Mizuho Americas

Our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) were established to advance diversity and inclusion at Mizuho. Led by employees for employees, ERGs contribute to individual professional development as well as Mizuho’s broader growth by encouraging colleagues to pursue programming that is purposeful and impactful.

They identify issues and opportunities relating to talent, business practices and culture. Since their inception, these groups have focused on programs that foster a sense of community and connection among employees and the firm. Their insights have helped build our brand and have contributed to our existing recruitment and talent acquisition processes. More than half our employees in the US are members of ERGs.

Flexible working hours

In order to help employees work more effectively and productively, Mizuho offers the option of flexible working hours, such as flextime (options with and without core hours) and staggered working hours, to suit the needs of each workplace.

We also provide systems that support a good work–life balance for employees facing time limitations due to childcare and aging family care, above and beyond legal requirements. For example, employees with young children can select to work full days on some days of the week and shortened hours on other days, allowing them to flexibly adjust their working hours to fit their family's situation, their spouse's work schedule, or other circumstances.

Remote work options

In order to provide employees with flexibility in terms of the location where they work, we have set up a satellite office floor in our Head Office and introduced a remote work system available for all employees.

We have put in place the necessary framework to ensure that employees can work without coming in to the office, and this has particularly enabled employees facing time limitations due to childcare and aging family care to make maximum use of the periods of time when they are best able to work. Also, we believe that allowing each individual to select the location which they can most effectively work from will lead to increased productivity, and therefore in fiscal 2017 we launched a remote work trial at four group companies. Remote work is growing in popularity. With the outbreak of COVID-19, more than 5,000 of our employees have been using our remote work system to fulfill their roles. This has not only prevented further spread of the virus but has also enabled a more efficient working style, demonstrating the benefits of remote work.

Caregiver subsidy

• After starting to take family care leave, for the period from the day after the completion of receiving family care benefit payments (a type of public benefit), until the final day of family care leave

Family member illness or injury leave

• 5 days per year, per eligible family member, during the period in which the family member requires care

Family care leave

• Leave of absence granted following application by an employee with a family member requiring regular care.
• Up to 488 work days

Daycare subsidy

• For employees who want to make an early return to work from maternity/childcare leave, Mizuho will subsidize half or a portion of the cost of daycare

Child illness or injury leave

• Special leave of up to five days per child per year allowed when a child is sick; leave may be taken in half–day units; this leave is separate from annual paid leave