positions, a separate e-Learning Program, New Manager Guidance, and the Manual for Managers are provided in an effort to ensure everyone understands the importance of stress management in organizations.

In addition, Casio has an in-house mental health physician and an external Mental Health and Life Hotline in place to offer employees counseling in and outside the company at all times. The external hotline has a system that allows the families of employees to get counseling as well. Further, in order to strengthen support for employees who are on leave, Casio distributes the Guide to Mental Health that can be read by employees and their families to make it easy to ascertain the processes and procedures for leave.

Similar support systems are in place at group companies in Japan. Casio works hard to create an environment that allows employees to work with energy and satisfaction.

Initiatives to Counter Infectious Diseases

Casio believes that it is important to prevent infectious diseases as part of its programs for employee health. The company provides information on infectious diseases, raises awareness, and issues reminders in its in-house bulletins. In the guidance for employees who have been assigned to work overseas offered before a posting, medical staff provide information on vaccines and local infectious diseases (dengue fever, malaria, hepatitis, etc.) and work on preventative strategies. The company also collects information disseminated by Japan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and others on infectious disease epidemics and informs and alerts people posted in the countries concerned. In fiscal 2025, influenza vaccinations were offered at the head office and the Hamura R&D Center. Employees are able to use points from their cafeteria plan to cover the vaccination fee.

Initiative for Persons Working Long Hours

Casio thoroughly manages appropriate working times in order to manage employee health. In order to prevent the damaging health, all employees who work 80 hours or more of overtime in a month must be interviewed by an industrial physician. Casio also encourages employees who work 45 hours or more of overtime in a month to have a voluntary interview to check on their health condition and be provided with advice and guidance. In this way, Casio is working to prevent health problems from overwork, and to ensure employees observe appropriate working hours.

Initiatives to Counter Lifestyle-Related Diseases

Regular health checks for employees at Casio are more than legally mandated: they include many additional items, such as cancer screening, intended to help employees maintain their health and to prevent lifestyle-related diseases. Nearly 100% of employees come for the health checks every year. In addition, employees 40 and older can opt to receive a full medical checkup. The rules for follow-up are also being standardized, and Casio aims to improve the follow-up implementation rate for those whose health check revealed any concerns.

In fiscal 2025, the re-examination rate after health checkups was 88.4% (the 2030 target was raised from 90% to 100% due to improvement in the re-examination rate). The company also implements initiatives to prevent lifestyle-related diseases, including holding walking events in which employees and their families can participate and seminars on alcohol by experts.

The employee cafeterias regularly hold meetings about food services among related personnel, and they always provide menu options featuring a balance between calories and nutrition. In addition, Casio introduced a system offering incentives to promote good health. Using this system, points earned based on the results of regular checkups can be exchanged for relevant health-related products with the goals of raising health consciousness among group employees while offering employee rewards in accordance with their level of health.
In terms of measures to counter lifestyle-related diseases, Casio, together with the Casio Health Insurance Association, is promoting collaborative health initiatives that focus on exercise and diet. For specific health guidance, Casio’s medical staff have also participated in joint initiatives between the company and the Casio Health Insurance Association.
Employees on overseas assignments are also required to undergo a routine health check once a year, with an industrial physician offering guidance based on the results.

Measures against Aggravation of Illness

The Casio Health Insurance Association provides health guidance for a period of 6 to 9 months to people at high risk of lifestyle-related diseases (people who are taking medication for lifestyle-related diseases but who are overweight and need to improve their health indicators). In addition to arranging for individual guidance from medical professionals, the association also provides services such as a meal analysis app and a meal delivery service. The participation rate was 72%, the success rate for weight loss was 87%, and the average weight loss was 3.1kg.

Sleep Support

Since fiscal 2024, Casio has been holding sleep seminars to help all employees acquire proper knowledge about sleep. (Satisfaction with the 2024 seminar: 71% satisfied or fairly satisfied; investment in seminars: approximately 250,000 yen.) In addition, Casio subsidizes the cost of SAS tests, and has installed refreshment rooms. The Casio Health Insurance Association also offers a Sleep Improvement Program for people facing sleep problems. The program uses data collected through wearable devices to help people develop sleep habits that work for them.

Quit Smoking Campaigns

Casio is conducting quit smoking campaigns groupwide. Smoking is prohibited on the premises of all group companies in Japan and also prohibited during working hours, whether in or outside the company. On World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), held on May 31, Casio checked the level of understanding among all employees by having them watch videos concerning tobacco and their health based on the concept of quitting smoking (graduating from the habit of smoking). The company also provides smoking cessation aids free-of-charge to employees who want them.

The Casio Health Insurance Association has set a non-smoking section to its Health Promotion Incentive Program as an incentive to stop smoking. Moreover, the Association actively engaged in anti-smoking measures, such as introducing an online smoking cessation program, and fully refunding the participation fee for those who successfully quit smoking.

Measures to Address Pollen Allergies

To address pollen allergies, which can reduce productivity, the company has established a dedicated internal portal site, shares information about treatment options, and prescribes medications at in-house clinics.

Preventing Occupational Accidents

Casio is committed to the goal of zero occupational injuries and operates regular safety programs with the aim of maintaining an accident-free record at all Casio work sites. Casio also made use of e-learning and other methods to inform and educate. In addition, each site and group company conducts fire and disaster prevention/evacuation drills.

• Earthquake countermeasures (earthquake countermeasures handbooks and survival cards) and preparation of emergency supplies
• Emergency response procedures and AED operating procedures
• Emergency contact/safety confirmation systems

One of the occupational health and safety hazards on the job is the use of company vehicles. There is always some risk of an accident occurring when driving a company vehicle. Accordingly, Casio conduct internal training on the operation of company vehicles, in an effort to reduce risk. The Occupational Safety and Health Committee also regularly reports on the occurrence of occupational accidents and discusses ways to prevent their recurrence.