Gwangju Bank Wins Grand Prize for 'Work-Life Balance Excellence' Award

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Gwangju Bank (President Song Jong-wook) announced that it won the highest award, the Grand Prize, at the ‘2021 Gwangju Metropolitan City Work-Life Balance Excellent Company Case Contest’ conducted by the Gwangju Regional Employment Office.

Work-life balance refers to improving working methods and culture so that employees can fully demonstrate their abilities, enhancing corporate productivity and competitiveness while achieving a balance between work and life.

In this contest, Gwangju Bank was highly evaluated for introducing the ‘Family Day’ and ‘PC-OFF’ systems to reduce overtime, promoting punctual attendance and work efficiency, fostering a healthy company dinner culture through the ‘119 Campaign,’ and implementing a health promotion system that rewards employees with congratulatory money upon successful weight loss or smoking cessation, significantly increasing employee job satisfaction.

The prize money of 1 million won awarded for winning the Grand Prize was shared by President Song Jong-wook and the executives and employees of Gwangju Bank, and was given to the nutritionists, head chefs, and cafeteria staff at the head office who are responsible for employees’ nutrition and health, providing the driving force to work with bright energy, sharing the meaning of a workplace where employees are happy.

President Song Jong-wook of Gwangju Bank said, “To create a happy workplace where employees enjoy working, we plan to continue gathering diverse opinions from executives and employees, deliberating together, and finding areas for improvement. We hope that this proud corporate culture unique to Gwangju Bank will enhance employees’ work efficiency and serve as a model for local companies.”

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