Improving Working Conditions, Promoting Employee Health and Strengthening Staffing
First written in FY2018. 12 of 18 entries say "Advanced", first in FY2019. Latest entry: 2026-08-12.
108 other companies' latest entry also says "Advanced".
- FY2026AdvancedAnnual report
「Based on this understanding, the Group is pursuing a talent strategy centered on securing, developing and retaining personnel. It is working to maintain appropriate staffing levels at stores, systematically develop store managers and management personnel, and improve employee retention and engagement.」
The company established a systematic talent strategy covering the securing, development and retention of personnel, and set out concrete policies for monitoring store staffing levels, the development of store managers and management personnel, retention and engagement. - 2026-05-08AdvancedEarnings
「We received certification under the 2026 Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization Recognition Program (large enterprise category) and the Yokohama Health Management Certification.」
The company reported obtaining certifications related to health and productivity management. - FY2026-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「In store operations, the company focused on recruiting and developing personnel and strengthening its operating structure through appropriate staffing based on store sales, among other initiatives to improve customers’ in-store experience. As a result, same-store sales at Ootoya Gohandokoro remained firm.」
The company recruited and developed personnel and assigned staff based on sales performance, working to improve its operating structure and the in-store customer experience. - FY2025AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of its efforts to promote “the growth of our colleagues and respect for diversity,” the company reviewed internal and external training programs and systems and worked to strengthen talent development so that women and foreign staff could play more active roles.」
The company reviewed training programs and systems to enable women and foreign staff to play more active roles. It also reported obtaining certification as a Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization 2025. - FY2025-H1AdvancedAnnual report
「As an initiative related to “the growth of our colleagues and respect for diversity,” one of its key sustainability issues, the company is working to develop talent so that women and foreign staff can play active roles through internal and external training. In addition, under Ootoya’s Health and Productivity Management Declaration, it has established a framework for promoting health and productivity management and is advancing related activities as appropriate.」
The company is making concrete progress in developing women and foreign staff through internal and external training and establishing a framework for promoting health and productivity management. - FY2024AdvancedAnnual report
「[Major initiatives related to talent development and the internal work environment] ① Training by organizational level ② E-learning training (promoting self-development by using spare time to watch training on smartphones) ③ Job-based personnel system (assigning the right people to the right positions based on their abilities and skills) ④ Flexible employee system (allowing employees to choose from diverse working arrangements, such as region-limited positions and shorter working hours, suited to their life stage, including childbirth, childcare, caregiving and senior years) ⑤ Career Challenge System (allowing employees to choose working arrangements suited to their abilities and skills through group-wide internal recruitment)」
The company established concrete systems for talent development and diverse working arrangements, including training by organizational level, e-learning, job-based personnel management, the Flexible Employee System and the Career Challenge System. - FY2024-Q3AdvancedAnnual report
「The company focused on recruiting and developing personnel, strengthening its operating structure through appropriate staffing based on store sales, refining its products, and revising its core menu, primarily to address rising raw-material prices. As a result, same-store sales at Ootoya Gohandokoro remained firm.」
The company concretely implemented recruitment and development initiatives and strengthened its operating structure through staffing based on store sales. - FY2023-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「The company is working to improve profitability by reducing procurement costs through collaboration with the Colowide Group and optimizing labor costs through tighter management of store working hours, among other measures.」
The company continues to optimize labor costs through tighter management of store working hours, together with reductions in procurement costs. - FY2022AdvancedAnnual report
「The company managed costs, including by optimizing working hours.」
The company states that it implemented cost management, including the optimization of store working hours, which contributed to improved earnings at its directly operated domestic business. - FY2022-Q1RestatedAnnual report
「Optimizing labor costs through tighter management of working hours at stores」
The company continues to optimize labor costs through tighter management of store working hours as a measure to improve profitability in the current fiscal year. - FY2021ReframedAnnual report
「Optimizing labor costs through tighter management of working hours at stores」
The measures to improve the working environment and strengthen staffing were described in this filing with the focus shifted to managing store working hours and optimizing labor costs. - FY2020AdvancedAnnual report
「The company continued implementing measures to support the physical and mental health of employees and received certification from the Japan Health Council as a “Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization (White 500)” for the second consecutive year.」
The company continued its employee health initiatives and received certification as a Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization (White 500) for the second consecutive year. - FY2019AdvancedAnnual report
「As part of its efforts to improve the working environment, the company launched the “Iki-Iki Project” internally and implemented measures to promote the physical and mental health of employees and their families. It was certified by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry and the Japan Health Council as a “Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization 2019—White 500.”」
The company launched the “Iki-Iki Project” as a measure to improve the working environment and maintain employee health, and received certification as a Certified Health and Productivity Management Organization 2019—White 500. - FY2019-Q3RestatedAnnual report
「The company has also worked to improve the working environment, strengthen staffing and open stores under new business formats.」
The company continues to pursue improvements in the working environment and a stronger staffing structure, together with the planned opening of new-format locations. - FY2019-Q2RestatedAnnual report
「Improving the working environment and strengthening staffing」
The company is working to improve the working environment and strengthen staffing as initiatives under the new medium-term management plan. - FY2018First statedAnnual report
「④ Promoting improvements in the working environment and maintaining employee health, and strengthening staffing」
The company identified, for the first time, integrated measures to strengthen the working environment, employee health and staffing as a standalone item in the new plan.