Incheon City Selects 10 Women-Friendly Companies... Provides Employment Incentives and Environment Improvement Funds

Incheon Mayor Park Nam-chun (center) is taking a commemorative photo with company representatives after presenting certificates and plaques at the '2020 Incheon-type Women-Friendly Company Selection Ceremony' on the 11th.
[Photo by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] Incheon City has selected 10 companies as 'Incheon-type Women-Friendly Companies' this year, recognizing them as workplaces where women can work comfortably.

The selected companies are Myeongpum Cleaners, Semoon Screen, HB, Woman Industry, OneWed, Jungwon Industry, Geotechnology, Thomas, Hybero, and Hyundai Industry.

These companies received high evaluations in areas such as the number of female workers, length of service, new hires, and maternity protection systems to foster a women-friendly corporate culture.

Women-friendly companies are selected by evaluating 22 items including the status of female employment, work-life balance support, and welfare operations, targeting companies with 5 to fewer than 50 employees in the region.

The city accepted applications for women-friendly companies last October, conducted on-site inspections, and made the final selection through a selection committee last month.

The selected women-friendly companies can receive incentives of 2 million KRW (1 million KRW per person) for hiring up to two new female workers and support for environmental improvement projects within a limit of 10 million KRW.

Additionally, the city supports education to spread work-life balance culture and corporate promotion. Especially next year, it plans to actively support women to work as professionals in advanced materials, parts, or bio-industry fields by opening an 'Industrial Complex-type Women New Employment Center.'

Mayor Park Namchun said at a meeting with representatives of women-friendly companies on the 10th, "Most companies have hired more than half of their employees as women," and added, "We appreciate the companies for expanding female employment and creating an employment environment where work and family can coexist, and Incheon City will continue to provide unwavering support."

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