Strategy

Strategy for Human Capital

Our approach to human capital, the policy for human development including securing human diversity, and the policy for improvement of the internal environment are as follows.

For the OLC Group, human resources are the cornerstone of our value creation and are as indispensable as our ongoing investments in facilities that captivate guests. Guest services provided by highly engaged employees who take pride in our business are the main source of our strength, particularly in our Tokyo Disney Resort business.
The OLC Group upholds “Employee happiness” as an area of ESG materiality to achieve Our Goal for 2030, and strives to ensure that all Group employees feel satisfied with their work and continue to choose us as their employer.
Specifically, we have defined “Employee happiness” as “a state in which each individual is highly satisfied and engaged with their work.” Accordingly, we are working to enhance our employees’ “Job Satisfaction” (a sense of joy and accomplishment) to create for them a “Comfortable and Supportive environment” (workplace and internal system).
In addition, in an effort to further enhance employee satisfaction and engagement at work, we have systematically organized the directions of our initiatives as shown in the figure below, while clearly defining the desirable employee-employer relationship as one in which both sides mutually need and elevate each other. We believe it is crucial for our employees to keep taking “one step forward” and for the Company and their managers to encourage and support them accordingly. We are thus aiming to cultivate a mutually inspiring dynamic.
In cultivating such a dynamic and enhancing employee engagement, we believe the following three key elements are of paramount importance: development of talented people who are able to proactively engage in creative thinking; unleashing of the potential of diverse individuals; and the creation of a fulfilling workplace environment.
We are making Group-wide efforts in these areas from multiple perspectives, including enhancing the management capacity of each organization, raising individual employees’ awareness, and nurturing positive relationships among colleagues.

Risks and Opportunities

[Risks]

  • Shortage of human resources
  • Outflow of human resources

 

[Opportunities]

  • Continuous employment of talented people
  • Strengthened capacity to respond to changes and business opportunities
     

To remain a workplace that is actively chosen by our employees, we are striving to enhance their “Job Satisfaction” (a sense of joy and accomplishment) and provide them with a “Comfortable and Supportive environment” (workplace and internal system), thereby allowing them to focus on creating guest happiness. In doing so, we expect to create and maintain a virtuous cycle that will enhance the OLC Group’s value.

Risk Management

Risk Management Structure

Metrics and Targets

Metrics and Targets for Employee Happiness

For the ESG Materiality item of “Employee happiness,” the following indicator and goal has been set.

KPI

KGI

2024 Medium-term Plan

FY2026

2030

Expand initiatives aimed at enhancing job satisfaction and employee engagement

[Enhance job satisfaction and employee engagement]

Total score of employee engagement survey: Higher

than in FY2024 (The OLC Group-wide)

[Enhance job satisfaction and employee engagement]

Total score of employee engagement survey: 71 (The OLC Group-wide)

Progress Made in Employee Happiness Initiatives

The total score of employee engagement survey for FY2023 was 68.
While our employees have deep empathy for our business and get along well with their colleagues, we recognize our need to improve their workplace facilities, facilitate communication with superiors, and provide stronger support for their growth. We are thus aware of the OLC Group’s strengths and areas for improvement.
Toward the goal of further enhancing job satisfaction and employee engagement, we intend to continue with our human resources initiatives under the 2024 Medium-term Plan, as well as our measures to create a more supportive working environment and help employees gain a stronger sense of growth.

Human Resources Initiatives under 2024 Medium-Term Plan

In consideration of the impacts of a shrinking labor force due to progressive population aging and the diversification of values around work, we uphold the goal of maximizing our employees’ sense of fulfillment at work and transforming our human resources system into one that is sustainable.
To achieve this goal, it is imperative to enhance guest services by employing unconventional ideas, improve our operations, develop personnel and organizations capable of implementing operational reform, and transform our system so that we can keep providing high added value with a workforce of limited size.
To this end, we will make improvements to our organizational management and review the way our cast members work to maintain alignment with our new Park environment. In addition, to offer a supportive working environment, we will promote healthier bodies and minds, make our facilities more comfortable, and enhance the digital environment.

Outline of initiatives

Outline FY2023 Progress Status
Organizational management ・Visualize sense of fulfillment at work
・Consider evaluation-based human resources system to foster the type of personnel we need
・Develop systems and a corporate culture conducive to autonomous career development, self-driven personal growth, and self-management
・Help a diverse array of talented individuals demonstrate their potential
[Development of creative human resources]
・Based on employee engagement survey results, managerial staff continued to implement measures to enhance engagement in collaboration with non-managerial personnel
・Established KATARIBA—a setting in which the president and employees come together to ask questions and engage in direct dialogue—to create an opportunity for the top management team and non-managerial personnel to connect
・Offered workshops to managerial and non-managerial personnel to provide them with opportunities to engage in dialogue on how they can enhance engagement at their departments
・Helped create autonomous growth opportunities by providing learning support for self-development and allowing employees to hold concurrent internal positions
・Implemented measures to engage employees’ interest and encourage them to bond with their colleagues (Thanks Day, events ahead of opening of new area)
・Fostered career-mindedness among Theme Park Operation employees through career development training
・Implemented programs to enhance sense of pride and fulfillment as cast members (pre-opening experience of new facilities/shows)

[Supporting diverse talent]
・Expanded work-life balance measures by employment category to improve working environment for all employees
・Expanded benefits for employees with a same-sex spouse or common-law spouse
・Expanded the scope of jobs for employees with a disability, including on-stage jobs
・Distributed the Diversity & Inclusion Handbook to all Group employees and implemented discussions
Review the way cast members work ・Encourage cast members to fulfill roles assigned to each employment category
・Help enhance a sense of fulfillment at work
・Promote recruitment and job retention
[Development of creative human resources]
・Revised human resources systems to create a workplace environment where part-time cast members can maximize their performance and work with a sense of fulfillment.
Clarified the roles of part-time cast members, restructured their grade system, reviewed their evaluation system and wages, and implemented measures that support their career development and engender joy and pride in being involved in our business(FY2024 )
・To further motivate Theme Park Operation employees to seek autonomous personal growth and take on new challenges, clarified the desirable behavior of Theme Park Operation employees, based on which an employee development cycle has been defined.
In addition to role-specific development programs, implemented career support programs and self-development programs to help them understand themselves better and plan and achieve their desired career with the aim of promoting their autonomous growth
Healthier bodies and minds Establish a health-conscious environment to help employees take spontaneous actions to maintain healthy bodies and minds so that they can live and work in good health over long periods of time. [Creating an environment conducive to job satisfaction]
・Promoted the Healthy Body and Mind Project, a corporate initiative to promote employees’ health. Following the president’s Declaration of Health Promotion, periodically promoted health awareness among employees and provided them with related knowledge
・In view of stress check results, promoted employees’ mental health by supporting their self-care as well as the mental health management of subordinates; and promoted their physical health by taking ongoing measures to prevent lifestyle-related diseases, including making efforts to optimize BMI and reduce the smoking rate
Comfortable facilities and efficient digital environment Develop a comfortable working environment [Creating an environment conducive to job satisfaction]
・Renovated backstage amenities such as break areas and restrooms as planned to provide employees with a comfortable workplace environment
・Modified the workflow system in step with the progress in IT to improve the workplace environment for increased efficiency

Actions

Employment Categories and Roles of Employees

OLC employs approximately 25,000 people, each of whom is putting their special skills to use. Around 20% of our workers are corporate employees, contract workers, and show performers, with the remaining approximately 80% employed as Theme Park Operation Employees and part-time cast members who work at the front line welcoming guests.

Employment categories and roles of employees

Employment category Role
Corporate employees Career-track employees Generalist employees who work across a wide range of business areas, including the actual Theme Park business, Theme Park support, and general administration
Theme Park management staff Theme Park department professionals who operate Theme Parks, resolve organizational issues, and engage in human resources development
Specialists Specialists working in specific fields such as technology and food preparation
Theme Park Operation employees Employees who directly serve guests and engage in frontline operational tasks while performing different jobs within our Theme Parks, as well as support efforts to resolve organizational issues
Contract workers Workers in charge of specialized work in specific departments
Show performers Entertainers who are selected based on auditions to perform in the Theme Parks’ shows and parades
Cast members Employees who serve guests and engage in frontline operational tasks. Their tasks include providing information at the attractions, cleaning the Park, preparing food, serving customers at restaurant facilities, store sales, inventory management, etc.

Labor-Management Relations

At OLC, we follow international standards to respect basic labor rights including the collective bargaining rights.
The management and the labor union, Oriental Land Friendship Society (OFS), build mutual understanding and trust through negotiations in order to collaborate on and implement initiatives aimed at the creation of a better workplace environment.
As of March 2024, there were 24,664 union members, accounting for 99.9% of all employees, including contract workers, cast members, and show performers, who joined in and after FY2017, and Theme Park Operation employees, who joined in and after FY2019.
Under its labor agreement concluded with OFS, Oriental Land employs the union shop system, making it applicable to all categories of employees.
It is stipulated in the labor agreement concluded between OLC and OFS that prior to conducting a personnel transfer of an OFS officer, the Company must discuss the matter with OFS in accordance with the roles assumed by that officer within OFS or notify OFS of the matter. It is also stipulated that upon conducting a personnel transfer of an OFS member, OLC must notify OFS of the matter promptly after the event.
In FY2018, labor unions were also formed at each the OLC Group company, along with the Federation of Oriental Land Group Friendship Society (OGFS), a federation comprising the labor unions of the OLC Group.

Compliance Regarding Labor and Equal Opportunities

At OLC, we prevent the occurrence of child labor by confirming ages during recruitment to comply with the minimum age of ILO (International Labour Standards). We offer equal opportunities to all, and comply with all laws and regulations on payment, ensuring that it exceeds the minimum wage set for the relevant location.
Hiring, placement, evaluation, and remuneration are decided impartially, based on the competence, experience, and accomplishments of each individual.
We strive to prevent overwork and reduce overtime work hours. Specific measures include educating managerial staff to help them appropriately manage employees’ work hours and gain awareness of different work styles; ensuring that the Human Resources Division and other organizations regularly review the required number of staff members for each function and introduce tools for enhancing operational efficiency; and monitoring the status of overtime work hours.
There were no cases of labor-related compliance violations in FY2023.