Japan's biggest telecom company is about to embrace teleworking in a big way.
From July, employees of NTT will be allowed to work from home anywhere in Japan. And when they have to visit the office, it will be deemed a business trip.
NTT says there will be no more compulsory transfers and no limits to travel expenses. Employees will be allowed to fly to the office if need be.
The company says the idea is to increase job satisfaction and help attract and retain talented people.
NTT and its group companies employ 180,000 people nationwide. About 30,000 of them will be eligible at first, but the firm plans to expand the scheme later.
◆embrace （機会などを）喜んで受け入れる、積極的に取り入れる formal to eagerly accept a new idea, opinion, religion etc
From July, employees of NTT will be allowed to work from home anywhere in Japan. And when they have to visit the office, it will be deemed a business trip.
NTT says there will be no more compulsory transfers and no limits to travel expenses. Employees will be allowed to fly to the office if need be.
The company says the idea is to increase job satisfaction and help attract and retain talented people.
NTT and its group companies employ 180,000 people nationwide. About 30,000 of them will be eligible at first, but the firm plans to expand the scheme later.
◆embrace （機会などを）喜んで受け入れる、積極的に取り入れる formal to eagerly accept a new idea, opinion, religion etc
◆retain 保つ、維持する to keep something or continue to have something
◆eligible 資格がある、条件を満たしている、適格の someone who is eligible for something is able or allowed to do it, for example because they are the right age