The Chairman of the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service Becomes Santa, Surprises Visit to Workplace Daycare Center

Director Park Jong-gil Says "Merry Christmas" at Ulsan Innovation City Daycare Center

Jong-gil Park, the Chairman of the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, transformed into Santa Claus and appeared at a daycare center.

Ahead of Christmas, the Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service announced that Chairman Park visited the Gongeongjikjang Pureundeul Daycare Center in Jung-gu, Ulsan, on the morning of the 23rd to deliver gifts to the children and encourage the daycare staff.

Chairman Park surprised everyone by dressing as Santa Claus and personally handing out Christmas presents to the children, conveying a message of dreams and hope to them.

Opened in October 2016, the Gongeongjikjang Pureundeul Daycare Center is a workplace daycare facility caring for 104 children aged from 0 to 5 years old.

A workplace daycare center is a facility directly established and operated by an employer for their workers. It is run to alleviate childcare issues for workers, provide economic benefits for childcare, and help working women overcome career interruptions.

Considering the unique characteristics of the Service, the Gongeongjikjang Pureundeul Daycare Center operates extended care classes and offers high-quality childcare services through specialized programs such as community linkage activities, creative convergence programs, ESD programs, and 3D character development programs to improve childcare quality.

Additionally, this facility has been striving to create a safe and high-quality nurturing environment, having received an A grade certification in the daycare center evaluation system this year and being reselected as an excellent open daycare center for two consecutive years.

Chairman Jong-gil Park stated, “We will do our best to alleviate workers’ childcare concerns, achieve a balance between work and family for a happy life, and promote a family-friendly workplace culture where employees and their families can thrive together.”