"What Comes After 'Work Style Reform'" Sagamihara City Takes the Lead in Tackling Employees' "Improvement of Job Satisfaction" Head-On
Sagamihara City will establish the "Job Satisfaction Improvement Promotion Office" in April 2026 to improve employee engagement and secure human resources. It promotes HR management reform ahead of other municipalities.
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"Work Style Reform" based on the work style reform related laws sequentially enforced since April 2019. This national initiative aiming for flexible working styles with work-life balance as a keyword has been widely addressed in companies and local governments.
And recently, in addition to "Work Style Reform" as a methodology to improve the ease of working depending on the environment and time, measures to improve "job satisfaction (heart and motivation)" through giving meaning to work, providing growth opportunities, and psychological safety have been attracting attention.
Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, believes that the multiplication of these two factors holds the key to securing human resources, improving organizational productivity, and achieving sustainable growth in recent times when liquidity in the labor market is increasing, and will advance the following initiatives.
## Sagamihara City's New Initiative Aimed at Improving Employees' Job Satisfaction
Sagamihara City regards such "improvement of employees' job satisfaction" as an important factor for municipal administration, and taking the lead over other local governments, will establish a new organization symbolically bearing the word "job satisfaction" called the "Job Satisfaction Improvement Promotion Office" from April 1, 2026, and newly appointed a Director General of the General Affairs Bureau in charge of human resource activity promotion.
We will further back up the creation of workplaces where people can feel job satisfaction and the active participation and growth of employees, and the city hall will work together to promote various initiatives.
## [Establishment of the New Organization "Job Satisfaction Improvement Promotion Office" and Director General of the General Affairs Bureau (in charge of Human Resource Activity Promotion)]
In order to further promote the securing and developing of human resources indispensable for providing sustainable civic services, as well as to improve employee engagement and prevent turnover, we have established the "Job Satisfaction Improvement Promotion Office" as an exclusive organization, and appointed a Director General of the General Affairs Bureau (in charge of human resource activity promotion).
### ■ Three Reforms Promoted by the "Job Satisfaction Improvement Promotion Office"
We will begin initiatives centered on three "reforms" and ten "items".
1. Human Resource Management Reform
- By raising the overall level of management skills, we will try to prevent mental illness and restrain turnover, and vitalize communication within the agency.
2. Improvement of Sense of Conviction
- We will consider mechanisms to visualize motivation such as commendation systems, and mechanisms for young employees to challenge responsible positions.
3. Business and Organizational Reform
- We will structurally reform the current situation of overwork, leading to the creation of leeway and mental prevention, and create spare capacity for employees to challenge themselves.
## [Commissioning of Counselors through Invitation from Comprehensive Collaboration Companies]
Exclusive organization
And recently, in addition to "Work Style Reform" as a methodology to improve the ease of working depending on the environment and time, measures to improve "job satisfaction (heart and motivation)" through giving meaning to work, providing growth opportunities, and psychological safety have been attracting attention.
Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, believes that the multiplication of these two factors holds the key to securing human resources, improving organizational productivity, and achieving sustainable growth in recent times when liquidity in the labor market is increasing, and will advance the following initiatives.
## Sagamihara City's New Initiative Aimed at Improving Employees' Job Satisfaction
Sagamihara City regards such "improvement of employees' job satisfaction" as an important factor for municipal administration, and taking the lead over other local governments, will establish a new organization symbolically bearing the word "job satisfaction" called the "Job Satisfaction Improvement Promotion Office" from April 1, 2026, and newly appointed a Director General of the General Affairs Bureau in charge of human resource activity promotion.
We will further back up the creation of workplaces where people can feel job satisfaction and the active participation and growth of employees, and the city hall will work together to promote various initiatives.
## [Establishment of the New Organization "Job Satisfaction Improvement Promotion Office" and Director General of the General Affairs Bureau (in charge of Human Resource Activity Promotion)]
In order to further promote the securing and developing of human resources indispensable for providing sustainable civic services, as well as to improve employee engagement and prevent turnover, we have established the "Job Satisfaction Improvement Promotion Office" as an exclusive organization, and appointed a Director General of the General Affairs Bureau (in charge of human resource activity promotion).
### ■ Three Reforms Promoted by the "Job Satisfaction Improvement Promotion Office"
We will begin initiatives centered on three "reforms" and ten "items".
1. Human Resource Management Reform
- By raising the overall level of management skills, we will try to prevent mental illness and restrain turnover, and vitalize communication within the agency.
2. Improvement of Sense of Conviction
- We will consider mechanisms to visualize motivation such as commendation systems, and mechanisms for young employees to challenge responsible positions.
3. Business and Organizational Reform
- We will structurally reform the current situation of overwork, leading to the creation of leeway and mental prevention, and create spare capacity for employees to challenge themselves.
## [Commissioning of Counselors through Invitation from Comprehensive Collaboration Companies]
Exclusive organization