November 9, 2021

Dentsu Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”) has been driving work environment reform efforts since 2017 and is happy to provide an update based on the 2021 third-quarter (“Q3”) results.

The quarterly results for disclosure include: The number of employees violating Article 36 of the Labor Standards Act (daily and monthly); total hours worked per employee (quarterly total); the hours in excess of statutory work hours per employee (monthly average); and the number of harassment consultations brought to the attention of the Company’s consultation desk (quarterly). Reported annually are the total number of paid holidays taken per employee and the usage rate of statutory paid holidays per employee.

2021 Q3 Results (July - September)

Indicators 2021 Q3 Results 2020 Q3 Results
Number of employees violated Article 36
(monthly)
Number of employees violated Article 36
(daily)
Total hours worked per employee
(quarterly)
506.9 hrs
(47 hrs more YOY)
459.9 hrs*1
Hours in excess of statutory work hours per employee
(monthly average)
10.8 hrs
(7.7 hrs more YOY)
3.1 hrs*1
Number of harassment consultations received by the consultation desk (quarterly)*2 10
(1 more YOY)
9

2021 Year-to-Date Results (January – September)

Indicators 2021 Results
(Jan.-Sep.)
2020 Results
(Jan.-Sep.)
Number of employees violated Article 36
(monthly)
Number of employees violated Article 36
(daily)
Total hours worked per employee
(period total)
1,538.8 hrs
(175.8 hrs more YOY)
1,363.0*1
Hours in excess of statutory work hours per employee
(monthly average)
13.1 hrs
(9.9 hrs more YOY)
3.2 hrs*1
Number of harassment consultations received by the consultation desk
(period total)*2
34
(12 more YOY)
22
  1. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Company shifted to a remote work operation from late February in 2020 and all employees were temporarily managed under the de facto working hour system whenever they work remotely from late February to October in 2020. Because of this, the calculations of total hours worked per employee and hours in excess of statutory work hours per employee for January-September 2020 include the de facto working hours and are different from January-September 2021.
  2. The figures represent the number of consultations brought from all offices to the harassment consultation desk set up in the Company’s Human Resources Division during the relevant periods. The cases were not necessarily identified by the Company as instances of actual harassment.

The next report is scheduled for February 2022 and will cover the results of 2021 Q4 (October-December) and annual results.