- Policy for Promoting Diversity
- Actively Promoting the Globalization of Executives and Local Employment
- Promoting the Appointment of Women to Managerial Positions
- Activities to Support the Success of Women
- Evaluation by External Entities
- Promoting Employment and Support for Persons with Disabilities
- Support for LGBT Members of Staff
- Promote Employment of Senior Citizens (Reemployment System)
Policy for Promoting Diversity
The Brother Group has been supporting diverse ways of working which will enable employees to maximize their ability to perform their best, given laws in each country and region, labor environments regardless of age, gender, nationality, disability, work history, etc. while maintaining the work environment and systems. Furthermore, we have been committed to promoting diversity by reinforcing in-house systems and reforming employees' consciousness, with the goal in mind that the right personnel, who are excellent in ability, personality, talent and behavior, will be placed in the right positions across national boundaries and lead the Group.
Actively Promoting the Globalization of Executives and Local Employment
The Brother Group has been promoting the globalization of its executive personnel by appointing qualified persons, regardless of their nationality, to executive positions of the group companies in various countries and regions to realize community-based management. At facilities of the Brother Group, we are actively promoting local employees to executive positions—this includes promotion to the position of president at sales facilities of regional headquarters in the U.S. and China. In the group companies outside Japan, local employees occupied 67%* of management positions in FY2021, increasing from 55% in FY2017.
When establishing new facilities and expanding its existing facilities, the Brother Group hires local people to revitalize regional economies and societies through job creation. The factory established in the Philippines in 2012, for example, employs approximately 6,000 local workers, and in Vietnam, two manufacturing facilities employ more than 14,000 local workers in total.
- Including Domino-related companies
Promoting the Appointment of Women to Managerial Positions
The proportion of female managers among all managers differs between the Brother Group companies because the history of women's social advancement and their lifestyles and main occupations vary depending on countries and regions. However, women are active in many group facilities.
Company [Country] | March 2019 | March 2020 | March 2021 | March 2022 | ||||
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Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
Brother Industries, Ltd. [Japan] | 34 | 4.0% | 35 | 4.2% | 38 | 4.6% | 43 | 5.3% |
Brother Sales, Ltd. [Japan] | 2 | 2.2% | 3 | 3.8% | 4 | 5.4% | 4 | 4.7% |
Brother Technology (Shenzhen) Ltd. [China] | 42 | 32.8% | 41 | 33.1% | 42 | 33.9% | 41 | 33.6% |
Zhuhai Brother Industries, Co., Ltd. [China] | 20 | 57.1% | 20 | 55.6% | 20 | 55.6% | 19 | 54.3% |
Brother Machinery Xian Co., Ltd. [China] | 4 | 22.8% | 7 | 20.6% | 7 | 20.6% | 7 | 28.0% |
Brother International Corporation (U.S.A.) [U.S.A.] | 90 | 38.8% | 87 | 41.6% | 93 | 42.5% | 84 | 41.8% |
Brother International Europe Ltd. [U.K.] | 7 | 15.2% | 7 | 14.9% | 8 | 20.5% | 9 | 21.4% |
Brother U.K. Ltd. [U.K.] | 14 | 33.3% | 18 | 39.1% | 14 | 35.0% | 16 | 43.2% |
Brother (China) Ltd. [China] | 8 | 25.8% | 8 | 25.0% | 8 | 25.8% | 9 | 27.3% |
Brother International GmbH [Germany] | 7 | 21.2% | 9 | 24.3% | 9 | 28.1% | 9 | 30.0% |
Brother France SAS [France] | 11 | 34.4% | 10 | 32.0% | 11 | 35.0% | 13 | 45.0% |
Brother Industries (Vietnam) Ltd. [Vietnam] | 45 | 35.4% | 48 | 39.3% | 53 | 38.7% | 52 | 37.4% |
Brother Industries Saigon, Ltd. [Vietnam] | 7 | 41.2% | 7 | 36.8% | 7 | 38.9% | 6 | 35.3% |
Brother Industries (Philippines), Inc. [Philippines] | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 4.9% | 4 | 11.8% | 6 | 15.0% |
Activities to Support the Success of Women
Implementing measures to promote the advancement of women as one of the challenges in diversity management
Brother Industries, Ltd. (BIL) has been proactively supporting women's careers by formulating the "Commitment to Promotion of the Success of Women" and the "Action Plan to Support the Success of Women," adopting telecommuting, and providing lectures by experts. BIL has also been posting the career profiles of its female managers on the intranet and been holding internal small-group discussion meetings called the "Career Community" to respond to a request from employees to share the careers of those who serve as in-house role models. The Career Community has covered various themes, including the balance between work and child-rearing for men, and served as a place for participants to exchange their opinions and develop a network of internal contacts.
BIL will remain committed to creating a pleasant working environment for all employees, regardless of gender, to realize the diversification of working practices in terms of diversity management and work-life balance.
Brother Industries, Ltd.'s General Employers Action Plan Based on the Act on Promotion of Women's Participation and Advancement in the Workplace [PDF/291KB]
Brother Industries, Ltd.'s Action Plan Based on the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children [PDF/310KB]
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Please see the following for detailed data regarding supporting the success of women, such as the percentage of female employees in BIL.
ESG Data-Social-Related Data (S)-Diversity/Supporting work-life balanceEvaluation by External Entities
In recognition of its efforts, BIL has been certified by Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, and the Aichi prefectural and the Nagoya city governments as an enterprise responding to diverse ways of working by promoting the success of women and providing support for child-rearing and so forth.
For details, please see the site for "Management with an Emphasis on Sustainability-Evaluation by External Entities- Evaluation Regarding the Promotion of the Success of Women, Support for Child-rearing, etc."
Promoting Employment and Support for Persons with Disabilities
At BIL, employees with disabilities are working actively in the occupations and workplaces that suit their aptitudes and abilities.
In Japan, companies beyond a certain scale are required by law to ensure a certain percentage of their total workforce is comprised of persons with disabilities. In FY2021, the employment rate of persons with disabilities at BIL was 2.29%, which underperformed the statutory employment rate. However, in FY2022, the employment rate was 2.35%; thus, meeting the statutory requirement. We will continue to hire persons with disabilities and undertake measures to support their activities in the workplace.
- Includes incoming seconded employees but not temporary employees or fixed-term employees
BIL is continuously committed to its policy of building a workplace environment where employees, with or without disabilities, can deepen mutual understanding, strengthen collaboration among them, and maximize their abilities based on "Trust and Respect" stipulated in the Codes of Practice of the Global Charter.
To respond to legal changes, such as the revision of the "Act for Promotion of Employment of Persons with Disabilities," BIL has been providing employees with e-learning programs that teach the outlines and concepts of laws and workshops by the Brother Group employees who serve as job coaches to facilitate specific actions. In addition, BIL selects work and life consultants for disabled people, who provide advice and other support for employees with disabilities, from among employees in respective factories, and provides those consultants with a continuing educational program by an external teacher. In such ways, BIL builds a system that enables the entire workplace to understand and support employees with disabilities.
Support for LGBT Members of Staff
As part of its diversity promotion efforts, BIL is working to deepen understanding of LGBT issues and create an environment in which employees can work as themselves.
In 2019, BIL implemented an e-learning program on LGBT issues for managers and general employees. BIL has also been working to promote employee understanding of LGBT issues by including LGBT topics in training programs on human rights and labor issues for new employees in FY2019 and for new managers in FY2020.
In addition, BIL is making various other efforts to respect diversity, such as giving consideration to health checkups, removing the gender field from the annual employee awareness survey, and changing uniforms for men to those for women and men.
Promote Employment of Senior Citizens (Reemployment System)
BIL has introduced a reemployment system that allows employees who wish to remain employed after the retirement age of 60 to continue working until the age of 65, providing them with a place where they can utilize the experience they have accumulated over the years and demonstrate their skills and know-how.
In FY2021, more than 80% of employees have requested to be rehired under the reemployment system, and BIL is rehiring all applicants.
In response to the diversification of work styles in recent years, BIL is also discussing the extension of the retirement age.
FY2017 | FY2018 | FY2019 | FY2020 | FY2021 | |
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Number of rehired staff | 38 | 98 | 79 | 88 | 121 |
Rehiring rate*1 | 82.6% | 86.7% | 83.2% | 88.0% | 90.3% |
- (Number of rehired staff / Number of retirees*2) x 100
- Number of retirees includes those who do not wish to be rehired