Benefits and DE&I

Happy Friday (substitute public holidays)

When a public holiday falls on a Saturday, employees will be granted special leave on the preceding workday.

Accumulated Paid Leave

Under this system, you can save up to 30 days' worth of any expired annual paid leave that you have not yet used. Feel free to use it when you are injured or ill, needing to take care of your child or nurse a family member, when attending a school event, or for any other reason.

Sabbatical Leave

Use this as an opportunity to take time off and think about your career, experience, working style and personal growth. Sabbatical leave can be taken for 2–3 months and is available to permanent employees who have worked here for at least ten years.

Special Paid Leave

Various types of special paid leave are available, including for celebratory and condolence occasions, maternity, childcare, nursing care, and legally defined infectious diseases.

Subsidy for Health Checkups

We pay the full cost of medical checkups required by law for employees as well as several other examinations. The company will also foot the cost if you need a follow-up visit (up to JPY 20,000/year).

Special Paid Leave for Infectious Diseases

Should you fall ill with one of the infectious diseases listed by the company (e.g. influenza, COVID-19), you can use special paid leave for a certain number of days.

Support for Balancing Treatment and Work

We support employees who require ongoing treatment, such as for cancer, to balance treatment and work with peace of mind. Various forms of support are available, including consultation services with occupational physicians and health staff, e-learning programs for all employees, and a guidebook on balancing treatment and work.

Optional Defined Contribution (DC) Pension Plan

Under this plan, you can contribute/invest part of your bonus alongside the contribution paid by company. The amount of pension you get from this in future depends on how your investment performs.
As the role of defined contribution pensions grows in an aging society with fewer children, this plan is in place to support employees in enjoying a fulfilling retirement.

- Available only for permanent employees.

Employee Savings Program

Decide an amount you want taken out of your bonus or monthly salary and we will deposit it at a supporting financial institution. Build up your savings through regular contributions, and the company will also add an incentive. Choose from three types of savings programs: general, property, and pension.

- Available only for permanent employees.

Cumulative Stock Investment Program

Another of our employee benefits, this program can help you with your long-term asset building goals. You can decide on a set amount of money to use each month from your salary and make ongoing purchases and investments in LY Corporation stocks. The company also offers an incentive.

- Available only for permanent employees.

Group Long-Term Disability (GLTD)

If an illness or injury prevents you from returning to work even after your exemption period ends, you can continue receiving 60% of your standard monthly salary under GLTD up until the month you turn 60. As health insurance societies will provide two-thirds of your pay for only up to 18 months when you miss work or take a leave of absence, GLTD can continue supporting you even after these insurance payments end.

- Available only for permanent employees.

Comprehensive Welfare Group Term Insurance (A Livelihood Security Program for Surviving Families)

We are enrolled in the SoftBank Group's group term insurance system to stand ready if something unexpected happens to an employee. LY Corporation pays the full premium and will give the insurance payout (a total of JPY 10M) to the bereaved family if the worst should happen. We will also provide additional financial support for your children (JPY 5M for each child of elementary school age or younger, and JPY 2.5M for middle school and high school-aged).

- Available only for permanent employees.

Work-Life Support for Childcare and Nursing Care

This working arrangement offers more choice to employees with childcare and nursing responsibilities, allowing them to work worry-free while caring for their family at the same time. You can choose from either shortened (five hours of work a day) or staggered working hours (a flexible window of 1.5 hours each day). If you have children, you can use this system up until they finish middle school. If you are raising a child of elementary school age or younger in your home or taking care of a family member, you can apply for another day off (unpaid) once a week in addition to the weekends. Sick childcare leave (paid) is also available if your children are in elementary school or younger: five days of leave a year for one child, or 10 days if you have two or more children.

Childbirth and Childcare Support

You can take seven days of unpaid leave—which we call pre-delivery maternity leave—before you go on the statutory maternity leave of 42 days leading up to delivery. Five days of paid leave for expecting mothers is also available when you give birth. If your partner is the one who is pregnant, you can take three days of paid leave when your child is born. We offer childcare leave for parents—even if you have been with the company less than a year—up until the day before your child turns one, although this can also be extended to the age of two years at most.

Babysitting Support

When you find yourself needing a babysitter in order to work, this program will subsidize half of the costs of a babysitter or provide you with discounts on services that send a babysitter to your home.

F Leave

This paid leave (one day a month) is available for women-specific health conditions, physical or mental health concerns, or infertility treatment.

Pregnancy Support

If you are having trouble juggling between work and your infertility treatments, this support system lets you take time off or a leave of absence while keeping your employment. Available to employees of all genders who are undergoing infertility treatments, you can take up to 10 days of paid leave or alternatively, take a leave of absence for up to a year (unpaid and only available to employees who have worked at the company for more than a year). With the second choice, you are also free to divide your leave into a maximum of three chunks over the one year starting from your first day of absence. We also offer financial support of up to JPY 100,000 per year for the costs of infertility treatments you or your partner are undergoing, with no limit on how many times you can use the program.

Support for Nursing Care

Nursing care leave is available if you need it—giving you five days of paid leave a year if you are looking after a person requiring long-term care or support, or ten days if you are caring for more than one. You can use this leave even if you have been at the company for less than six months. You can also take a nursing care leave of absence if you need a longer time off (unpaid, up to one year).

Same-Sex Partners and Common-Law Marriages

We recognize same-sex partners and registered common-law marriages as spouses. You can take days off, a leave of absence (for marriage, mourning, nursing care, or childcare), get financial support for a relocation within Japan or overseas (when living apart from your family or being relocated), and receive congratulatory/condolence money from the company (celebrating a marriage or birth, or for bereaved family after a loss).

Special Leave for Employees with Disabilities

This system aims to make it easier for you to take the steps you need to maintain your health and perform at your best. After registering your disability certificate with the company, you can take six days of paid leave a year whenever you need to visit the doctors, stay at hospital, or when you find working to be significantly tougher.
For details, please see the Those with Disabilities page.