As damage to health as well as mental health issues due to excessive work have come to be regarded as a social problem in recent years, Casio recognizes that maintaining and promoting the physical and mental health of employees is important.

Casio implements online visits between employees and industrial doctors and medical staff.

Each and every employee must be able to work safely and in good health in order to perform at his or her full potential. Based on various laws and work regulations such as Japan’s Industrial Safety and Health Act, Casio makes 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. Moreover, while the rate of employees whose health check revealed any concerns and the rate of employees with high stress are lower than the national average, there are still a certain number of such employees. With the average age of employees on the rise, it is also essential to take preventive measures against lifestyle-related diseases and to create an environment that supports work-life balance so that workers can continue working while receiving medical treatment. In light of these issues, Casio established nine priorities and promoted various measures in 2022. Group companies outside Japan comply with their local laws and regulations and also implement similar measures.

Casio has established the Casio Basic Policy on Health in order to guide its efforts to promote health, and makes concerted company-wide efforts to address health and productivity management.

1. System

Casio has set up a health and productivity system led by the CHRO as well as a health and productivity promotion team to promote and enhance measures and works to promote cross-organizational measures. The CHRO serves concurrently as the Chair of its Health Insurance Association, which makes for smooth collaboration between them. Casio and its Health Insurance Association work together to promote employee safety, health, and health management.

Evaluation ◎: All targets met, ○ : Most targets met, △ : Remaining issues outweigh results, × : No progress made

Casio held seminars for newly appointed managers to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills and provided them with education on creating a workplace environment that gives consideration to health, maintaining and promoting mental health, and raising awareness of health. The regular health checkups were also utilized as an opportunity to hold body composition measurement sessions for head office employees aged 34 and younger, implementing an initiative to raise awareness of health. In fiscal 2022, 92.5% of eligible employees participated.

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, and it has also provided influenza vaccinations to those employees who wanted one since fiscal 2019. In addition, during the COVID-19 pandemic, Casio ensured all employees on overseas business trips received a pre-departure interview with an industrial physician to provide them with alerts and health advice for travel. 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.

COVID-19 Countermeasures

Casio established a taskforce to implement management by determining the companywide response strategy and necessary measures and disseminating information. In addition, Casio has introduced a telework system that enables employees to work from home, and has also set up staggered commuting times, commutes using personal cars, and the use of online meetings to reduce opportunities for direct interaction in the case of employees who must come in to work to the office or plant. 

COVID-19 Vaccination in the Workplace

Cooperating with the Japanese government’s appeal to accelerate the pace of COVID-19 vaccination, Casio began offering the COVID-19 vaccine in the workplace on June 24, 2021. The vaccine up to the third dose has been administered to about 13,000 people, including Casio Group employees, their family members, temporary employees, and partner companies’ employees.

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.

Casio is conducting quit smoking campaigns worldwide. Smoking is prohibited on the premises of all group companies in Japan and also prohibited during working hours, whether in or outside the company. Casio health insurance has introduced an online smoking cessation program as a means of supporting efforts to quit smoking. Casio has achieved top-ranked levels of success industry-wide in its efforts to support smoking cessation.

Occupational injuries at Casio Computer Co., Ltd. (in the last five years)

Number of incidents, by gender and department