Samsung Recommends 'Distributed Vacations' for 200,000 Domestic Employees to Prevent COVID Spread and Boost Domestic Consumption

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[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] Samsung Group announced on the 12th that it has prepared a "Summer Vacation Operation Guide" aimed at dispersing vacation periods for all job categories to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) and to revitalize the domestic economy.

The summer vacation operation guide will be applied to about 200,000 employees of over 20 affiliates, including Samsung Electronics, Samsung C&T, Samsung Life Insurance, and Samsung SDI.

Since 2016, Samsung has implemented a "year-round vacation system" for office workers, allowing them to take vacations autonomously whenever they want without a separate summer vacation period. However, affiliates operating manufacturing sites such as Samsung Electronics, Samsung SDI, and Samsung Electro-Mechanics have applied an "intensive vacation system" where manufacturing workers take group vacations during a fixed period to minimize production disruptions caused by vacations.

However, this year, to participate in social efforts to prevent COVID-19 infection, Samsung encourages all employees, including manufacturing workers as well as office workers, to disperse their summer vacations between July and September.

Samsung also recommended that employees spend their summer vacations domestically as much as possible to contribute to revitalizing the domestic economy through promoting domestic consumption and to prevent COVID-19 infection from overseas visits.

Only employees with unavoidable reasons, such as visiting family members living abroad, may travel overseas after obtaining internal company approval, and they must strictly follow quarantine rules such as 14-day self-quarantine after returning.

Additionally, during the vacation period, employees are required to strictly adhere to infection prevention rules such as wearing masks, maintaining social distancing, refraining from visiting high-risk facilities, and immediately stopping travel and undergoing testing if symptoms appear.

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