SK Hynix Selected as 'Best Family-Friendly Company'... First Case in Semiconductor Industry

Various Institutional Supports to Increase Member Birth Rates While Preventing Career Interruptions for Women

SK Hynix announced on the 19th that it has been selected as the first domestic semiconductor company to be designated as a 'Family-Friendly Top Company' by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.

The Ministry of Gender Equality and Family awards the 'Family-Friendly Certification' annually to companies that exemplary operate family-friendly systems. In the case of large corporations, if they maintain this certification for 15 years, they are selected as a 'Family-Friendly Top Company.' SK Hynix first received the family-friendly certification in 2009 and this year obtained re-certification, fulfilling the 15-year maintenance requirement and being selected as a Family-Friendly Top Company.

Participants are taking a commemorative photo at the English camp attended by SK Hynix employees and their children. / Photo by SK Hynix

The company has introduced and expanded various systems by collecting diverse opinions and preferences within the company so that employees can reduce burdens related to childbirth and childcare and focus on their work. To increase the birth rate among employees, it supports infertility leave and infertility medical expenses and implements a shortened working hours system for pregnant employees throughout the entire pregnancy period. It also provides system support such as special parental leave and childcare leave for children entering school to help female employees maintain their careers while raising children.

SK Hynix also runs various programs so that employees can care for their families and immerse themselves in work through sufficient refresh opportunities. In April last year, it introduced the 'Happy Friday' system, where employees who meet mandatory working hours take one Friday off per month for recharging. Long-term service leave has been expanded to one week every 5 years and three weeks every 10 years. Additionally, family-participation welfare programs such as semiconductor fab tours inviting employees' families to the workplace are also being implemented.

Shin Sang-gyu, Vice President and Head of Corporate Culture at SK Hynix, said, "We will continue to strive for family-friendly management to contribute to solving social issues such as low birth rates and career interruptions of female talent," and "we will build a solid corporate culture where excellent semiconductor talents can demonstrate their best capabilities and leap forward as a global top-tier company."

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