Policy for empowerment of women

1. Policy for empowerment of women Deputy Secretary：Chizuru Takata

2. 1.Introduction of Sompo Japan (1.April,2009) Total employees:17,060 (female employees: 8,103 47.5%) 2. Introduction of Sompo Japan Union <1> Full time: 10(1 female) part time: 11(1 female) <2> Standing Committee members:542(196 female 36.2%)

3. 3.Tasks and reasons • <1> Tasks • Female unionists participate to union activities, • but they are not committed. • (A lack of expectation from female employees) • <2> Reasons • There is no female executive committee members. • There is no good environment for participation of women in the level of union groups. • There is a lack of consciousness for union activities on the side of female employees.

4. 4. Policy of trade union towards women • Phase 1 (so far) • <1> More female full-timers and part-timers • <2> Creating environment of promoting women participation • (1) More female standing committee members

5. (2) Giving a chance to meet unionactivities Union CAFÉ Nation-wide campaign for “Let’s write what you want to be after three years!” 　★Opening places 　・20 places nation-wide 　・154 female standing committee members, who are involved in operations (Shift from participants to organizers) 　・Participating female employees are 460. (3) Creating consciousness of union activists Setting up women committee, President and Vice President of women committee

7. Phase 2 (currently) What the union wants to become “Union participation regardless men and women” ・The role of male standing committee members so far should be carried out by female committee members as a matter of course. ・Expansion of the tasks of women committee 　→Change of the union into an organization, which women unionists are committed. 　→Diversity and inclusion

8. 5. Labor-management collaboration ・Work/Life Balance ・Promoting female activities in a long-run 〈1〉Setting up a system for the women 　・Maternity leave 　・Child care leave 　・Short-time work for nursery 　・Family-care leave 　・Transfer of career 　・A system for a half-day vacation etc. 〈2〉Setting up environment of easy access to the system 　・Users are increasing. Because the system is Improved based on labor-management consultations.

9. 6．Future tasks ・Continuous approach of the union is necessary in order to participate to union activities regardless sex and to revitalize women committee. ・The union have to organize activities, i.e. not only women, but also all union members feel close to the union and feel the meaning of the union.

10. 7.Promoting women participation(Summary) ・Policy for promoting women It is important for the union that it continuously communicates with the management and promote women by labor and management. ・It is important for the union that it should correctlygrasp the voice of workshop and bring them the table of labor –management consultations. ・The trade union head office and trade union groups should act collectively. Presidents and Secretary of union groups share the concerns with head office officers. The activity should be carried out by trade union groups.