Gwangju City Announces Call for Applications for Family-Friendly Management Support Project for SMEs

Up to April 2...
2 Million KRW for 30 Companies

Poster for the "2025 Small Business Family-Friendly Management Support Project." Provided by Gwangju City

The Gwangju Work-Family Balance Support Center announced on the 18th that it is accepting applications from companies to participate in the "2025 Family-Friendly Management Support Project for Small and Medium-sized Businesses" to help local SMEs foster a family-friendly management culture.

Launched in 2019 as the first of its kind in the nation, the "Family-Friendly Management Support Project for Small and Medium-sized Businesses" selects a total of 30 workplaces through a review of submitted proposals for family-friendly management culture programs, providing each company with 2 million KRW in program operation expenses.

Companies can choose and propose at least one program tailored to their characteristics from the following four areas: ▲Family education and care support ▲Family health support ▲Family leisure and self-development ▲Family participation programs.

Eligible applicants are SMEs practicing family-friendly management, with their headquarters located in Gwangju, employing between 5 and 300 workers enrolled in employment insurance. Companies that have benefited from the Family-Friendly Management Support Project between 2020 and 2024 are not eligible to apply. Family-friendly leading companies may reapply only once.

Applications can be submitted by downloading the application form from the notice section of the Gwangju city website or the family-friendly management resources section of the Work-Family Balance Support Center website between the 26th and April 2nd, and submitting it via email. For more details, please contact the Work-Family Balance Support Center.

"Family-Friendly Certified Companies" will receive additional points in the evaluation process. Additional points are also awarded based on family-friendly management achievements, such as male parental leave and spouse paternity leave.

Companies selected for the Family-Friendly Management Support Project must operate at least one family-friendly management culture program and are also required to implement the family-friendly day "Bitnaneun Nal." Newly introduced this year, "Bitnaneun Nal" is a system that allows employees to take special leave or leave work early on birthdays or family anniversaries, in addition to regular annual leave, without any wage reduction, managed internally by the company. Each employee must use this at least once during the project period.

Yoon Geonyeol, head of the Work-Family Balance Support Center, stated, "I hope this support project will help both employees and employers create a joyful family-friendly workplace culture during these challenging times," and added, "We look forward to the active participation of SMEs interested in family-friendly management."

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