Women’s Skills Development

Support for Balancing Work and Parenting

We create environments that support a balance between work and parenting for employees who have children.
For example, we encourage female employees who are on childcare leave to take e-learning courses and external training for skill development. We also conduct interviews of such employees when they return to work to alleviate any concerns. These efforts as well as the telecommuting program, the flex-time system with no compulsory working hours, and other programs were highly evaluated, and in February 2019, NISSIN FOOD PRODUCTS received Platinum Kurumin certification* from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
In addition, we also promote the taking of childcare leave by male employees. In FY 3/2024, the percentage of male employees taking childcare leave was 64.6%.

• *The Platinum Kurumin certification is an accreditation system established along with the April, 2015 revision of the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children. This certification is awarded to Kurumin qualified companies that have carried out measures to meet the higher standards of accreditation that have been set by the ministry

Parenting Programs (Excluding Legally Mandated Programs)

Programs for Employees Raising Children ・Skills development assistance through e-learning and external training ・Assistance measures and pre-return interviews to support early return from childcare leave ・Emergency childcare cost assistance (assistance for childcare cost arising from overtime work, work on days off, taking care of children who recovered from illnesses, etc.) ・Assistance for babysitter fees ・Reduced working hours for childcare (for employees with children up to the third year of elementary school) ・Paternal leave (leave for male employees for the purpose of childcare) ・Use of lapsed annual paid leave for childcare ・Programs for acquiring financial knowledge (for employees before and after childbirth) ・Establishment of break rooms with functions of a lactation room Programs Available to All Employees (not limited to childcare) ・Flex-time system with no compulsory working hours and telecommuting program ・Half-day paid leave

Support for Balancing Work and Nursing Care

The NISSIN FOODS Group supports balancing work and nursing care by putting in place flexible working environments through the flex-time system with no compulsory working hours, telecommuting program, and use of lapsed annual paid leave for nursing care*.

• *A system that allows annual paid leave—which is valid for two years—to be used after expiry; up to 25 days of such leave can be accumulated

Supporting Active Roles for Older Employees

For employees in their early 50s, we implement measures for designing their future lives and developing their future careers. Specifically, besides annual life-planning seminars to create life and financial plans for their future, the upper age limit for the in-house recruitment was removed to allow employees to take on challenges in new careers regardless of age.

Continued Employment after Mandatory Retirement Age

The NISSIN FOODS Group has established a system that enables employees who have reached the retirement age of 60 to continue working until age 70 if they wish. As of March 31, 2024, the number of persons re-employed at Group companies in Japan was 103 persons*.

• *Employees of NISSIN FOOD PRODUCTS (including employees on temporary assignment to companies such as NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS, NISSIN CHILLED FOODS, and NISSIN FROZEN FOODS)

Employment for People with Disabilities

The NISSIN FOODS Group is working to increase employment of people with disabilities and create amenable working environments for them. As of March 31, 2024, the Group in Japan, including a special subsidiary*1, employs 73 people with disabilities. The disabled employee ratio*2 in FY 3/2024 was 2.14%.

• *1NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS, NISSIN FOOD PRODUCTS, NISSIN CHILLED FOODS, NISSIN FROZEN FOODS, MYOJO FOOD, and NISSIN BUSINESS SUPPORT PLUS
• *2Employees of NISSIN FOOD PRODUCTS (including employees on temporary assignment to companies such as NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS, NISSIN CHILLED FOODS, and NISSIN FROZEN FOODS, etc.) , MYOJO FOOD, and NISSIN BUSINESS SUPPORT PLUS

Supporting Active Roles for Mid-career Employees

The NISSIN FOODS Group actively recruits specialists from outside the company, and mid-career hires made up 78.1% of people recruited by NISSIN FOOD PRODUCTS* in FY 3/2024.
To deepen mid-career employees’ understanding of the company, we conduct training on the founder’s philosophy and disseminate online videos introducing the scope of operations of the major divisions. We also prepare to accept them at their assigned divisions—such as creating development plans and selecting people whom they can consult—so that they can apply their abilities as early as possible.

• *Employees of NISSIN FOOD PRODUCTS (including employees on temporary assignment to companies such as NISSIN FOODS HOLDINGS, NISSIN CHILLED FOODS, and NISSIN FROZEN FOODS)

Hiring of Global Human Resources

For further development of our global business, we actively recruit talented human resources regardless of their nationality. This is especially so at overseas Group companies, where local human resources are actively recruited so as to also contribute toward generating employment in the local community. Locally hired non-Japanese nationals were appointed as president of NISSIN FOODS INDIA in 2013, president of NISSIN FOODS (U.S.A.) in 2015, and president of NISSIN FOODS DE MEXICO in 2017.
As of March 31, 2024, NISSIN FOODS PRODUCTS had employed 34 foreign nationals.