Shinsegae Casa Selected as Family-Friendly Company... Operating 'Emotional Support Program for Employees'

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bo-kyung] Shinsegae Casa announced on the 11th that it has obtained the '2021 Family-Friendly Company' certification, organized by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

The Family-Friendly Company certification is a system in which the government grants certification to companies that exemplary operate family-friendly management systems, such as establishing a family-friendly management operation system and supporting childbirth and child-rearing, to support workers' work-life balance. Shinsegae Casa was selected as a family-friendly company in recognition of its family-friendly systems, including substantial welfare benefits, pregnancy and childbirth support, and awareness improvement for establishing a work-family balance corporate culture.

Last year, Shinsegae Casa established a 'Mind Care Room' and operates emotional support programs for employees, including emotional management programs for pregnant women, stress management, and personality tests through professional counselors. It also operates a flexible working hours system and a selective working system, and introduced a PC off system to encourage leaving work on time, striving to harmoniously balance work and life.

They plan to additionally establish various systems such as health check-up leave and shortened working hours for employees on their birthdays. Infertility leave will be changed to 3 days of paid leave throughout the year, and they will actively promote childbirth encouragement by supporting childbirth congratulatory money and gifts.

A Shinsegae Casa official stated, "Since the brand name 'Casamia' means 'My Happy Home,' we have continuously established family-friendly related systems with that meaning in mind to enable work and family to coexist," adding, "We will do our best to create a corporate culture where all employees can enjoy a joyful and happy work life."

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