Last Updated: 2010.03.05
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Our Basic Principle
FAST RETAILING strives to create comfortable workplaces and continuously enhance employee satisfaction. We respect each individual and foster both corporate and personal growth by establishing environments that cultivate personnel into becoming capable of performing innovative work from a global perspective.
Promoting the hiring of persons with disabilities
UNIQLO has been recruiting persons with disabilities since 2001 with the goal of hiring at least one person with disabilities at each store. It is only natural that store staff support an employee with a disability, which thereby promotes overall teamwork. The employment ratio of persons with disabilities currently stands at 8.04%, far exceeding the minimum legal requirement of 1.8%.
Looking ahead, we intend to resolutely achieve this rate at our Group companies by utilizing UNIQLO’s experience.
Supporting career development for women
FAST RETAILING has taken a number of steps to assist women in balancing work and private life and has created an environment that is conducive to ongoing personal and corporate growth. In December 2007, we revised our childcare and nursing care leave programs to enable employees to remain even longer with the company.
The Female Store Manager Project
The Career Development Team of the Human Resource Department takes the lead in supporting women in store management positions through the Female Store Manager Project, which focuses on longterm advancement that takes into account individual circumstances. FAST RETAILING also publishes a quarterly booklet, entitled “style,” that promotes company-wide awareness by showcasing female employees across the country, and it regularly holds Women’s Forums that men attend as well. Approximately 20% of UNIQLO stores have female store managers.
Career Development
We established the Women's Career Promotion Department in 2004 to serve women working at our head office. Among the department's many activities are training programs for male supervisors and career seminars for women. In 2007, the department was renamed the People Development Team. Now responsible for all aspects of diversity, this team is working even harder on specific measures to achieve its goals.
SS (Superstar) store manager; S (Star) store manager: Managers given greater responsibilities and authority than regular store managers and selected for their ability to set an example for every store and make an impact on the entire company.
Fostering the success of multinational staff
To cultivate a more global business, FAST RETAILING has a multinational staff, with individuals employed from over 13 countries including Japan, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Canada, Russia, China, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, Nepal, Vietnam and Mongolia.
In addition, to foster a more global working environment, we provide English translation of documents for all employees as well as English and Chinese language lessons for effective communication.
The Regional Regular Employee Hiring System brings opportunities
UNIQLO introduced its Regional Regular Employee Hiring System in 2007. Regional Regular Employees work within delimited geographical areas and are not subiject to company transfers associated with a standard type of full-time contract used in Japan. UNIQLO provides them with new opportunities to demonstrate their capability as key resources for creating stores that are embraced by local communities and as members of a team that support store managers. We belive the advantages of this system extend beyond the recruitment of outstanding human resources and the ability to stabilize management by offering long-term employment; it also begins to adress the public concern in Japan over employment opportunities by energizing the engagement of young people in the workforce.
