Lively leave systemAEON MALL is encouraging employees to value time spent with their family by introducing “Lively leave system” for employees to be able to take a maximum of 2-day leaves per year due to family care, childcare, anniversary, birthday, school or community event, homecoming and other purposes.AEON MALL has various systems in place to support the balance between childbirth, childcare and work, and is working to create a workplace environment where it is easy to use these systems. Here are some voices from male employees who have taken childcare leave.Voices from male employees who have taken childcare leaveEffective use in combination with other vacationsAs my third child was born in July 2019 when I was a member of the Shutoken Business Department, I took childcare leave to look after my two older children. Although I initially planned to take only 5 days o using regular holidays and annual long vacation, I combined those with childcare leave after considering the recommendation from Personnel Department.After the birth of the baby, I was strongly impressed by the kindness of our neighbors, the help of the grandparents, and the way our old-er kids were so happy and excited to have a younger brother. I learned many institutional benets that I did not know before, such as exemption from social insurance premiums if I take childcare leave at the end of month, so I would like to actively share such information with the ju-nior sta in the future. As an initiative for our company collectively, I hope that longer childcare leave for male employees will become the norm.Advance preparations are important at work and at homeWith the birth of my eldest daughter, I took childcare leave for 42 days from Novem-ber 2019. It was an important time for me to interact with my children and become closer to my wife. Before taking childcare leave, I had many discussions with my supervisor and colleagues about the or-ganization and work during my absence. In order to encourage the use of childcare leave in the future, I think it is important to not only exercise one's rights but also to consider the state of the company and gain the understanding from people around you during the leave period.Because I was approached by some members of the company telling me "Take it easy!”, I sometimes felt that they did not really comprehend what I was doing at home during my childcare leave. Even at home, my wife made me realize that it is important for us parents to talk about our roles during my childcare leave beforehand. I hope that male employ-ees taking childcare leave will become common corporate practice for this is an important period in which the bonds be-tween parents and children, husband and wife, and family members become stron-ger.Valuable experience with many new discoveriesAs my wife and I live away from our parents' homes, I took 14 days o including childcare leave when our second child was born. Our work-place atmosphere that emphasizes work-life balance has been a source of encouragement for my decision. At the start of my leave, I realized that my wife not only cares for our baby, but also has obligations that I usually do not notice, for example, arranging family celebrations and taking care of paperwork.During this period, I gained many ex-periences that will be useful for my future work, such as understanding the hardships of exible employees (part-timers) who work while being parents, as well as learning what families raising kids look for in a mall.I would like to create an atmosphere in each workplace to make it easier for more employees to use this sys-tem and ask our company to support this movement.SDGsSustainable Development GoalsShuntaro AzumaGeneral ManagerAEON MALL KahokuHiroyuki SuematsuManager, Finance Group, Finance Department, Finance & Accounting Management DepartmentToshiya Suzuki Operation ManagerAEON MALL Kobe MinamiAEON MALL CSR / ESG Report 202029
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