Stable Employment
Stable Employment
Basic policies on human resources
Hitachi Construction Machinery aims to provide innovative solutions to all stakeholders as a true solution provider, based on its group identity and under its 'Code of Conduct', which serves as a standard for the judgments and actions of all executives and employees.
In hiring and recruiting talent, we place great importance on the ability to embody the "Kenkijin Spirit," which is the common value system and code of conduct shared by all departments and employees of our company. We seek individuals who can anticipate social and global changes, navigate at the forefront with determination and proactivity, and who are bright, positive, and compassionate—specifically focusing on those who can practice the 3Cs of the Kenkijin Spirit*.
We are working to create a comfortable workplace to stably secure human resources and long-term employment. This includes initiatives to achieve work-life balance, which seeks to create harmony between work and private life, and an extensive human resources compensation system.
Employee regulations specifically outline rules including adequate work hours, time off, overtime, legal holidays and vacations. We operate a system to manage working hours to remain in compliance with these regulations. There are also comprehensive initiatives in place to manage the health of our employees. Efforts are being made to prevent overwork
(in general working late-night hours are prohibited and Setting the upper limit for working hours) ,alleviate overtime and Management and promotion of annual paid leave acquisition.
In addition, we are actively engaging in diversity management to diversify our personnel and gain access to various capabilities and competencies. Going forward, in line with our medium and long-term business plan, we plan to secure essential personnel and implement training that will quickly equip personnel with necessary expertise. Additionally, we are promoting "work style reform" to create a more efficient environment for generating high added value, fostering a corporate culture where talented individuals with diverse backgrounds can thrive with leadership, and advancing an environment conducive to creating new value.
*3C’s of the Kenkijin spirit: Challenge, Customer, and Communication
People Analytics Initiatives
The Hitachi Construction Machinery Group makes use of people analytics to secure stable human resources and improve employee capabilities. People analytics is the method of collecting personnel and organizational data and analyzing through the application of statistics and data analysis techniques.
Hitachi Construction Machinery uses people analytics to secure stable human resources. At the time of recruitment selection, in addition to interviews, we also carry out appropriate inspections. The aptitude test answers are collated and analyzed against the accumulated database. The results of this analysis are used as part of the selection process to prevent mismatches in human resources.
We also conduct “Leadership Potential Assessment” globally. Leadership Potential Assessment is a tool for measuring and gaining awareness of current leadership potential in order to drive the growth of an organization and demonstrate leadership. It was introduced in 2019. By collating and analyzing the behavioral principles of the target person with the database and quantifying them, we can grasp the results and utilize them for the development of leader human resources who will be responsible for future management.
Respecting the Rights of Employees
The Hitachi Construction Machinery Group Codes of Conduct were approved to specify the standards of behavior applicable throughout the Hitachi Construction Machinery Group.
In Japan, where labor unions are recognized, for example, we espouse the three fundamental rights of labor unions (to organize, to bargain collectively, and to act collectively) as seen in the collective agreement between the CEO of Hitachi Construction Machinery, Ltd. and the representative of the Hitachi Construction Machinery Workers Union.
Labor-management dialogue
Hitachi Construction Machinery places importance on dialogue between labor and management. Various labor-management committees, including the Executive Council, meet regularly, and when necessary, opinions are exchanged with the labor union.
In FY 2024, various labor-management committees were held to discuss smooth management and business development, and measures to improve working conditions for union members (4,764* employees for Hitachi Construction Machinery non-consolidated basis, the percentage of union members to permanent employees is 82.5%).
Going forward, Hitachi Construction Machinery aims to achieve its management goals and undertake solutions to its issues by developing mutual understanding through dialogue between labor and management.
* As of March 2025
Personnel data
Number of employees by age
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
Under 30 |
1,086 |
973 |
113 |
30-39 |
1,758 |
1,654 |
104 |
40-49 |
1,707 |
1,570 |
137 |
50-59 |
1,195 |
1,083 |
112 |
60 and above |
245 |
232 |
13 |
Total |
5,991 |
5,512 |
479 |
As of March 2025, Hitachi Construction Machinery (non-consolidated basis)
Appointments of officers and employees
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
Management |
848 |
819 |
29 |
General manager and above |
226 |
221 |
5 |
Officer (including executive officer and independent outside director) |
28 |
26 |
2 |
Executive officer |
21 |
21 |
0 |
As of March 2025, Hitachi Construction Machinery (non-consolidated basis)
Hires of new graduates
|
Total |
University graduates (Male) |
University graduates (Female) |
Junior college and/or vocational school graduates (Male) |
Junior college and/or vocational school graduates (Female) |
High school graduates and others (Male) |
High school graduates and others (Female) |
April 2018 |
68 |
36 |
3 |
4 |
0 |
24 |
1 |
April 2019 |
118 |
51 |
13 |
3 |
0 |
42 |
9 |
April 2020 |
100 |
53 |
3 |
5 |
0 |
34 |
5 |
April 2021 |
110 |
55 |
8 |
4 |
1 |
36 |
6 |
April 2022 |
140 |
55 |
9 |
9 |
1 |
55 |
11 |
April 2023 |
148 |
61 |
5 |
3 |
0 |
70 |
9 |
April 2024 |
151 |
63 |
11 |
4 |
0 |
69 |
4 |
April 2025 | 154 |
65 |
5 |
11 |
1 |
63 |
9 |
Hitachi Construction Machinery (non-consolidated basis)
Mid-career employment
|
Total |
College (Male) |
College (Female) |
Other (Male) |
Other (Female) |
April 2017 – March 2018 |
10 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
April 2018 – March 2019 |
27 |
17 |
5 |
4 |
1 |
April 2019 – March 2020 |
66 |
48 |
12 |
6 |
0 |
April 2020 – March 2021 |
29 |
26 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
April 2021 – March 2022 |
53 |
50 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
April 2022 – March 2023 |
91 |
71 |
12 |
8 |
0 |
April 2023 – March 2024 |
112 |
89 |
15 |
7 |
1 |
April 2024 – March 2025 |
84 |
64 |
9 |
9 |
2 |
Hitachi Construction Machinery (non-consolidated basis)
Turnover
|
Total |
Male |
Female |
April 2018 – March 2019 |
88 |
76 |
12 |
April 2019 – March 2020 |
73 |
67 |
6 |
April 2020 – March 2021 |
61 |
55 |
6 |
April 2021 – March 2022 |
110 |
97 |
13 |
April 2022 – March 2023 |
119 |
109 |
10 |
April 2023 – March 2024 |
135 |
125 |
10 |
April 2024 – March 2025 |
105 |
93 |
12 |
Hitachi Construction Machinery (non-consolidated basis) (only for retired employees for personal reasons)
Male to female ratio
|
|
FY2021 |
FY2022 |
FY2023 |
FY2024 |
Ratio of full-time employees |
Male |
93.2% |
92.7% |
92.4% |
92.0% |
(5,101) |
(5,191) |
(5,416) |
(5,512) |
||
Female |
6.8% |
7.3% |
7.6% |
8.0% |
|
(374) |
(411) |
(446) |
(479) |
||
Ratio of section managers |
Male |
97.7% |
97.1% |
96.0% |
96.1% |
(546) |
(563) |
(570) |
(598) |
||
Female |
2.3% |
2.9% |
4.0% |
3.9% |
|
(13) |
(17) |
(24) |
(24) |
||
Ratio of general managers and above(Number of people) |
Male |
99.0% |
98.3% |
98.7% |
97.8% |
(208) |
(226) |
(226) |
(221) |
||
Female |
1.0% |
1.7% |
1.3% |
2.2% |
|
(2) |
(4) |
(3) |
(5) |
||
Officer ※including executive officer and independent outside director |
Male |
92.3% |
92.3% |
92.0% |
92.9% |
(24) |
(24) |
(23) |
(26) |
||
Female |
7.7% |
7.7% |
8.0% |
7.1% |
|
(2) |
(2) |
(2) |
(2) |
||
Executive officer |
Male |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
(19) |
(19) |
(19) |
(21) |
||
Female |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
0.0% |
|
(0) |
(0) |
(0) |
(0) |
As of March 2024, Hitachi Construction Machinery (non-consolidated basis)
Rules and regulations that related to long-term incentives
Point-based retirement allowance payment system
Hitachi Construction Machinery has a retirement allowance rule for full time employees. Retirement allowance consists of years of service and evaluation points that reflect differences in contributions and achievements determined by personnel evaluations each year, and is paid at the time of retirement.
Refresh leave (Long-term service reward leave)
Hitachi Construction Machinery has a long-term service reward leave as one of the career support leave for full-time employees. Employees who have reached the 10th year of service get 5 days leave every 5 years up to 40 years and 10 days leave for 25 years of service.