In addition to the Corporate Affirmative Action for Women Strategy Program, Sharp Japan has introduced various systems which support its employees in balancing work and family, aiming to give both men and women a chance to achieve their full potential in the workplace.

Systems	Function
Reemployment following child-care leave	An employee retiring for child-care reasons is guaranteed to be reemployed by the time the child enters elementary school (by the last day of March after the child turns 6 years old).
Reduced working hours for child-care reasons	During pregnancy or until the child enters elementary school (until the last day of March after the child turns 6 years old), an employee can shorten his or her workday by up to 2 hours (in 30-minute increments).
Short-term leave for wife's child-birth	An employee can take a total of 5 days (paid) leave starting in the week before the expected day of birth and ending 4 weeks after the baby is born.
Childcare leave system	An employee can take leave until the last day of the first March after the child turns 1 year old, or until the child is 1 year and 6 months old, whichever period is longer.
Leave to help children adjust to nurseries	An employee can take up to 1 month's leave until the last day of the first April after the child turns 1 year old, or until the child is 1 year and 7 months old, whichever period is longer.
Child-care time	Until the child is 1 year old, the parent can take up to 1 hour a day (in 30-minute increments) of (paid) leave.
Childcare support system	An employee can work flexible hours until the last day of March during the child's third year of elementary school.
Subsidies to employees to pay for in-home nursing care	An employee receives 14 subsidy payments during the period from start of pregnancy until 9 weeks (10 weeks for multiple births) after birth, and 14 subsidy payments during the period from the start of maternity leave or child-care leave until the child enters elementary school. For in-home nursing care, an employee receives 14 subsidy payments. Each payment is a maximum of 5,000 yen a day.
Multi purpose leave	An employee can take up to 8 days (paid) leave a year for things like taking care of ill or elderly family members, special family days, self education courses, volunteer work, and fertility care.
Fertility care financing	Sharp Group finance company offers low-interest loans to Sharp employees for fertility care.