Workstyle Innovation

The JAL Group seeks to cultivate a climate where employees with time limitations due to parenting, nursing care or other obligations can work in a fair manner and become a company where all employees can participate.
We feel that increasing work efficiency and productivity will generate more free time for employees to refresh themselves physically and mentally and to achieve self-development, and that feeding back their experience to values to the company will lead to corporate growth. Therefore, we are taking measures to encourage employees to take annual paid leave under a plan and to optimize work hours.
In fiscal year 2022, the average annual paid leave taken was 16.2 days, or 81.0% of the total entitlement, while the average monthly overtime total was 10.5 hours (excluding general JAL staff on shift work).The actual average for total work hours* in fiscal year 2022 was 1,884 hours, against a target figure of 1,850 hours, representing a 98.2% achievement of the target.
Due to the introduction of super flex time systems in fiscal year 2019, work from one hour per day has become possible, leading to a more flexible workstyle.

＊ Total work hours (annual) = standard number of work days per year × standard number of work hours per day (8hrs.) + overtime and rest day work hours – {(number of days of annual leave + number of days of special leave + number of days of work absence) ×standard number of work hours per day (8hrs.)}

We promote teleworking to give people more freedom in workstyles. At JAL, every employees including ones with time limitations due to parenting, nursing care or other obligations are able to choose teleworking. We have started the initiatives as a trial in fiscal year 2014, and continuously reviewed the rules. In fiscal year 2016, we have permitted the use of teleworking outside the home, and in public space such as café.The use of teleworking is increasing every year, and in fiscal year 2022, the result reached 277,000 person-day.
In fiscal year 2017, we have introduced “Workcation”^*2, where employees are permitted to work from vacation site by using teleworking. This allows employees to attend the meeting and take long vacations at the same time, and support the tourism industry as well. Addition to “Workcation”, in fiscal year 2019, “bleisure”^*3 now allows employees to take vacation at business trip destination.

*2Workcation・・・a coined-word, combined “work” and “vacation”.
*3Bleisure・・・a coined-word, combined “business” and “leisure”

＊The above data does not include subsidiaries.

As well as providing more freedom in workstyles using teleworking, “workcation” and “bleisure”, we believe in expanding communication spaces that spark cross-section communication. With this initiatives, in March 2019, we have launched a communication space “SKY TERRACE” in Tennozu Building, JAL Head Office.

SKY TERRACE