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What is KENKO Investment
for Health (KIH)

“KENKO Investment for Health (KIH)” refers to the strategic management of the health of employees and others from a managerial perspective. Efforts to maintain and improve the health of employees based on management principles of an enterprise will result in revitalization of the organization, greater productivity, and enhanced corporate value.

Health and Productivity Management: Comments from Practicing Companies ▶︎

Implementation of Survey on KIH

A company applying for certification as the KIH Outstanding Organization (Large Enterprise Category) must complete the Survey on KIH. The Survey on KIH is used as basic information for certification screening, as well as to analyze the status of corporate KIH initiatives and how they have changed over time.

Number of responses from large enterprise applicants for the “2023 Certified KIH Outstanding Organizations Recognition Program” = 3,169

Evaluation methods in the Survey on KIH

Evaluation in this survey is based on the evaluation criteria established by a standards review committee consisting of industrial doctors, insurers, investors, etc. Questions in the survey are classified into four aspects (frameworks): “management principles and policies”, “organizational structure”, “implementation of systems and measures,” and “evaluation and improvement,” and the total score for each aspect is converted into a deviation value, which is used as the evaluation value for that aspect. The evaluation values for the aspects are then all multiplied by different weightings (according to their importance), and added together to form the overall evaluation.

Selection Criteria for a Certified Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organization

*Figure “(5) Legal compliance and risk management” is not a quantitative evaluation (or score) but a judgment of suitability.

Results of the 2023 Survey on KIH (excerpt)

(1) Management principles and policies

Documentation of company-wide policies

Company-wide policies documented 00.0 %
Company-wide policies documented6.9%

In-house notification and promotion of understanding of documented contents (multiple answers)

Regular written notices sent to employees

80.7%

Regular communication to managers through training, etc.

69.3%

Regular communication to employees through training, etc.

66.1%

Regular communication through morning meetings, etc.

65.8%

Regular checking of employees’ understanding

48.3%

Participation of general employees other than those assigned to promotion system

48.0%

Forum provided for employee discussion of company policies, etc.

43.6%

Comments on policy collected from general employees

39.2%

Other

41.6%

Nothing specifically done

1.1%

n=2950

Externally disclosed or not

Both purpose and structure
are externally disclosed 00.0 %
Only one, or neither, is
externally disclosed11.0%

*If the answer to the Survey on Health and Productivity Management Q19 is “2. Only one, or neither, is externally disclosed,” certification as an Health and Productivity Management Outstanding Organization will not be granted, as stated in the question.

Disclosure of performance data related to
KIH (Multiple answers)

Regular health checkup rate

63.2%

Stress check examination rate

59.4%

Vacation leave taken

54.3%

Hours worked

49.9%

Health checkup questionnaire aggregated results

49.8%

Health checkup result indicators

42.3%

Employee turnover

37.9%

Participation in broad-based measures for employees

37.6%

Rate of full medical examinations after regular health checkup

35.7%

Stress check aggregated results

33.8%

Participation in measures for high-risk individuals

29.7%

Work engagement

24.2%

Leave taken due to injury or illness

22.5%

Absenteeism

20.7%

Employee health literacy

20.6%

Presenteeism

20.2%

Employee satisfaction with each measure

19.2%

Rate of management (continued treatment) of high-risk individuals

17.3%

Other

17.2%

No particular indicator results are disclosed

19.2%

n=2819

Understanding and considering business partners
(Multiple answers)

Legal compliance related to occupational health and safety

60.2%

Overwork by employees

38.5%

Implementation of KIH measures

38.2%

Acquisition of the status as Certified KIH Outstanding Organization

31.1%

Not particularly identified or considered

23.0%

Support for business partners

Providing know-how through discussions with business partners, etc.

46.4%

Inviting employees of business partners to participate in events, etc.

25.6%

Jointly organizing events and other initiatives

19.2%

Nothing specifically done

34.6%

(2) Organizational structure

Title of the manager with the highest responsibility
for KIH

Top management 00.0 %
Officer in charge15.0%
General manager or below
1.1%
No single person
responsible
for
overseeing the entire
company2.6%

Details of consultation with insurer (Multiple answers)

Recognizing and sharing company issues

87.8%

Discussing how to effectively implement measures

64.5%

Implementing role assignment of measures
(eliminating duplication)

61.2%

Promoting employee participation in insurer projects

61.1%

Discussing medium and long-term policies for both parties

55.7%

Jointly verifying effectiveness

44.6%

Jointly developing and promoting data health plans

44.1%

Other

25.0%

Not particularly discussed or coordinated

3.1%

(3) Implementation of systems and measures

Initiatives to be emphasized this fiscal year based on plans

Preventing disease outbreaks for all employees

27.5%

Preventing serious illness in people at high risk of
lifestyle-related disease

19.6%

Preventing stress-related disease

13.9%

n=2945

(4) Evaluation and improvement

Measurement of employee productivity,
organizational vitality, etc. (Multiple responses)

Absenteeism

57.5%

Level of trust and satisfaction with, and sense of contribution to, the organization

55.6%

Level of overall organizational vitality and openness

53.6%

Work engagement

53.1%

Presenteeism

38.0%

Employee satisfaction with the company’s KIH measures

32.7%

Other

14.9%

Not particularly measured

15.9%

Measurement method for each indicator
Single answer for each)

[Absenteeism n=1,823]

Asking about sick leave taken by questionnaire

21.9%

Tracking days of absence due to illness

61.2%

Tracking days of leave taken due to illness

72.2%

Other

23.5%

[Presenteeism n=1,205]

WHO-HPQ

17.4%

SPQ

35.5%

WLQ

6.6%

WFun

6.1%

QQmethod

1.7%

WPAI

0.1%

Other

30.8%

[Work engagement n=1,683]

Utrecht Work Engagement Scale

12.8%

MBI-GS

0.0%

OLBI

0.0%

Other

84.4%

Verification of effectiveness of KIH

Identifying the results of
individual measures3.1%
In addition, verify
improvements to lifestyle
and awareness 00.0 %
Nothing specifically done
6.2%
No answer0.1%

Improvement based on effectiveness verification

Review individual
measures based on
results of measures 00.0 %
In addition, review
individual measures
based on effects 00.0 %
In addition, study and
improvement of
combinations
of measures 00.0 %
In addition, reviews all
plans regularly 00.0 %
Nothing specifically done
2.1%
No answer1.3%

n=2945