Higher labor costs due to expanded social insurance coverage and improved employee compensation
First written in FY2017-Q1. 13 of 20 entries say "Worsened", first in FY2018-Q1. Latest entry: 2026-09-11.
Care Twentyone moved to the "Worse" side of this theme in 2023, the same year as the typical company in this theme.
The whole theme swung hardest in 2025: 8 of 15 companies on the "Worse" side.
10 other companies' latest entry also says "Worsened".
- 2026-09-11WorsenedEarnings
「Furthermore, against the backdrop of rising prices, particularly for food and energy, and increasing labor costs, the Group is expected to achieve both higher productivity and service quality through measures such as the use of digital technology and the strengthening of its education and training structure.」
Reconfirms that rising food and energy prices and higher labor costs remain drivers of cost pressures, creating a need to achieve both productivity improvement and service quality. - FY2026-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, against a backdrop of rising prices, particularly for food and energy, and higher personnel expenses, improvements in productivity while maintaining service quality are required through the use of ICT and DX and the strengthening of education and training systems.」
In addition to higher food and energy prices, increased personnel expenses are cited as a factor behind the cost burden, creating a need to improve productivity while maintaining service quality. - FY2025WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, cost increases such as recruitment and training costs required to secure personnel, as well as elevated utility costs, have continued, and the operating burden on the cost side remains substantial.」
Recruitment and training costs associated with securing personnel, together with elevated utility costs, have continued, and the company continues to describe the cost burden as substantial. - FY2025-H1WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, cost increases such as recruitment and training costs required to secure personnel, as well as elevated utility costs, have continued, and the operating burden on the cost side remains substantial.」
Recruitment and training costs associated with securing personnel, together with elevated utility costs, have continued, and the company explains that the cost burden remains substantial. - FY2024WorsenedAnnual report
「The increase in costs for consumables required to maintain the service delivery structure and to secure personnel, as well as elevated utility costs, has continued.」
The burden of personnel recruitment costs, consumables expenses and utility costs has continued, and these are cited as factors driving cost increases above the increase in sales. - FY2024-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Regarding operating performance, the slowdown in move-ins and the reluctance to use services, particularly in facility-based nursing care, have bottomed out. However, the increase in costs for consumables required to maintain the service delivery structure and to secure personnel, as well as elevated utility costs, has continued.」
While the pace of move-ins and reluctance to use services appear to have bottomed out, increases in the costs of consumables and securing personnel needed to maintain the services, together with elevated utility costs, have continued. - FY2024-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「The increase in costs for consumables required to maintain the service delivery structure and to secure personnel, as well as elevated utility costs, has continued.」
Increases in the costs of consumables and securing personnel required to maintain the service delivery structure, together with elevated utility costs, have continued, resulting in an ongoing cost burden including personnel expenses. - FY2023-Q3WorsenedAnnual report
「The increase in costs for consumables required to maintain the service delivery structure and to secure personnel, as well as elevated utility costs, has continued.」
Increases in the costs of consumables and securing personnel needed to maintain the services, together with elevated utility costs, have continued to weigh on performance. - FY2023-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Meanwhile, costs required to maintain the service delivery structure and costs associated with securing personnel have continued to increase. In particular, utility costs have risen beyond the range assumed in the initial plan.」
Costs of maintaining the service delivery structure and securing personnel have continued to increase, while utility costs have also risen beyond the range assumed in the plan. - FY2023-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「The costs of consumables required to maintain the service delivery structure and of securing personnel have continued to increase. In addition, utility costs have risen beyond the range assumed when the plan was formulated, and overall cost increases have exceeded the increase in net sales.」
Costs of securing personnel needed to maintain the services have continued to increase, while utility costs have also risen beyond the plan assumptions, adding to cost pressures on top of the existing personnel cost burden. - FY2022WorsenedAnnual report
「In addition to increased spending on infection prevention and control, the cost of securing personnel needed to maintain the service delivery structure increased substantially.」
The cost of securing personnel to control infections and maintain services increased substantially, adding to the labor-cost burden previously associated with opening new offices. - FY2021RestatedAnnual report
「Labor costs increased as the number of employees in this business rose in connection with the active opening of home-visit nursing care offices.」
The company continues to identify increases in headcount and labor costs accompanying the expansion of its offices as cost burdens in operating the business. - FY2018RestatedAnnual report
「The burden of labor costs in this business increased because the company returned more to employees than the amount received under the treatment improvement allowance and accrued for special bonuses, in addition to higher costs resulting from an increase in the employees' pension insurance premium rate.」
The company continues to identify returns exceeding the treatment improvement allowance, special bonuses, and the increase in the employees' pension insurance premium rate as factors behind the higher labor-cost burden. - FY2018-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「Although revenue increased following an increase in the nursing care staff treatment improvement allowance from April 2017, the burden of labor costs in this business increased because the company returned more to employees than the amount received under the allowance and accrued for special bonuses, in addition to higher costs resulting from an increase in the employees' pension insurance premium rate.」
The company continues to identify returns exceeding the amount received under the treatment improvement allowance, provisions for special bonuses, and higher costs resulting from the increase in the employees' pension insurance premium rate as factors behind the higher labor-cost burden. - FY2018-Q2WorsenedAnnual report
「Although revenue increased following an increase in the nursing care staff treatment improvement allowance from April 2017, the burden of labor costs in this business increased because the company returned more to employees than the amount received under the allowance and accrued for special bonuses, in addition to higher costs resulting from an increase in the employees' pension insurance premium rate.」
In addition to returns exceeding the amount received under the treatment improvement allowance, the company cites provisions for special bonuses and higher costs resulting from the increase in the employees' pension insurance premium rate as additional factors behind the higher labor-cost burden. - FY2018-Q1WorsenedAnnual report
「Although revenue increased following an increase in the nursing care staff treatment improvement allowance from April 2017, the burden of labor costs in this business increased because the company returned more to employees than the amount received under the allowance, in addition to higher costs resulting from an increase in the employees' pension insurance premium rate.」
The burden of labor costs in the home-care services business increased due to returns exceeding the amount received under the treatment improvement allowance and higher costs resulting from the increase in the employees' pension insurance premium rate. - FY2017RestatedAnnual report
「The burden of labor costs in this business increased because the scope of social insurance coverage was expanded in October 2016, in addition to the implementation of measures to improve compensation for part-time helpers.」
The company continues to report higher labor costs resulting from expanded social insurance coverage and measures to improve compensation for part-time helpers as a factor in its annual results. - FY2017-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, the burden of labor costs in this business increased because the scope of social insurance coverage was expanded in October 2016, in addition to the implementation of measures to improve compensation for part-time helpers.」
The company continues to identify higher labor costs resulting from expanded social insurance coverage and measures to improve compensation for part-time helpers as a cost burden in its home-care services business. - FY2017-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「In addition, the burden of labor costs in this business increased because the scope of social insurance coverage was expanded in October 2016, in addition to the implementation of measures to improve compensation for part-time helpers.」
The company continues to identify higher labor costs resulting from expanded social insurance coverage and measures to improve compensation for part-time helpers as a cost burden in its home-care services business. - FY2017-Q1First statedAnnual report
「In addition to the expansion of social-insurance coverage from October 2016, labor costs in this business increased because we implemented measures to improve treatment, mainly for part-time home helpers.」
Attributes the increase in labor costs in home-based care to expanded social-insurance coverage and employee-treatment measures for part-time home helpers.