Social

HR Development

Main online courses (Japan)

Course Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Fundamentals of security export control Persons 14,092 16,072 16,204 - -
Import/Export control Persons 13,968 15,986 16,149 - -
Fundamentals of Export Control Persons - - - 17,332 17,844
Epson's compliance(code of conduct etc.) Persons 18,821 18,331 19,347 20,891 20,018
Basic information security Persons 18,658 19,924 19,550 21,982 20,258
Basic environmental training II Persons 16,991 17,379 17,008 18,626 17,490
Introduction to procurement (Subcontract Act.) Persons - 16,801 - 17,801 -
Introduction to procurement(Ethics and code of conduct) Persons 15,302 - 15,974 - 17,167
J-SOX Persons 17,770 18,497 18,642 - 18,673

* The number of person completing the course by March 31 of that year. (Seiko Epson Corporation and domestic group companies)

Training by employee level

Training Who Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
New employee orientation New hires Persons 293 298 311 344 200
% 100 100 100 100 100
C-level employee training New C-level staff Persons 236 182 285 350 279
% 93.4 96.3 95.0 98.3 97.1
Senior staff training New senior staff Persons 266 247 206 231 227
% 93.3 91.1 95.8 97.4 95.0
Section manager training New section manager Persons 138 130 90 130 173
% 97.2 93.5 91.8 98.5 98.3
General manager training New general manager Persons 33 31 30 53 42
% 92.7 86.9 85.7 93.0 72.4


Training Hours

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Training by regular employee Hours 9.5 11.0 11.1 7.4 20.9
Total training hours Hours - - - - 228,696

* Seiko Epson HR Department training for regular employees and time spent on online courses. Education and training courses of functional supervisory departments and operations divisions are also included in FY2021.


Quality control training (Japan)

Course   Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
QC introduction People trained Persons 414 457 413 366 403
% trained % 90 91 88 90 90
QC-ABC People trained Persons 266 194 168 389 320
% trained % 80 76 75 77 77

* Number of licensed trainers as of March 31 of that year

Licensed quality control training trainers

Region   Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Southeast Asia Number of production sites
with licensed trainers		 Companies 7 7 7 7 7
Licensed trainers Persons 89 97 80 77 78
China Number of production sites
with licensed trainers		 Companies 8 7 6 6 5
Licensed trainers Persons 71 79 61 52 49

* Number of licensed trainers as of March 31 of that year

Promotion of Diversity

Employees with disabilities (Japan)

  Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of employees Persons 295 308 317 324 327
Employment ratio % 2.55 2.62 2.66 2.69 2.70
Target: Employment ratio of disable employees (%) 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.5

* Figures for fiscal year as of Jun 1 of that year

Workforce composition

    Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Female/Male ratio Female % 16 16.3 16.3 16.3 16.9
Male % 84 83.7 83.7 83.4 83.1
Management diversity Female % 2.8 2.4 2.7 3.2 3.7
Male % 97.2 97.6 97.3 96.8 96.3
Target: Female management position ratio by FY2022 (%) 5
Junior management diversity*1 Female % 5.9 6.0 6.2 6.5 6.9
Male % 94.1 94.0 93.8 93.5 93.1
Target: Female junior management position ratio by FY2022 (%) 7

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation employees as of March 31 of that year
*1 Team leader

Employees by age group

Age Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Less than 20 Persons 41 49 42 45 30
20-29 Persons 1,319 1,533 1,671 1,804 1,728
30-39 Persons 2,357 2,208 2,080 1,983 1,928
40-49 Persons 3,804 3,714 3,650 3,487 3,293
50-59 Persons 3,637 3,724 3,777 3,900 3,946
60-69 Persons 1 0 0 1 0
70 and over Persons 0 0 0 0 0

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation regular employees as of March 31 of that year

Employees by age and by gender (Global)

    Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Less than 20 Female % 2.0 2.4 1.2 0.6 0.9
Male % 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.3 0.5
S. Total % 3.3 3.4 1.9 0.9 1.4
20-29 Female % 20.9 20.4 21.0 19.6 19.5
Male % 18.5 18.2 17.6 16.9 15.6
S. Total % 39.4 38.6 38.6 36.5 35.1
30-39 Female % 12.1 12.0 12.0 12.1 12.8
Male % 13.2 13.5 13.4 14.5 14.6
S. Total % 25.3 25.5 25.4 26.6 27.4
40-49 Female % 7.2 7.7 8.2 8.5 8.8
Male % 12.9 12.7 12.9 13.1 13.1
S. Total % 20.1 20.4 21.1 21.6 21.9
50-59 Female % 2.6 2.6 2.9 3.4 3.5
Male % 8.7 8.9 9.4 10.2 10.3
S. Total % 11.3 11.5 12.2 13.5 13.8
60 and over Female % 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2
Male % 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.3
S. Total % 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.5
Total Female % 45.0 45.3 45.5 44.5 45.6
Male % 55.0 54.7 54.5 55.5 54.4
G. Total % 100 100 100 100 100

* Data for all Epson group companies regular employees as of March 31 of that year

Percentage of mid-career hires of regular workers to the number of hired regular workers

FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
22.7% 29.6% 8.0% 19.4%

Length of employment

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Total Years 19.5 19.4 19.2 19.1 19.3
Female Years 22.1 21.5 20.9 20.4 20.3
Male Years 19.0 18.9 18.9 18.9 19.1

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation employees as of March 31 of that year

Average age

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Total Years old 43.8 43.6 43.6 43.6 43.8
Female Years old 44.4 43.9 43.6 43.5 43.6
Male Years old 43.7 43.6 43.6 43.6 43.8

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation employees as of March 31 of that year

Turnover rate

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Total turnover rate % 3.6 4.5 4.1 4.5 4.4
Voluntary turnover rate % 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.5

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation as of March 20 of that year. Total turnover rate includes retired worker. (Including retired worker)

Salary comparison by gender

  Average Median
Employee category Pay category All Women Men Ratio
(women to men)		 All Women Men Ratio
(women to men)
All employees Base salary (monthly) 393,385 320,539 408,323 78.5% 375,528 316,300 410,000 77.1%
Base salary + bonus (annually) 6,977,336 5,581,250 7,263,633 76.8% 6,676,600 5,596,700 7,185,600 77.9%
Managers Base salary (monthly) -  -  -  98.5% -  -  -  100.0%
Base salary + bonus (annually) -  -  -  97.8% -  -  -  93.0%
Non-management Base salary (monthly) -  -  -  84.7% -  -  -  85.5%
Base salary + bonus (annually) -  -  -  83.9% -  -  -  84.7%

Seiko Epson Corporation regular employees.
Unit: JPY

Fostering a Better Workplace

Workforce composition by employment type and by gender (Global)

    Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Full-time employment Female % 34.6 36.1 35.5 32.7 34.0
Male % 41.7 43.0 43.0 41.1 40.5
S. Total % 76.3 79.1 78.5 73.8 74.5
Part-time employment/Contract Female % 11.6 10.8 12.0 15.8 15.4
Male % 4.9 5.2 6.4 7.8 6.8
S. Total % 16.5 16.0 18.4 23.6 22.2
Temporary Female % 2.7 2.1 1.4 1.3 1.6
Male % 4.6 2.8 1.6 1.3 1.7
S. Total % 7.3 4.9 3.0 2.6 3.3
Total Female % 48.8 49.0 48.9 49.8 51.0
Male % 51.2 51.0 51.1 50.2 49.0
G. Total % 100 100 100 100 100.0

* Data for all Epson group companies as of March 31 of that year

Composition of all managerial positions by gender (Global)

    Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Junior management positions Female % 18.6 18.8 18.8 19.4 20.3
Male % 81.4 81.2 81.2 80.6 79.7
S. Total % 100 100 100 100 100
Top management positions Female % 14.9 13.4 14.7 13.0 12.5
Male % 85.1 86.6 85.3 87.0 87.5
S. Total % 100 100 100 100 100
Total Female % 16.3 16.2 16.7 17.1 18.0
Male % 83.7 83.8 83.3 82.9 82.0
G. Total % 100 100 100 100 100

* Data for all Epson group companies as of March 31 of that year

Composition of managerial positions in revenue-generating functions by gender (Global)

    Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Management positions in revenue-generating functions Female % 14.8 14.7 14.6 15.2 16.0
Male % 85.2 85.3 85.4 84.8 84.0
S. Total % 100 100 100 100 100
Management positions in non-revenue generating functions Female % 23.7 24.5 25.6 25.8 27.2
Male % 76.3 75.5 74.4 74.2 72.8
S. Total % 100 100 100 100 100
Total Female % 16.3 16.2 16.7 17.1 18.0
Male % 83.7 83.8 83.3 82.9 82.0
G. Total % 100 100 100 100 100

* Data for all Epson group companies as of March 31 of that year
* "Management positions in revenue-generating functions" means those functions including R&D, design, manufacturing, procurement, sales, customer service, etc. but excluding back-office functions such as general affairs, HR, accounting, legal, administration, etc.

Annual total working hours per employee

  Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Total working hours Hours 1,943 1,879 1,848 1,854  
Target Hours - 1,900 1,865 1,850 1,845

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation employees as of March 31 of that year

Paid leave

  Unit FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021 FY2022
Number of paid leave used Days 13.9 15.6 15.9 15.3  
Target (days): 15.0 18.0 18.0 18 20
% 69.5 78.0 79.5 76.5  
Target (%): 75.0 90.0 90.0 90 100

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation employees as of March 31 of that year

Childcare leave trends

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Childcare leave Total Persons 64 75 102 109 169
Female Persons 44 35 41 37 38
Ratio of female granted leave*1 % 98 100 100 100 100
Male Persons 20 40 61 72 131
Employees using parental reduced hours Persons 170 160 147 137 123

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation employees as of March 20 of that year
*1 Number of individuals childcare leave/eligible individuals

Caregiver leave trends

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Care giver Leave Persons 2 2 6 2 5
Employee using caregiver reduced hours Persons 2 5 4 4 6

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation employees as of March 20 of that year

Result of employee survey

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Participation ratio % 95.1 96.7 97.4 92.5 98.9
% of engaged employees % 92.1 92.2 91.2 92.0 92.7

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation regular employees and employees after retirement age.
1 Percentage of respondents who rated their satisfaction 3 or higher on a 5-point scale

Labor Union membership

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Ratio of Union membership % 85.5 85.8 85.9 86.5 86.4

* Data for Seiko Epson Corporation employees as of March 20 of that year

Collective bargaining agreements

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Employees covered by collective bargaining agreements %  - 55.4 56.2 57.7 54.7

* Data for Epson overseas subsidiaries employees as of March 31 of that year

Employee coverage of the individual performance appraisals by MBO (Manegement by Objectives)

    Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Performance appraisals by MBO Female % - 47.8 59.3 64.6 62.4
Male % - 31.0 46.9 51.9 54.6
Total % - 44.9 53.8 58.9 59.0

* Data for Epson overseas subsidiaries employees as of March 31 of that year
* In Japan, MBO is in principle implemented for 100% of employees

Minimum Wage

Ratios of standard entry level wage by gender compared to local minimum wage

  Unit Amount Local min. wage % to local min. wage
Epson Precision (Philippines), Inc.
Philippine Peso
(as of March 2022 by the day)		 Femail 409.5 373 109.8%
Male 409.5 373 109.8%
Average 409.5 373 109.8%
Epson Engineering (Shenzhen) Ltd.
Chinese Yuan
(as of March 2022 by the month)		 Femail 3,300 2,360 139.8%
Male 3,300 2,360 139.8%
Average 3,300 2,360 139.8%
PT. Indonesia Epson Industry
Indonesian Rupiah
(as of January 2022 by the month)		 Femail 6,776,150 4,791,844 141.4%
Male 6,776,150 4,791,844 141.4%
Average 6,776,150 4,791,844 141.4%

Occupational Safety and Health

Occupational injury accident frequency (Global)

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Occupational accident rate - 0.12 0.07 0.10 0.13 0.13

* The number of injury accidents per million work hours, where an injury accident is an incident that causes a worker to miss one or more days of work

Occupational injury accident seriousness (Global)

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Injuries severity rate - 0.003 0.005 0.002 0.004  0.003

* The number of working days missed per 1,000 work hours, where an injury accident is an incident that causes a worker to miss one or more days of work

Supply Chain Management

Supplier conference for CSR

Area   Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Japan Number of companies Companies 237 447 510 764 550
China Number of companies Companies 113 222 58 77 22
Indonesia Number of companies Companies 103 168 193 17 145
Others Number of companies Companies - 295 63 40 97
Total Number of companies Companies 453 1,132 824 898 814


Annual evaluation

Evaluation   Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Direct evaluation Number of accounts Accounts 1,413 1,481 1,525 1,440 1,572
Ratio of evaluation suppliers % 100 100 100 100 100
Evaluation of emergency response capabilities*1
(BCP self assessment questionnaire)		 Number of companies Companies - - 1,336 1,465 1,233 
Ratio of evaluation suppliers % - - 84 85 94 
Safety management evaluation*1
(BCP self assessment questionnaire)		 Number of companies Companies - - 1,402 1.384 1,245 
Ratio of evaluation suppliers % - - 85 78 95

* 1Changed the calculation method for FY2019 and later.

Detailed CSR evaluation

Evaluation   Unit FY2017 FY2018 2019 2020 2021
Direct suppliers
(Production material)		 Number of companies Companies 274 - 312 222 293
Ratio of high risk rank % 8 - 5 0 0
Indirect suppliers
(Non-production material)		 Number of companies Companies 66 - 124 233 220
Ratio of high risk rank % 9 - 16 8  0


Conflict Minerals

Conflict minerals survey

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Survey sheet recovery rate % 94 92 91 97 99
Number of identified smelters*1 - 312 314 344 340 416
Number of CFS*2-certified smelters - 249 256 268 242 239

*1 For information regarding the details of the smelters, see List of the RMI-recognized smelters and refiners identified in Seiko Epson's supply chain.
*2 Conflict-free smelters (CFS) certified by RMI's Responsible Minerals Assurance Program (RMAP).

Each mineral data

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Gold  Number of identified smelters - 146 150 159 166 181
Number of CFS-certified smelters - 100 102 107 107 106
Tantalum Number of identified smelters - 41 40 45 41 44
Number of CFS-certified smelters - 39 40 40 38 39
Tin Number of identified smelters - 79 81 93 79 117
Number of CFS-certified smelters - 70 74 78 55 56
Tungusten Number of identified smelters - 46 43 47 54 64
Number of CFS-certified smelters - 40 40 43 42 43

Corporate Citizenship

Corporate citizenship

  Unit FY2017 FY2018 FY2019 FY2020 FY2021
Corporate citizenship expenditures Billion yen 0.61 0.82 0.90 0.58 0.77

* The monetary equivalent of donations and grants, as well as human, material, and other assistances

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