SK Siltron and 3 Other Companies Honored as Trusted Employers of Persons with Disabilities

Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation, Korea Electrical Safety Corporation, Bestian Foundation, etc.

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled announced on the 12th that four companies, including SK Siltron, were selected as recipients of the '2021 True Company' award given to companies trusted for employing people with disabilities. Since its inception in 2006, the 'True Company' award is a commendation system that grants the Minister of Employment and Labor Award to institutions and companies that have diligently worked to expand employment for people with disabilities in cooperation with the agency.

This year's grand prize was awarded to SK Siltron. The gold prize went to Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation, the silver prize to Korea Electrical Safety Corporation, and the bronze prize to the Bestian Foundation.

SK Siltron established a subsidiary-type standard workplace for people with disabilities and increased its employment rate by hiring a large number of people with severe disabilities to realize social value through the employment of people with disabilities. The Ministry of Employment and Labor and the agency evaluated that the company "set an exemplary model for employing people with disabilities." The company signed an agreement with the agency in 2019 to promote employment for people with disabilities, continuously discovering customized jobs such as laundry service, printing production, and machine management, and employed many people with severe disabilities. By hiring dedicated staff for disability employment and recruiting and employing only people with disabilities, the company achieved an employment rate of 3.61% as of December last year.

Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation relaxed eligibility requirements such as exempting English test scores and operated a special recruitment system for people with disabilities. As a result of efforts to discover jobs for employing people with disabilities, the company employed 132 disabled workers and achieved an employment rate of 3.94% as of last year. Korea Electrical Safety Corporation developed customized jobs and employed 83 people with disabilities as of last year. The Bestian Foundation established the 'Bestian Medical Cluster' in Osong, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, which specializes in burn treatment, research, and clinical treatment, and has been promoting the expansion of employment for people with disabilities as part of its social contribution efforts.

Cho Hyang-hyun, Chairman of the agency, said, "I thank the awarded companies and institutions for their sincere efforts to employ people with disabilities despite the difficulties caused by COVID-19," and added, "The agency will actively promote the excellent cases of True Company awardees and do its best to support the expansion of quality jobs for people with disabilities in other companies as well."

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