Participating in Telework Days 2019 as a special cooperating organization

SoftBank Technology Corp. (Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, President ＆ CEO: Shinichi Ata, hereafter SBT) supports the "Telework Days 2019" initiative implemented by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications and other related ministries and agencies and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government. We encourage all employees to work remotely and participate in "Telework Days" as a special cooperating organization.

■What is Telework Days?
Since 2017, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, the Cabinet Secretariat, and the Cabinet Office have been working together with the Tokyo Metropolitan Government and related organizations to designate July 24, the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, as a "telework/ This is an initiative to implement and promote telework, which is being developed as a national movement for work style reform.

In 2017 (held only on July 24th), approximately 950 organizations and 63,000 people participated, and in 2018 (held for 5 days from July 23rd to 27th), 1,682 organizations and more than 300,000 people participated. In 2019, we set "Telework Days 2019" for approximately one month from July 22nd (Monday) to September 6th (Friday) as a real test before the 2020 Tokyo Games, and all telework was carried out simultaneously. We call for implementation.

Telework Days website https://teleworkdays.jp/

■Background of participation

SBT is promoting work style reform with the theme of "every employee can live a rich life." As part of its promotion of work-life balance, the company has introduced various systems such as flextime for all employees, days to leave work on time, SBT Premium Friday, and A day where taking PTO is encouraged. In 2018, the company introduced a telework system, allowing all employees to work from home and work mobile. By participating in Telework Days 2019 as a special collaborating organization, the company aims to promote teleworking, which makes the most of its services, both inside and outside the company, as a company that advocates work style reform using ICT services to its customers.

■ SBT 's efforts regarding telework

SBT 's telework system was started in response to employee comments such as, ``Practicing a diverse work style will lead to better proposals to customers.''
Led by volunteer employees, we exchanged opinions using Microsoft Office 365's "Teams" and "Forms" while imagining actual telework, and after verifying the effectiveness through trials, we introduced it company-wide in October 2018. have become. Even after the introduction, we are continuing activities such as verifying satellite offices and coworking spaces with the aim of further improving operational efficiency and productivity.

SBT will continue to reflect global trends and employee voices and further promote the creation of a comfortable working environment for employees.

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