Kyobo Life Insurance Selected as the First 'Best Family-Friendly Company'

On the 1st, at the 'Family-Friendly No.1 Top Company' designation certificate awarding ceremony held at the Kyobo Life Insurance Building in Jongno-gu, Seoul, Kim Hyun-sook, Minister of Gender Equality and Family (left in the photo), and Shin Chang-jae, Chairman of Kyobo Life Insurance (right in the photo), are posing for a commemorative photo. Kyobo Life Insurance has maintained the certification for 15 years since the family-friendly certification system was introduced in 2008.

[Asia Economy Reporter Changhwan Lee] Kyobo Life Insurance announced on the 2nd that it has maintained its family-friendly certification for 15 years since 2008 and was selected as the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family's 'No. 1 Best Family-Friendly Company.'

The family-friendly certification is a system introduced in 2008 by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family, which evaluates and certifies companies that lead the creation of family-friendly cultures, such as support for pregnancy, childbirth, child-rearing, and flexible working hours.

Kyobo Life Insurance not only encourages maternity leave and parental leave but also operates spouse maternity leave, fetal examination and infertility treatment leave, staggered working hours, company housing and monthly rent support, childcare allowances, and enrollment and support for life insurance and personal pension insurance.

The Dasom Daycare Center, opened by Kyobo Life Insurance in 2013 as the first in the life insurance industry, pays meticulous attention to providing a safe environment for children with eco-friendly facilities and excellent childcare programs.

On the 1st, Minister Hyunsook Kim of the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family met with Chairman Shin Chang-jae of Kyobo Life Insurance to discuss ways to expand family-friendly management in companies. Chairman Shin has shown special interest in creating a good workplace by personally serving meals to employees' children at the Dasom Daycare Center.

Minister Kim said, "I express my gratitude to Kyobo Life Insurance, designated as the No. 1 Best Family-Friendly Company for maintaining family-friendly certification for 15 years," and added, "I expect all employees to play a leading role in the development of the family-friendly certification system."

A Kyobo Life Insurance official stated, "We are honored to be designated as the No. 1 Best Family-Friendly Company," and added, "We will continue our efforts to pass on our experience in operating family-friendly systems and to spread an organizational culture that balances work and family."

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