Some Japanese companies are more familiar with telework, working children

Given the shortage of labor and a push to get more women in the workforce, some Japanese companies have taken steps to meet the needs of working parents do justice, and allowing them to take their children to the office or work from home.

There are two aspects of this flexibility is considered to provide a familiar work environment, but some companies are also trying former employees mobilize the leave when they have a child.

Sembrar Office Inc. Experience, a company based in Tokyo that sells so-called experience gifts - such as checks for the holidays or classes - a worker of 30 year olds he returned from his computer and hugged her 3 year old son, as he ran it.

The woman who connected experience in October Sow, recalled that wish to participate in the company, but could not find a place in a daycare for your child.

"The ability to put my son at work is a necessity," he said.

"My son has it become more cheerful as happens here to play with other people," he added.

In 2013, the company to bring its employees for their children to work began. A carpet area of about 40 square meters. Meters to one side, as a playground, and corners of furniture should be avoided by security breaches stops.

On a desk next to the playground, staff packaging products for shipping. Talking with adults take children while they work.

There are times when the work is interrupted, such as when a child begins to mourn. But at 34 years, experience planting President Taku Nishimura, believes that the advantages of the challenges outweigh through the tears and tantrums.

"For example, the atmosphere in the office is always relaxed, and the spread of common understanding of the situation in the education of children facilitated the creation of a work environment that is friendly to all employees," Nishimura said.

The company of 36 employees, eight people - men and women - regularly take their children to work. Others do it occasionally, for example when it is difficult to arrange pick up your child in the nursery.

Since June Siembra Experience organized monthly visits for foreigners. About 20 people attended, those responsible for the management of human resources for other companies, including.

Meanwhile, some companies have implemented measures allow telecommuting employees to work from home. You save time to get to work the office effectively care or a child can be used.

Sumitomo Forestry Co., for example, introduced the system of fiscal year 2009 and about 20 of its 4,500 employees work at home. Most are female employees with children of school age, but there are also male worker who used to take care of the members of the ill or elderly family.

Staff positions in the so-called discretionary or flexitime working system are taking for teleworking services.

Employees must obtain the consent of their section and the personnel department. You can choose the distance to work for a few hours a day or all day long.

Housing is one of the areas taken into consideration where it is difficult to introduce flexible working arrangements, as most of the work involves customer service and it is difficult for employees to work at their own pace.

Sumitomo Forestry Co., however, tried to approach.

"We could continue not to define detailed arrangements with this system, so that it is versatile enough to suit the circumstances of individual employees," Naoko Ushiki said the personnel department of the company.

Ushiki, also works from home once a week, while they care for their children. He said the time at home allows you to work effectively "I like to focus in a quiet room."

In March 2015, the operator of the Escrit Maricrit launched headquartered in Tokyo Wedding Hall online services work pairing for former employees who leave when they have a child or more time needed to take care of small children. This resource untapped labor could help experienced security staff during peak periods.

"To find at weddings the most people to join society work," said a representative of Escrit. "By creating a framework in which they can build back to work, even after leaving due to increase children, so that they feel calm and motivated to check their knowledge."

Maricrit The service has already been expanded in the wedding industry former employees of other companies to enable, register, and allow other companies to publish vacancies.