Health management

Advics' slogan is "The brake manufacturer that pleases customers the most in the world."
for that purpose,From young to elderlyEach employee is healthy both physically and mentally untilMaximize your performanceIt is important to do so.
We regard maintaining and promoting the health of our employees as one of our most important management priorities, and we are making strategic investments in a variety of health measures, creating a good working environment, and fostering a good corporate culture.LastKPITowards the achievement ofPDCAcycleWe strive to practice health management with this in mind.

With a view to raising the employment age for the elderly in the future, we aim to lower the "health age" of our employees by five years by 2030.
The indicators necessary to achieve this are absenteeism, presenteeism, and work engagement.
We also regularly monitor the following indicators related to the progress of health investment measures, which affect these indicators, and use this information to consider improvements to each measure.

• "Health age" is the difference between your actual age and the age that your health checkup results show.

• Health age is the average difference between actual age and health age calculated based on health checkup results.
  We utilize the data from the health scoring report provided by the health insurance association each year.
  (The target for the health age target ▲5 years is employees aged 30 or over)
• Work engagement was calculated from the responses to the questions in the stress check, such as "When I'm working, I feel full of energy" and "I feel proud of my work."
  (Number of people measured in 2023: 5342 people, response rate: 99.2%)
• Absenteeism is calculated as the rate of employees who are absent from work for 30 days or more after the start of the fiscal year due to illness, excluding paid leave.
  (Number of people measured in 2023: 5817 people, response rate: 100%)
• Presenteeism is calculated using the SPQ (University of Tokyo single item version), and is the percentage of employees who feel that they have been able to perform at 1% or more in the past month, assuming that performance when healthy is 100%.
  Presenteeism target: 2030% by 70
  (Number of people measured in 2023: 5342 people, response rate: 99.2%)
• 2030 target
  • BMI 25 or above: 20%
  • Smoking rate: 20%
  • Rate of new employees taking leave due to mental health issues: 0.8%
  • Exercise habit rate: 50%　　　　　

Our team of professionals, including industrial physicians and public health nurses, considers and implements health promotion measures.
Group companies also share activities through the Aisin Group Health Committee and work together as a group to advance health measures.
In addition, each site holds a monthly safety and health committee consisting of the head safety and health manager, industrial physician, health manager, and representatives from each workplace to report on the implementation of health promotion measures, safety and health management, occurrence of workplace accidents, long working hours, etc., and is working to prevent workplace accidents and to develop and improve the workplace environment.

Advics' health management initiatives have been highly evaluated, and we have been certified as an "Excellent Health and Productivity Management Corporation" by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.

In order to promote the active participation of female employees, we are conducting "Women's Health Education" for both managers and female employees as an initiative to address health issues specific to women. In addition, from 2022, we will introduce a Femtech program to help resolve health issues specific to women, such as menstruation, childbirth, infertility, and menopause, and to support women in balancing work and life events. We also provide financial assistance for gynecological checkups and conduct awareness-raising activities to increase the rate of checkups.

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Every year in October, we hold events aimed at promoting health during Occupational Health Week. With the aim of fostering health awareness among employees, we hold events such as bone density and vascular age measurements, as well as lectures on sleep.

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We publish a regular health newspaper to help employees access health information and work to improve their health. We incorporate seasonal topics to make the newspaper enjoyable to read, and we also post it on the Advics Group's internal newsletter website so that more people can view it.

We have created a "health portal site" on our internal website that specializes in health-related content and allows employees to access it at any time. The portal site publishes and posts health news such as schedules for health measures implemented within the company, exercise and dietary methods, and news on diseases such as seasonal infectious diseases and heat stroke. In addition, the site also posts manuals and company regulations related to mental and physical health, such as "return to work flow charts" and "health management support for working from home," and can be checked whenever necessary.

In order to foster health awareness among employees and change their behavior, we work with the health insurance association to hold online health seminars such as "relaxing yoga" and "boxing exercise" throughout the year.

We hold walking competitions twice a year with the goal of "establishing exercise habits." We also hold events where individuals and teams compete to see who can walk the most in a month, and "walking festivals" on holidays at health theme parks in the prefecture.
The 2023 event will see 336 people and 20 teams take part, with 66% of participants seeing results, including a loss of weight or waist size.

We are working to reduce the risk of health problems caused by smoking and to promote activities to prevent passive smoking, with the goal of achieving a smoking rate of 2025% by fiscal 24.2, and have implemented a total smoking ban on all premises since fiscal 2024. We also provide support for those who wish to quit smoking, including smoking cessation support provided by public health nurses, smoking cessation programs in conjunction with the health insurance association, and partial subsidies for outpatient smoking cessation costs.

In order to promote early detection and treatment of illness, we make employees aware of the importance of regular health checkups and strive to encourage them to undergo them. As follow-up measures after health checkups, we provide interview guidance by industrial physicians, safety considerations through work restrictions, and follow-up detailed examinations, while also calling for the importance of self-management and working to support the prevention of symptoms becoming severe.
We have also introduced cancer screening by blood tests as a free option for regular health checkups, and are working to reduce the health risk of cancer through early detection. Colon cancer screening, stomach cancer screening (pepsinogen and Helicobacter pylori antibody testing), prostate cancer screening (PSA testing), and eye fundus examinations are available free of charge to those who request them. We also work with health insurance associations to subsidize the costs of comprehensive medical checkups, brain checkups, and gynecological checkups, and to raise awareness of the need to receive these checkups.

• FY23 optional testing investment: 2,902,500 yen (excluding tax)/year 　　

We have established a system whereby employees who fall under the guidelines set out by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare can receive specific health guidance from in-house specialist staff during working hours as a preventive measure against lifestyle-related diseases.

In order to foster a positive workplace culture, participants not only discuss identifying issues and formulating countermeasures, but also create and implement a "Declaration of Action" for each participant.

In order to create an environment where women can work comfortably, we provide an opportunity for information sharing (Women's Exchange Salon) where you can ask senior employees and other female employees about any concerns you may have about child-rearing.

To ensure that employees who have taken leave can return to work smoothly and reliably, we have established a system in which industrial physicians, public health nurses, dedicated staff, and workplace superiors work together to support their return to work.

We have set up consultation desks at all bases staffed by in-house specialists, such as industrial physicians and public health nurses, to enable employees to seek advice.
We also provide support from psychiatrists and external clinical psychologists.

We have set up a telephone consultation service where employees can receive health advice 24 hours a day.
The service can also be used by employees' families. It can be used casually when it is difficult to consult with the company's consultation desk or the workplace during work hours, and can provide advice on a wide range of topics, including poor physical condition for employees and their families, mental health concerns, nursing care and childcare consultations, and referrals to nearby medical institutions.
We also provide face-to-face consultations with qualified professionals.

• EAP investment amount for fiscal year 2023: 2,025,000 yen (excluding tax)/year