Employment and Human Resources Data 2022

The performance indicators such as number of employees by gender and hierarchy, average annual salary by gender and rank, number of work-related fatalities (Japan), and occupational illness frequency rate (Japan) are assured by a third party to improve reliability.

Independent Assurance

Basic Data

Diversity

Work-Life Balance

Occupational Safety and Health

Basic Data

Number of employees

(Unit: Persons)
		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Consolidated	Total	3,805	4,073	4,108	4,229	4,315
	Male	-	2,362	2,424	2,444	2,477
	Female	-	1,711	1,684	1,785	1,838
Non-consolidated (Japan)	Total	1,799	1,812	1,840	1,872	1,839
	Male	1,377	1,389	1,395	1,410	1,384
	Female	422	423	445	462	455

Number of employees by gender and rank

(Unit: Persons)
		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Executive	Male	-	-	-	-	18
Executive	Female	-	-	-	-	3
Director	Male	-	-	-	-	210
Director	Female	-	-	-	-	92
Manager	Male	-	-	-	-	581
Manager	Female	-	-	-	-	382
General employee	Male	-	-	-	-	1,668
General employee	Female	-	-	-	-	1,361

Average length of service

(Unit: Years)
		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Consolidated	Total	-	-	-	10.5	10.4
	Male	-	-	-	12.5	12.3
	Female	-	-	-	7.7	7.8
Non-consolidated (Japan)	Total	15.7	15.4	15.8	16.3	16.8
	Male	16.1	15.9	16.3	16.8	17.4
	Female	14.4	13.8	14.1	14.5	15.1

Average age of employees

(Unit: Years old)
		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Consolidated	Total	-	-	-	41.8	42.2
	Male	-	-	-	42.9	43.2
	Female	-	-	-	40.3	40.8
Non-consolidated (Japan)	Total	42.4	42.7	42.9	43.5	44.0
	Male	42.9	43.3	43.5	44.0	44.5
	Female	40.8	40.7	41.3	41.7	42.3

Number of newly hired employees

(Unit: Persons)
	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Japan	-	140	117	98	106
China	-	127	159	198	249
Asia	-	109	92	59	74
EMEA(*)	-	172	143	109	144
Americas	-	20	43	116	129
Total	-	568	554	580	702

EMEA: Europe, the Middle East and Africa

Number of newly hired employees (non-consolidated (Japan))

(Unit: Persons)
		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
New-graduate recruits	Total	28	20	24	19	24
	Male	16	12	11	10	17
	Female	12	8	13	9	7
Mid-career recruits	Total	68	119	92	77	64
	Male	48	80	64	46	43
	Female	20	39	28	31	21

Employee turnover

(Unit: Persons)
		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Japan	Turnover	-	-	-	89	126
Japan	Turnover rate	-	-	-	4.4%	6.4%
China	Turnover	-	-	-	185	255
China	Turnover rate	-	-	-	23.5%	32.4%
Asia	Turnover	-	-	-	72	71
Asia	Turnover rate	-	-	-	18.5%	17.6%
EMEA	Turnover	-	-	-	90	117
EMEA	Turnover rate	-	-	-	13.2%	15.6%
Americas	Turnover	-	-	-	58	73
Americas	Turnover rate	-	-	-	17.1%	17.8%
Total	Turnover	-	-	-	494	642
Total	Turnover rate	-	-	-	12.0%	14.9%

The number of employees who retired between April and March of each year (including contract employees).

Employee turnover (non-consolidated (Japan))

(Unit: Persons)
		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Total	Turnover	59	55	58	55	85
	Turnover rate	3.3%	3.0%	3.2%	2.9%	4.6%
	(Voluntary turnover)	59	55	58	49	75
	(Voluntary turnover rate)	3.3%	3.0%	3.2%	2.6%	4.1%
Male	Turnover	45	40	43	42	63
	Turnover rate	3.3%	2.9%	3.1%	3.0%	4.6%
	(Voluntary turnover)	45	40	43	39	57
	(Voluntary turnover rate)	3.3%	2.9%	3.1%	2.8%	4.1%
Female	Turnover	14	15	15	13	22
	Turnover rate	3.3%	3.5%	3.4%	2.8%	4.8%
	(Voluntary turnover)	14	15	15	10	18
	(Voluntary turnover rate)	3.3%	3.5%	3.4%	2.2%	4.0%

Retirees are excluded

Re-employment (non-consolidated (Japan))

(Unit: Persons)
	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Re-employment applicant	18	19	15	31	21
Re-employee	18	19	15	29	21
Re-employment rate	100%	100%	100%	94%	100%

Average annual salary by gender and rank (consolidated)

(Unit: Thousand yen)
		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Director and manager	Male	-	-	-	-	15,686
Director and manager	Female	-	-	-	-	14,916
General employee	Male	-	-	-	-	6,647
General employee	Female	-	-	-	-	6,052

Exclude compensation for executives and stock option.
All amounts above are rounded to the nearest thousand yen.

Average annual salary (non-consolidated (Japan))

(Unit: Thousand yen)
	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Average annual salary	8,195	8,192	8,228	8,269	8,512

All amounts above are rounded to the nearest thousand yen.

Diversity

Number of employees by region

(Unit: Persons)
	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Japan	2,015	2,001	1,994	2,004	1,968
China	652	753	808	790	787
Asia	255	352	382	396	403
EMEA	651	738	667	690	748
Americas	232	229	257	349	409
Total	3,805	4,073	4,108	4,229	4,315

Calculated based on the new global personnel database from FY2020.

Employees by gender (%)

	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Ratio of female (consolidated)	-	-	-	42.2%	42.6%
Ratio of female (non-consolidated (Japan))	23.5%	23.3%	24.2%	24.7%	24.7%

Females in managerial positions (%)

	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Executive	4.8%	4.5%	9.1%	12.0%	14.3%
Director and manager (consolidated)	-	-	-	38.4%	37.1%
Director and manager (non-consolidated (Japan))	10.0%	10.7%	12.6%	12.2%	13.6%

People with disabilities (Santen Group in Japan) as of June

(Unit: Persons)
	2018 Jun	2019 Jun	2020 Jun	2021 Jun	2022 Jun
People with disabilities(*)	45	50	54	59	56
Rate of people with disabilities(*)	2.20%	2.42%	2.62%	2.88%	2.82%
(Reference) Visually impaired people (actual number)	-	-	-	-	5

Follows Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare standards.

Number of fixed-term employees

(Unit: Persons)
	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Fixed-term employees (consolidated)	-	-	-	990	971
Fixed-term employees (Santen Group in Japan(*))	82	130	112	122	106
Temporary employees (Santen Group in Japan)	170	163	181	181	182

Including the number of seconded employees to outside of group companies.

Work-Life Balance

Number of users of childcare and nursing care systems (Santen Group in Japan)

(Unit: Persons)
		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Special leave (paid)	Maternity leave	23	21	26	24	18
	Nursing care leave for a preschool child	12	22	11	6	6
	Nursing care leave for an elderly or disabled family	4	4	0	3	3
Childcare leave system(*)	Childcare leave (Female)	43	18	40	43	15
	Childcare leave acquisition rate (Female)	-	-	-	-	93.8%
	Childcare leave (Male)	3	4	49	77	37
	Childcare leave acquisition rate (Male)	5.0%	6.1%	67.1%	135.1%	63.8%
	Return to work rate	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
Short working-hour system for childcare	Short working hours for nursing care	32	32	31	29	21
Nursing-care leave system	Nursing care leave	0	0	1	1	1
Nursing-care leave system	Short working hours for nursing care	0	0	0	0	0
Annual paid Leave reserve system	Nursing care leave for a family member	85	75	63	37	70
	Nursing care leave for a child (included in above)	43	38	39	12	30
	Childcare leave for a child of elementary school age or younger	56	46	52	37	57

From FY2021, calculation methodology for childcare leave was revised.

Annual paid leave (Santen Group in Japan)

(Unit: Days)
	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Days granted	18.3	17.9	18.8	18.0	19.8
Days taken	11.1	10.8	15.7	11.7	11.8
Percentage of days taken	60.5%	60.5%	83.5%	65.4%	59.3%

Volunteer leave (Santen Group in Japan)

(Unit: Persons)
	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Number of people	11	6	4	0	0

Average overtime work per month (Santen Group in Japan)

(Unit: Hours/month)
	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
Hours / month by person	13.7	11.9	11.2	9.2	10.5

Occupational Safety and Health

Number of work-related fatalities

	FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
All operational sites (Japan)	0	0	0	0	0
Shuzo Factory (China)	0	0	0	0	0

Contractors are not included. Excludes Claire Co., Ltd. and Santen Eye Care Co., Ltd.

Occupational illness frequency rate

		FY2017	FY2018	FY2019	FY2020	FY2021
All Operational Sites (Japan)	Number of accidents(*1)	3	1	5	2	4
	Frequency rate(*2)	0.76	0.24	1.20	0.54	1.11
	Severity rate(*3)	0.002	0.005	0.015	0.001	0.021
Suzhou Plant (China)	Number of accidents	0	0	0	0	1
	Frequency rate	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.40
	Severity rate	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.078
Tampere Plant (Finland)(*4)	Number of accidents	3	0	1	-	-
	Frequency rate	6.44	0.00	3.40	-	-
	Severity rate	0.159	0.000	0.010	-	-

Number of accidents: In Japan and China, this denotes the number of accidents resulting in employees being absent from work for any length of time. In Finland, it denotes the number of accidents resulting in employees being absent from work for three or more days. Commuting accidents are not included. The data are for part-timers, all employees including rehires, and those seconded to domestic group companies. Calculated working hours for seconded employees overseas. Recipients and temporarily employees are not included.
Frequency rate: Number of casualties causing industrial accidents per million aggregate actual working hours; denotes the frequency of accidents.
Severity rate: Number of lost working days per 1,000 aggregate actual working hours; denotes the level of severity of accidents.
Santen's own Tampere Plant was transferred to NextPharma GmbH. and the necessary process was completed on September 30, 2019.The data for 2019 shows the data up to the transfer completion date.

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