Hanwha Systems Selected as 'Top Job Creator in Korea'... Leading Youth Employment Creation

Work-Life Balance with a 'Flexible Work Environment' Created
Labor Disputes '0', Reduced Non-Regular Workers Below 2%

Kim Yeon-cheol, CEO of Hanwha Systems (right), is taking a commemorative photo after receiving the 'Korea's Best Job Creator Company' certification plaque from Prime Minister Chung Sye-kyun.

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] Hanwha Systems announced on the 30th that it has been selected as a '2020 Korea Job Excellence Company' hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor. The company was highly evaluated for leading youth job creation and improving job quality.

Hanwha Systems explained that at the event held the day before at the Government Sejong Convention Center located in Sejong City, CEO Kim Yeon-cheol and Labor Committee Chairman Yang Cheol-eon attended and received a presidential certificate of recognition. Hanwha Systems received excellent evaluations in areas such as work-life balance, youth employment creation, and reduction of working hours without wage cuts.

The Korea Job Excellence Company is selected based on indicators such as ▲youth employment creation performance ▲practice of work-life balance ▲consideration for jobs for women, disabled, and elderly ▲reduction of working hours without wage cuts ▲labor-management coexistence and mutual growth, taking into account industry and company balance.

Hanwha Systems operates various systems to balance work and life, including the 'Selective Working Hours System' that allows employees to adjust their commuting times themselves, the 'Sabbatical Month System' which is the first of its kind among domestic large corporations providing a chance for recharge to promoted employees, and the newly established 'Dad Leave,' a one-month paid leave for men to participate in childcare. In 2019, the sabbatical month usage rate was 91.4%, and 80% of eligible employees took dad leave, receiving positive responses from employees.

Over the past two years, the company has contributed to job expansion by newly hiring more than 10% of the total employees. Among the new hires, 67.4% were youth, and 60.5% were local talents, striving for youth employment and revitalization of local communities.

Focusing on improving job quality and stability by reducing the proportion of non-regular workers to around 2% through regular employment, no labor disputes have occurred in the past five years. The employee representative organization, the 'Labor Committee,' participates in various management activities based on communication and harmony between labor and management.

The company emphasized that through labor-management agreement, working hours were proactively reduced to an average of 40 hours per week across the company, and changes in working methods are being led by innovating non-value-added and inefficient tasks and improving meeting culture.

Kim Yeon-cheol, CEO of Hanwha Systems, said, "Warm jobs create warm homes, and happy jobs create happy lives," adding, "Hanwha Systems will continue to regard improving both the quantity and quality of jobs as its corporate mission and do its best efforts."

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