[2025 Women’s Forum] KT Expands Continuous Work-Life Balance Support... Launches Dedicated Task Force
10th Asia Gender Equality Index Awards
Asia Business Daily Representative Award in the Family-Friendly Category
KT, which received the Asia Business Daily Representative Award in the Family-Friendly category at the 10th Asia Gender Equality Index Awards, has been continuously expanding its support for work-life balance.
On the 6th, KT received the Asia Business Daily Representative Award in the Family-Friendly category at the 10th Asia Gender Equality Index Awards ceremony hosted by The Asia Business Daily at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul. Photo by Kang Jinhyung
View original imageOne notable example is the "Hi Baby TF," established in 2024. The goal is for employees themselves to identify areas for improvement in order to create an environment where they can confidently raise children while focusing on their work.
In practice, KT has expanded reduced working hours for pregnant employees and provides support not only for prenatal checkup leave and medical expenses but also for childbirth congratulatory payments and postpartum care allowances. The company also operates a variety of programs to ease the burden of childcare, including up to two years of parental leave, reduced working hours for employees with young children, a hybrid work system that combines remote and office work, an on-site daycare center, leave for caring for elementary school children, family care leave, and financial support for child-rearing and education expenses.
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Active use of flexible work arrangements is also a key feature. Through the total flexible working hours system, employees can freely adjust their working hours between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. within a total of 160 hours over a four-week period. Last year, the average monthly number of users reached 5,540. The company also encourages employees to take Fridays off to enable extended breaks from Friday through the weekend by distributing working hours and operating weekday holidays.
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