Gwangju City Selects 32 Family-Friendly Certified Companies

Mayor Lee Yong-seop: "Committed to Making Gwangju a Great Place to Have and Raise Children"

Gwangju City Hall

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 14th that it held the ‘2019 New Family-Friendly Certified Companies Plaque Award Ceremony’ and awarded plaques to 22 newly selected companies.

The Family-Friendly Certification System is a certification program implemented by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family based on Article 15 of the Act on the Promotion of a Family-Friendly Social Environment. It grants certification through evaluation to companies and public institutions that exemplary operate family-friendly systems.

The certification evaluation consists of three parts: leadership, implementation of family-friendly systems such as parental leave, and employee satisfaction. Final selection is made through document review, on-site inspection, and face-to-face evaluation.

Additionally, certified companies undergo continuous evaluation for three years to receive re-certification.

Gwangju City selected the expansion of family-friendly certified companies as a pledge task of the 7th local government administration and has steadily expanded incentives for family-friendly certified companies to realize ‘Gwangju, a good city to have and raise children.’

In the 2019 Family-Friendly Certified Companies recruitment, a total of 38 companies applied, including 28 new applicants (21 small and medium enterprises, 2 public institutions) and 10 re-certifications (6 small and medium enterprises, 4 public institutions). After central evaluation, 32 companies were finally selected, including 22 new and 10 re-certified companies.

Accordingly, from 2011 to 2019, the total number of family-friendly certified companies in Gwangju, including new certifications and re-certifications, has increased to 81.

At the plaque award ceremony, representatives and executives from 22 companies (20 small and medium enterprises, 2 public institutions) including Gongyeong Logistics Co., Ltd. and Ribalab, which newly acquired the 2019 Ministry of Gender Equality and Family family-friendly certification, participated.

Gwangju City provides 12 incentives and additional points to newly certified and re-certified companies, including family-friendly management support funds operated by the Work-Family Balance Support Headquarters during the certification maintenance period, as well as professional consulting and training.

Mayor Lee Yong-seop said, “Last year, Gwangju launched the ‘Headquarters for Making Gwangju a Good City to Have and Raise Children’ and upgraded the Women and Family Policy Officer to the Women and Family Bureau through organizational restructuring, developing Gwangju into a model city leading childbirth and childcare.” He added, “We will continue to strive so that more companies and institutions become family-friendly companies supporting work-family balance, making Gwangju a city where it is good to have and raise children.”

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