Aiming for a Well-Balanced Mix of Personal Life and Work
ADK is aiming to create workplaces that enable all employees, including those with childcare or caregiving needs, to live up to their full potential. Recognizing the realities of such familial duties, we provide support so that employees may honor their at-home responsibilities while performing their jobs without undue hardship, including original policies that go above and beyond rules mandated by law.
L Star certification as superior companies for womenʼs employment.
ADK group companies were certified as superior employers that meet the standards established in the Law for the Promotion of Womenʼs Rights. (L Star: L stands for Lady, Labour and Laudable)
(ADK Holdings, ADK Marketing Solutions, ADK Creative One, ADK Emotions)
Certified as a “Kurumin” Childcare Support Company under the Act on Advancement of Measures to Support Raising Next-Generation Children
ADK group companies were certified as a childcare support company after meeting certain standards regarding initiatives to support the balance between work and childcare, and following an evaluation of our efforts to support the upbringing of the next generation.
(ADK Holdings, ADK Marketing Solutions, ADK Creative One, ADK Emotions)
Creating an Environment Conducive to Childcare
To help employees manage childcare while maintaining a sense of well-being, ADK has introduced its own leave policies and systems that exceed legal requirements.
- Special Leave to Ensure Time for Prenatal Checkups [Compliant with Law].
- Maternity leave is paid [ADK’s unique system].
- Spousal Childbirth Leave (Special Leave) is granted for 7 days [ADK’s unique system].
- This leave can be taken during the period from the wife’s prenatal care through three months after birth to accompany her during hospital admissions and discharges related to childbirth, assist during delivery, or care for the newborn or older children. The acquisition rate in 2025 was 84%.
- Reduced working hours (6 hours and 15 minutes) are available until the child completes the third grade of elementary school [Under the law, a 6-hour workday generally applies until the child turns 3].
- Exemption from overtime work is available until the child completes the sixth grade of elementary school [Under the law, this applies until the child reaches school age].
- Leave for nursing or school events, etc.: Up to 5 days per year (10 days if there are two or more eligible children) is available for children (up to the end of the third grade of elementary school) [In accordance with the law].
- Introduction of the employee benefits service “Benefit Station”: Employees can access various services, including childcare-related subsidies.
- Establishment of an internal consultation desk: We have established the “Child-rearing Mom & Dad Support Site” within the ADK portal site.
- The male childcare leave acquisition rate in 2025 was 79%.
Creating an environment conducive to caregiving
Recognizing the challenges in balancing work and caregiving, ADK has instituted original policies and extended leave times that go beyond legal requirements.
- In addition to the 93 days of leave mandated by law, three more months caregiver leave can be taken.
- Employees are permitted up to five days(up to ten days for two or more family members needing care) of leave for caregiving and other support to family members requiring care. [Legally compliant]
- A welfare service Benefit Station was established where employees can obtain a variety of services including caregiving-related subsidies.