In order to engender innovation and create new value in a global and digital era, Hitachi is working on attracting, retaining, and developing diverse talent, and transforming its organization to drive sustainable business growth. With due attention paid to respecting the rights of employees, equality of opportunity, occupational health and safety, and employee well-being, we strive to build good relations between employees and the company, including promoting work environments that make employees feel proud and happy to work at Hitachi, and engage in active dialogue regarding employee treatment and career advancement.
In recognition of the “new normal” in light of the ongoing novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, not only are we promoting diverse working styles as a driver of telecommuting innovation, in order to improve productivity and allow employees to use their abilities to the utmost, we are also implementing job descriptions, performance management, and other systems to clarify the role of, expectations for, and output of each employee’s position, and accelerate the pivot to job-based human capital management.