Gyeongbuk Province Supports Family-Friendly Business Management... "Spreading Work-Life Balance Consensus"

From the 20th, Open Call for Three Areas to Foster Family-Friendly Certified Companies

About 250 employees of the Gyeongbuk Provincial Office, including Governor Lee Cheol-woo, participating in the 'Thanks Challenge' on May 6.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Dong-wook] Gyeongsangbuk-do announced on the 19th that it will hold a contest for three project areas to foster 'Family-Friendly Certified Companies' to improve the working environment of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that have been depressed due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19).

'Family-Friendly Certification' is a system in which the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family grants certification to companies and institutions that exemplary operate support for childbirth and child-rearing, flexible working hours, and more. As of the end of last year, there are 127 family-friendly certified companies and institutions in Gyeongbuk Province (12 large companies, 61 SMEs, 54 public institutions).

This contest is divided into three areas: family-friendly certified company environment improvement project, family-friendly program support project, and family-friendly certified company cultural experience support project.

First, through the environment improvement project, family-friendly certified SMEs in the province (including newly applied companies in 2020) will be supported with up to 20 million KRW per company for family-friendly environment improvement costs (with a 10% self-payment of the subsidy). Twenty companies will be selected through the contest by August 14, and support will be provided for new construction and renovation costs of rest areas, health promotion spaces, care spaces, lodging and hygiene spaces, etc., for the selected SMEs.

Through the 'Family-Friendly Program Support,' family-friendly certified SMEs will be selected by reviewing family-friendly programs submitted by the 30th, selecting about 20 companies, and supporting up to 5 million KRW per company for program operation costs.

Through the 'Cultural Experience Support Project,' applications will be accepted until the 30th from workers of family-friendly certified SMEs, and cultural experience programs such as lodging at traditional houses will be supported for the families of 140 workers on a first-come, first-served basis (based on 4 persons per family). For more details, please refer to the Gyeongbuk Women's Policy Development Institute website, which is promoting the family-friendly certified company fostering project.

Lee Won-kyung, Director of the Child and Women’s Happiness Bureau of Gyeongbuk Province, said, "We ask for the participation of many family-friendly certified companies and workers to revitalize family-friendly management in SMEs within Gyeongbuk and to spread social consensus on work-life balance."

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