The "Tokyo Life-Work Balance Certified Company" is a Tokyo Metropolitan Government system that recognizes small and medium-sized enterprises that are taking outstanding initiatives to achieve harmony between work and life.
Komiya Shoten was recognized for improving productivity by developing products from a female perspective and creating a workplace environment that is easy for both men and women to work in.
Komiya Shoten's Initiatives
① Efforts to promote women's participation in the workplace ・By appointing women to managerial positions, we have created a workplace where people can develop their careers regardless of gender or age ・In a company that was dominated by men, we have promoted product development from a female perspective, which has increased overall sales ・By strengthening our recruitment capabilities, we have created female craftsmen, and have since worked to pass on our skills by creating training tools
② Efforts to improve the work environment so that both men and women can continue to work. ・ Established internal study sessions to change awareness in the workplace and promote understanding of the importance of life-work balance among employees. ・ Revised work rules to enable employees to adapt to changes in lifestyle, creating role models. ・ Introduced a short-time work system, a four-day work week, and telework work regulations to consider family circumstances and pregnant employees, and to alleviate anxiety due to the spread of COVID-19. ・ Introduced a multiple-person system to increase the rate of paid leave taken, reduce overtime hours, and improve productivity.
Our company aims to continue to be a workplace where both men and women want to continue working forever, and we intend to continue to tackle various issues while promoting the succession of traditional techniques, improving our personnel system, and creating a good working environment.
