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Encouraging Diverse Talent to Play an Active Role

MUFG is promoting various initiatives aiming to establish workplaces where all employees can thrive without giving up their identity.

People with disabilities

Special subsidiaries

We are expanding roles for employees with disabilities by establishing special subsidiaries that offer suitable work options. Currently, about 1,400 employees with disabilities are playing an active role within MUFG and the Group's employment rate is 2.48%(note) in Japan (as of June 1, 2021).
  1. The employment rate in Japan is calculated from the number of employees with disabilities at MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking (for these two companies, special subsidiaries and the Group companies to which the exception rule applies are included), Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS and ACOM using the statutory formula set in the Employment Rate System for Persons with Disabilities

<Special subsidiary>
Mitsubishi UFJ Business Partner (Special subsidiary of MUFG Bank)

Ryoshin Data (Special subsidiary of Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking)

 

Senior Personnel

MUFG actively supports the creation of workplaces where senior personnel can flourish, continuing to make the most of their wealth of experience and abilities while supporting their own career development. For employees who have reached a particular age, we have introduced training and programs to facilitate skill development with the aim of supporting future career development based on diverse values. For motivated employees above retirement age, we have established a continuous employment system with flexible work arrangements to provide stable work opportunities and respond to diverse employment needs.

Global Personnel with Diverse Backgrounds

Today, the MUFG Group has expanded into more than 50 countries around the globe, and approximately 52% of its entire workforce is accounted for by overseas employees (as of May 31,2021). Based on the concept of "inclusion & diversity", which is one of MUFG's priority issues, in order to recruit and develop a diverse range of professionals, it is necessary to foster our corporate brand both in Japan and overseas so that people will want to work for MUFG.

MUFG is expanding opportunities for employees to play an even more active role by operating a market-standard and globally uniied human resources platform for title management, employee evaluation, wage determination and other human resources practices.

Also, as more and more employees with diverse backgrounds join, we began implementing job-level based training programs on a global basis to ensure all Group members understand the MUFG Way and embrace a shared culture. For example, we provide

the Global LEAD Program targeting those in managing director or similar positions with a variety of experiences from different countries and regions where the group operates, to help such individuals acquire essential leadership knowledge as well as necessary perspectives and in-depth expertise on global operations. In addition, in the Three-month Intensive Program for working-level employees, participants from overseas facilities will receive on-the-job training in the form of business trips

to other regional departments for three months. This not only fosters the development of the participating employees, but also fosters the mindset of the employees at the host sites to work globally.

These efforts are helping to increase the motivation of employees hired overseas, while at the same time expanding the talent pool, thereby promoting competition within the company and creating a virtuous cycle that will lead to the realization of a stronger organization. Today, a growing number of individuals hired overseas have been promoted to managerial posts. For example, 13 of these individuals, including three women, have assumed executive officer positions at the Bank (as of March 31, 2021).

LGBTQ

MUFG Human Rights Policy Statement

The MUFG clearly expresses the Group's commitment to creating productive work environments where everyone can feel comfortable, and that prohibits harassment and discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity.

MUFG Human Rights Policy Statement

Certification of Same-Sex Partnership

MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, MUS Business Service, and MUS Information Systems have introduced a same-sex partnership certification program that regards employees' same-sex partners as being equivalent to opposite-sex spouses and that allows them to be beneficially of company benefits such as special paid leave and rent subsidies.

Deepening employee understanding

MUFG has been making efforts to raise the awareness of employees through various activities such as implementing e-learning programs, visualizing Ally, a person who supports LGBTQ.
Deepening employee understanding

Sponsoring the Largest LGBTQ Pride Event in Japan

MUFG sponsors Tokyo Rainbow Pride(note), which is held in Yoyogi Park, Tokyo every year. In 2021, the event was held online as in previous years. MUFG participated in the event in collaboration with the Mizuho Financial Group and the Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group. The three companies worked together to set up an online booth, participate in the online parade through SNS postings, and produce a message video to be used in the event.
  1. This is organized by an NPO, Tokyo Rainbow Pride and one of the largest awareness-raising events in Japan where LGBTQ people and their Allies get together. We use the rainbow-colored corporate logo to show our support for the event.
Deepening employee understanding

External recognition

<Gold Rating on PRIDE Index Evaluation (Japan)>
In November 2021, a number of initiatives in Japan were evaluated and received the top gold rating(note1) on the“PRIDE Index(note2).”

MUFG also received a Best Practice selection, which recognizes outstanding initiatives(note3).

  1. Rating based on the evaluation of initiatives by each company of MUFG, MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities, Mitsubishi UFJ NICOS, MUS Business Service, and MUSIS.
  2. Japan's first index that evaluates companies' LGBTQ-related initiatives operated by a private organization “work with Pride”.
  3. MUFG, together with Mizuho Financial Group, Inc., and Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Co., Ltd., created a message video.The video project was selected as a Best Practice outstanding initiative.
work with Pride

<Corporate Equality Index (US)>
MUFG Union Bank received full marks in the Corporate Equality Index, which measures the equality of LGBTQ in companies according to the Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ-related human rights organization in the United States.

Corporate Equality Index

Promotion of Flexible Work Styles

Each company is working on initiatives to increase productivity and promote a healthy work-life balance, such as introducing telecommuting system, staggered working hours, flexible time system, and non-territorial offices.

Promoting understanding among family members

Since 2021, MUFG Family Festa has been implemented by MUFG Bank, Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking, and Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities. This event can be enjoyed by both employees and their families, through various sessions to deepen understanding of MUFG and diversity.
Corporate Equality Index
Please also see MUFG Sustainability Report
(As of March 2022)