The group is expanding its presence in various regions and so employs people of a range of nationalities. Benesse Corporation mainly recruits and trains personnel in East Asia to meet the needs of its growing educational services business, while Berlitz Corporation recruits and trains in over 70 countries (including franchise operations).
倍楽生商貿(中国)有限公司 広州倍楽生商貿有限公司 倍楽生教具技術諮訊(深セン)有限公司 |
2,138 |
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Benesse Hong Kong Co., Ltd. | 5 |
PT Benesse Indonesia | 70 |
Berlitz Corporation | 4,607 |
BENESSE GCA PTY LTD | 2 |
Consumer-oriented perspectives are crucial to the Benesse Group's businesses, such as the education and childcare business and senior/nursing care business. Thus, all human resources, regardless of their gender, are required to make the most of their individual strengths to perform high-value-added work.
At Benesse Style Care Co., Ltd., female workers represent 74% of all employees. Many of these women are working as heads of nursing homes and childcare facilities. The company believes that helping staff to enhance their capabilities and encouraging them to remain active in their various job roles and working assignments, contributes to customer's peace of mind and helps to improve the services they receive. For this reason, Benesse Style Care has bolstered its childcare support, which includes a childcare allowance to support full-time regular employees who have children in childcare centers, a reduction in work hours to help look after children until they reach the 3rd grade in elementary school, and efforts to improve the management abilities of those in administrative positions.
Benesse Corporation has a history of more than 25 years working to promote the active roles for women in the workplace. Through various changes over the years, the company has developed systems to support these efforts together with employees. Benesse Corporation seeks to put the main emphasis on career support based on a well-managed professional and personal life, with initiatives going beyond merely helping employees to balance their work and childcare or nursing care duties. The company also aims to rigorously implement work-life management initiatives as a personnel measure not just for women, but for all employees.
In April 2016, Benesse Corporation achieved the third rank (highest rank) in the designation system of the Act for Promoting Active Participation of Women in the Workforce . Companies receiving the third rank must meet the standards set by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare for the five aspects of 1) recruitment, 2) work continuity, 3) working style including work hours, 4) ratio of women in management, and 5) diversity of career paths.
Benesse is determined to promote its initiatives in this area even further going forward.
(Reference) Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare database website for companies promoting active participation of women (in Japanese)
2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |||||
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Number of employees taking leave | Number of returnees | Number of employees taking leave | Number of returnees | Number of employees taking leave | Number of returnees | Number of employees taking leave | Number of returnees | Number of employees taking leave | |
Benesse Style Care Co., Ltd. (Regular employees, contract employees, semi-full time staff) |
156 | 129 | 166 | 126 | 215 | 177 | 204 | 192 | 267 |
Benesse Corporation (Regular employees, contract employees, specified job employees) |
94 | 82 | 94 | 82 | 89 | 87 | 67 | 72 | 56 |
The Benesse Group is working to create exciting, fulfilling workplaces where people of all abilities and disabilities can work together and make the most of their individual abilities and aptitudes. It is therefore an active employer of people with disabilities and maintains a high level of compliance with statutory employment rates. The Benesse Group as a whole aims to create an environment in which diverse individuals are accepted and employment of people with disabilities is completely normal.
Division | Role | Responsibilities |
Benesse Holdings Human Resource Department | Responsibility for employment of people with disabilities in the group |
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Benesse Business Mate (hosts the Disabled Employment Promotion Office) |
Secretariat for employment of people with disabilities by group companies, employment and retainment support |
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Group companies | Employment of people with disabilities at the level of individual companies |
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Benesse Business Mate was established as a special-purpose subsidiary in 2005 to promote employment of people with disabilities by Benesse Corporation, Benesse Style Care, and other group companies.
It was joined in 2016 by Benesse Socius, which was established as a Type A ongoing employment support business, creating further employment within the group.
Benesse Business Mate was certified as a "disability-friendly employer" on March 29, 2018.
This certification scheme is run by the Japan Association of Employers of Persons with Severe Disabilities (Zenjukyo) on behalf of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare.
Last updated : 2020/06/10