Policy

The Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Group will eliminate all discriminatory actions based on nationality, race, religion, beliefs, gender, age, sexual orientation and/or disability and will strive to maintain equal opportunity and treatment in hiring and employment. We accept each other in the difference in a variety of attributes and bring about innovation by showing individual ability to the maximum and continue to create value through our business activities.

Management Structure

The Group has established the Sustainability Committee headed by the President & CEO, and to address the issues of diversity with regard to employees and work styles, the Diversity Council, established as a subcommittee, leads relevant management activities across the entire Group.

Tokyu Livable, Inc. has established the Diversity Promotion Section in an effort to create a workplace environment where women, seniors,

Practice and Implementation

Promoting diversity and creating dynamic workplaces

Tokyu Livable, Inc. has established the Diversity Promotion Section in an effort to create a workplace environment where women, seniors, foreign nationals and people with disabilities can be more actively involved. The company has introduced a mentor program for female real estate agents and provides training in an effort to increase the number of female managers. In 2015, Tokyu Livable, Inc. became the first major real estate sales company to receive the Tokyo Labor Bureau Director-General’s Award of Excellence in the category of equal opportunity promotion at the Equal Opportunity and Work-Life Balance Promotion Awards organized by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.

The company also has a Career Expert Re-employment System in place that enables the continued employment of employees that fulfill certain internal standards until age 70 if they wish to remain employed. In addition to promoting the proactive use of female employees, the Group will actively work towards creating a workplace that can take advantage of the abundant experience and personal connections of senior employees that are expected to increase in the future so that they can be effectively used in the organization.

[ Promotion of women's participation and advancement ]

Diversity promotion and enhancement　

Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Group organizes biannual Diversity Conference where representatives from group companies come together to promote group-wide diversity. The conference set KPI targets and monitor progress on percentage of female employees and women in managerial positions as well as employment of persons with disabilities. It also serves as a place to share innovative measures within and outside the group to improve group-wide diversity.

Promoting women’s participation

With an aim to promote women’s participation, Tokyu Fudosan holdings Group supports group-wide networking group where group employees, mostly women, meet up for “Positive Networking College” to discuss relevant issues. The program is open to everyone including male employees.

Positive networking college session

【Work style reform】

Employee satisfaction survey

Tokyu Land Corporation continues to conduct employee satisfaction surveys. We aim to create a more organized organization and workplace by visualizing the involvement situation of employees and improving organizational capabilities.

Achieving Work-life balance

Our group offer diverse working arrangements to achieve better efficiency and productivity as well as employees’ work-life balance. Thanks to advanced IT, Tokyu Fudosan, Tokyu Community,Tokyu Livable and Tokyu Housing Lease have introduced telework scheme to accommodate more flexible work style. Many employees have already been taking advantage of the arrangement, which have proven to lead to more efficient use of time, improving productivities and employee satisfaction.

[ Support for balancing work, childcare and eldercare ]

Support for childcare and eldercare

Each company in Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Group has been taking measures suitable to its business environment, to achieve a workplace where employees can balance their work and various life events or personal commitments including childcare and eldercare, and continue in their career.

＜Examples of Group companies’ and measures and programs＞

• Tokyu Hands believes employees are their greatest asset, and none of them should have to leave the company for childcare, eldercare or other personal commitments. That is why they have launched “Now and Future Support Team” to support all employees in both professional and personal life. Tokyu Hands’ employees at their career milestones have opportunities to visualize and plan their future career and personal life through workshops. The company also offers seminars for better understanding of balancing work and eldercare.

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• In addition to reemployment program for those who leave work for childcare, Tokyu Community has “Pro Career Path” program for former employees who are qualified and willing. Employees leaving the company can sign up for the program if they meet certain criteria, and when ready to come back to work, they are eligible to take reemployment test in which they are given priority over others.

Seminar on diversity

As part of our diversity initiative, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings held an executive seminar in October 2015 with Work-Life Balance Co. President Ms. Toshie Komuro as a speaker. Participants learned how to manage increasingly diverse workforce and workstyles and importance of executive commitment , and also engaged in a lively discussion.

[ Role of elderly and workers with disabilities ]

Employment for people with disabilities

Tokyu Livable offers employment opportunities for those with disabilities, where everyone finds right work for his/her skills and competencies and becomes a valuable member of the company. Many physically or mentally challenged employees, or “satellite staff” have been teleworking, drawing plans and guide maps on PC, while mentally disabled employees or “challenge staff” have been working as a team at the head office and each division, taking on wide range of back office tasks including handling interoffice mails and issuing certificates.

Employment for older workers

Tokyu Livable’s “Career expert re-employment” program ensures extended employment up to 70 years of age for older workers who are willing and meet the company standards. Tokyu Community’s retirement extension program, just introduced in October 2017, extends  retirement age to 65 years old from current 60 for their technical staff. Both schemes are intended for growing number of older workers to take active roles in the workplace, as well as for the companies to tap on senior workers’ valuable experience and connections.

LGBT Employees Forum

As gender identity and sexual orientation have gained recognition as part of human rights in today’s society, Tokyu Fudosan Holdings Group hosted in July 2016, a forum on LGBT workers, inviting two speakers from NPO Nijiiro (rainbow) Diversity, Ms. Maki Muraki, a representative director and its staff member, Mr. Yuji Kato. 85 employees from 6 companies across the group participated in the event to raise awareness and deepen understanding of LGBT issues in Japan.

[ Awards & Rankings ]

L-boshi certified^* with highest ratings

Tokyu Community develop support programs to balance work and childcare/eldercare to ensure women’s continuing career. This project was highly evaluated for achieving more employment opportunities and continuous career for women, and led to the highest ratings in L-boshi certificate awarded by Health, Labor and Welfare Minister as a company with excellent program implementation for advancement of women in workplace.

*L-boshi(star) certification is given to companies that meet criteria set forth based on the Act on Promotion of Women’s Participation and Advancement in the Workplace.

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Ranked as a “Great Place to Work”

Tokyu Livable ranked 25^th in 2020 Great Place to Work in Japan. Based on feedbacks from employees around the world, Great Place to Work^®, one of the world’s largest survey institutes, shares 60 country specific ranking lists, and listed companies are recognized worldwide for their excellence.

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