Sustainability

Safety and Health

Health Management

The NGK Group strives to promote employees' health through the NGK Group Health Declaration established in April 2018: ”Developing dynamic, people-friendly work environments and a health-conscious corporate culture.”

Health Declaration of the NGK Group

At NGK, we consider employee health and safety to be of fundamental importance to the company's operation and are, therefore, proactive about developing dynamic, people-friendly work environments and a health-conscious corporate culture, which contribute to better health for each and every employee.

Provide a workspace that is both people-friendly and work-friendly
Cultivate a health-conscious corporate culture for executives, employees, and their families
Promote early detection and early intervention for health concerns
Offer support for mental health and wellbeing

NGK Insulators, Ltd.
President

Signature of Shigaru Kobayashi, President, NGK Insulators, Ltd.

Reducing Long Work Hours

In July 2016, we lowered the maximum amount of overtime work to 70 hours per month (with an upper limit of 300 hours per half-year). To this end, employees are, as a rule, not allowed to work for more than seven days straight and are not allowed to do overtime on their twice-a-week refresh days. If either of these are necessary, they must get permission from their bosses beforehand. To prevent employees from working excessively long hours, there must be an interval period of at least 10 hours between shifts of late night work.

Overtime Work Hour Trends

Item	Scope	Category	FY2015	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019
Hours worked/ overtime work (Annual fixed working hours: 1,919 hours)	NGK general employees	Annual actual working hours	2,087	2,069	2,072	2,081	2,059
	NGK general employees	Average overtime work per month	24.9	23.7	24.3	25.2	23.7
	NGK including key personnel (managers)	Annual actual working hours	2,079	2,067	2,089	2,087	2,056
	NGK including key personnel (managers)	Average overtime work per month	23.7	22.9	23.4	25.2	23.6
	NGK production divisions	Annual actual working hours	2,140	2,102	2,129	2,129	2,067
	NGK production divisions	Average overtime work per month	26.7	24.7	25.7	27.3	24.4
	NGK non-production divisions	Annual actual working hours	2,053	2,051	2,077	2,050	2,052
	NGK non-production divisions	Average overtime work per month	22.4	22.3	22.4	24.0	23.2

Following Up on Employees Working Long Hours

NGK provides employees working long hours, including non-regular and part-time employees, with ongoing opportunities to meet with industrial physicians for health consultations and exams. The results are reported at monthly Safety and Health Committee meetings at each worksite to thoroughly promote the reduction of overtime work.
In fiscal 2019, because certain managers were often putting in long hours, Business Groups ordered this to be reduced.

Consultations by Employees Working Long Hours

Item	Scope	Category	FY2015	FY2016	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019
Number of employees having consultations	NGK	All	226	108	85	243	78

Note: Numbers of people shown are cumulative totals.