Creating a Comfortable Working Environment

Establishment of a Comfortable Working Environment

Establishment of an office environment

Upon office expansion, a collaboration space was added after taking employee opinions into consideration. The new space will promote ease of work and communication.

Employee questionnaires (once a year)

In cooperation with group companies of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings, we conduct two surveys every other year: the Employee Satisfaction Survey to improve employee engagement, and the Working Environment Survey to prevent harassment in the workplace and educate employees on harassment.

Introduction of high-performance laptop computers and in-house wireless LAN

Along with the introduction of a flextime system, replacing desktop computers with high-performance laptop computers and establishing an in-house wireless LAN has resulted in greater flexibility in terms of location and time, improved productivity, and paperless meetings.

Digitalization of decision-making processes

In conjunction with the adoption of remote work, we digitized decision-making processes for approval documents, decision papers, and directives, aiming to improve productivity and efficiency.

Work-life Balance

Introduction of flextime system

With the purpose of improving productivity, the flextime system (without core time) was introduced starting in August 2019, which gives employees the choice of when they will work, including daily start and end times, and enables them to work efficiently while balancing life and work. Combined with the flextime system, a work interval system was also introduced, which sets a certain interval of time between the time employees leave work until they can start again. In this way, we are also making considerations to prevent long work hours.

Enabling remote work

With the purpose of realizing smooth progress in business while considering the health of employees amid the spread of COVID-19, we allowed our employees to select remote work as an option. In addition to introducing secure remote-access services for safe access from outside the office, the target of web-conferencing system users was expanded to all employees of HHRAM. Currently, remote work has been effectively established, which shows that flexible work arrangements have been fully introduced to our employees.

Health management

By conducting regular health examinations and covering the costs of influenza vaccinations, we are engaged in maintaining and improving the health of our employees.

Welfare program

As part of creating a comfortable workplace where employees can work safely and securely, HHRAM provides all employees with the following systems, other than “maternity leave before and after childbirth,” “childcare leave,” “paternity leave,” “child medical care leave,” “family care leave,” “congratulation or condolence leave,” and other leaves:

• Cafeteria plan：Multiple-choice welfare service program
• Sukoyaka leave：Reserved annual paid leave
• Special sick leave：Employees who get sick or injured for a private reason may be granted up to five working days per year when they use up all their leave days specified in both annual paid leave and reserved annual paid leave.
• System to balance medical treatment and working life：Employees who receive medical treatment while working may be granted a flexible working style: shorter working hours, shorter working days, and remote work.
• Rehabilitation system for the return-to-work process：Mainly absentees due to mental health problems may be eligible for the system as a support to return to work sooner.
• Defined contribution (DC) pension plan：Revision of the retirement benefit plan from October 2025

Introduction of Investment Unit Accumulation Program and Employee Investment Unit Ownership Program

At HHRAM, with the aim of promoting the acquisition and ownership of HHR investment units by its employees and thereby enhancing unitholder value over the medium-to-long-term through the alignment of interests between HHR's unitholders and HHRAM’s employees, and also increasing benefits for employees, we have implemented the Investment Unit Accumulation Program since July 2012 and the Employee Investment Unit Ownership Program from July 2025. Through the Employee Investment Unit Ownership Program, incentives are provided for unit purchases, supporting employees' asset building and enhancing their welfare.