Men's childcare leave on September 30 at 19:30
A baby who has finally overcome the unusual pain and finally met. I ’m the only one who ’s going to grow up, though they ’re supposed to be love crystals. My husband told me “Childcare leave? Nobody took…”, “One-op childcare” almost without a father. I think that there are still many such families. The national government employee male childcare leave rate announced on the 30th exceeded 20% for the first time, but the private sector is still around 6%. However, when interviewed, there was a company that had male employees take childcare leave in the nursing care industry, which should have run short. “Men's childcare leave”, which seems to be a matter of course, is hard to say. What is the result ...? (Network reporter reporter Momoko Ariyoshi)
“Shock” ran to the site
The company I visited was “Lifetime Medi”, a Tokyo company that conducts nursing care. Last summer, a man of a physical therapist suddenly made an offer saying “I want to take childcare leave”. There are a total of 19 visiting care staff at the Suginami Ward office where he belongs. Of these, there were only 7 physical therapists.
“Eh !! What did you mean ?!” was my first impression.
Representative Director Masaki Kaneko spoke honestly.
“I was also a child-raising generation, but I didn't take childcare leave. I was planning to witness childbirth, but in the end I wasn't in time for work.
Nonetheless, Kaneko immediately attended a seminar in Tokyo that encouraged male employees to take childcare leave.
“I was thinking about how to manage for three months, but at the seminar I realized that male childcare leave was important. I told him,“ Let ’s try without thinking. ” And about two months before the man took leave, we gathered employees and asked for understanding. "He will take a temporary break. I want to hire a new person as much as possible, but I'm not sure if I can do it. The site was honestly shaken because one person suddenly disappeared, but “I'm on the side that I support, but on the other hand, let's do it as a demo. ”I think that there was dissatisfaction with the image that the work increased about 1.2 times.”
My colleague also said, "Eh ?!"
Other employees are also surprised at first.
Mr. Midori Shimaguchi, a nurse, said, “At first it was like“ Eh ?! ”. I thought it would be a little harder for me to be out for three months, but it was a trend. Or, if the environment for women to become pregnant, give birth, or raise children is not enough, the number of children will not increase, and although it is a small company, I felt like trying it. ''
Start with a schedule
However, the plan to recruit new people did not work. Therefore, the number of cases of home-visit nursing for about 60 minutes per person will be increased from 5 to 6 per day, or with the cooperation of customers, the time per session will be reduced to 40 minutes. I decided to.
My colleague Shimaguchi said, “It was tough, but since I worked for a long time together with my childcare leave, everyone understood it, swallowed it and worked hard. I quit, so I want to be able to help women advance into society.It ’s good that not only women look at their children, but also their husbands share the burden together. ” It was.
The person who wants to take childcare leave
Physiotherapist Yosuke Takarada (34) took childcare leave. Acquired to coincide with the birth of the second child. Babies should refrain from going out until the first month of medical examination.
During that time, there was no one who sent the first child's eldest daughter to the nursery school.
“It was more of a need than a hope. My wife does not go to pick me up or go to pick me up, and my parents work, so there is at least one pick-up person. I started looking at where the moon was, and consulted with my company and colleagues.I knew that the system could of course be taken, but it wasn't taken for granted. After all it was uneasy to feel it. ''
What you can use ...
Mr. Kaneko, the representative director, looked at the unique Tokyo Metropolitan Government that provides incentives to companies that have allowed men to take childcare leave for more than 15 consecutive days. A maximum of 3 million yen is paid, and approximately 1.6 million yen, including national grants, has entered the company.
In order to give it back to employees in a visible way, we decided to create a long-term commendation system for people who worked for three, five, or more than 10 years and give them a lump sum.
Let's take childcare leave
At the same time, we promoted work style reforms, such as making it possible to take paid leave on an hourly basis instead of on a daily basis. As a result, overtime hours have hardly increased during the three months that Mr. Takarada took a rest.
Partly because of these reforms, the average length of service for employees has increased from “just over 3 years” to 3 years ago to “less than 5 years”.
There was also an unexpected benefit from the increased employee retention rate. Experienced employees can provide higher quality services, and last year's sales increased by 7% compared to the previous year.
“Temporary performance was sluggish for a while, but the reason behind this was the low retention rate of employees. Amidst fierce competition with other companies in the same industry, we have to offer good services unless we train staff. I don't offer it. I think the company must provide the ease of work and security of the staff. ”(Mr. Kaneko)
Mr. Kaneko holds a comfort party in consideration of the employees who have covered the work that Mr. Takarada has taken off, and meets with Mr. Takarada once a month to give a message saying "I want you to work hard once you return." It seems that he also tried various things.
If you take childcare leave
Mr. Takarada says that her childcare leave was not only about taking care of her second child, but also being able to take care of her 3 year old daughter.
“Until then, there was something like“ Mama, Mama ”that I could n’t deal with unless I was a wife. It was a great time for my wife, myself, and my child because I was thankful for it.It's hard to do housework and childcare alone because I work for a couple. If you do, you will get angry with the cry of the child, and you will be wrinkled by something. It was.
The reality is still tough
Takarada's taking childcare leave may be an ideal success story. In general, however, there are still high hurdles for men to take childcare leave.
Announced on the 30th, last year's male government officials took 21.6% of childcare leave. It exceeded 20% for the first time, and it has been a record high for six years.
On the other hand, according to a survey by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the rate of employees taking childcare leave for private companies last year was 82.2% for women but only 6.16% for men. Although it is increasing year by year, it is far from the government's goal of 13% in FY2020.
On the other hand, according to a questionnaire survey conducted by about 2500 men and women over the age of 35 by the management company “En Japan”, a job change site operator, 86% of men answered that they wanted to take childcare leave, and 53% of all men took childcare leave I replied that I agreed with the obligation to acquire. As for the reason why the acquisition rate is low, there were many comments such as “There is no easy atmosphere in the company” and “The system is not enough”.
I want to take it, but I can't take it
I asked Mr. Shota Taniguchi, Manager of the Employment Environment Department of the Tokyo Shigoto Foundation, an outside organization in Tokyo that is promoting incentives.
Taniguchi explained, “Especially for small and medium-sized companies, there are barriers that make it difficult to take leave in the first place, and from the employee's side, it is difficult to say because there is no climate or environment for taking childcare leave. By giving incentives, we will make it easier for employees to take childcare leave, and employees will also be able to offer companies the opportunity to take childcare leave, saying, “There is such a system”.
However, in this interview, I applied for interviews with multiple companies that used incentives, but “I happened to get one because the work convenience and the time of rest matched, but others could do the same. There were also cases where the interview was refused, saying, “Because it is not…” or “I am not promoting as a company…”.
Mr. Taniguchi said, “There are still a lot of people who do n’t want to take childcare leave, and there are still many people who are hesitant. I do n’t think it ’s going to change suddenly. I would like to know about the system. "
Kaneko who received the benefits of taking childcare leave also got advice on what to do.
“I think it's a challenge and I'm aware. I'm telling employees that they can't do it because they are in the medical industry. I think it's the season for men to take childcare leave.” (Kaneko) )
The company's business content and scale, awareness of personnel and senior management. There are various circumstances, and I think there are many companies where it is still difficult for men to take childcare leave. However, as the labor shortage has become more serious, I think that it is worth trying to have such a successful example in the nursing care industry, which also requires expertise.
Why don't you let male employees take childcare leave?