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Employee Compensation and Benefits

The Corporation has taken various welfare measures for its employees to benefit their work, life, safety and health, so that they can not only receive regular salary, but also have various kinds of safeguards. As such, employees can concentrate on working for the Corporation without any worries.

Employee Compensation

  The salaries, incentives and employee bonuses are determined based on the remuneration levels in the same industry, the scope of their duties and responsibilities, their contribution to the Corporation's overall operations and their performance achievement pursuant to the regulations governing employee remuneration established by the Corporation and applicable rules. In terms of remuneration to directors, the Corporation's articles of incorporation shall apply; if the Corporation makes a profit in a year, it shall set aside not less than 5% as remuneration to employees. At the same time, the degree of their personal involvement in the the Corporation’s operations and the performance evaluation shall also be taken into consideration as a whole. The aspects to be considered include their fulfillment of the work performance goals, expertise and potential, internal management and leadership. In addition, other special contributions or significant negative incidents shall also be measured and considered in the performance evaluation for the remuneration payment.

 

Employee Benefits measures

  1. Employee insurance: In addition to issuing our employees with labor and national health insurance, we also provide comprehensive group insurance plans, including accidental death and disability, accident insurance, and travel safety insurance, providing full protection to our employees.
  2. Health checkups: A yearly health checkup is held as well as on-site visits consultation by physician and nurses. Employees with abnormal health checkup data will be followed up with.
  3. Loan for car purchase: The Company provides preferential loans to employees as part of the capital expenditure for car purchases required by their duties.
  4. Lactation room and childcare subsidy: The Company provides a friendly environment for lactation. To relieve the childcare burden of employees, the Company offers childcare subsidies to employees with children under 12 years old.
  5. Mobile phone bill subsidy: The Company provides monthly subsidies for employees who use their own mobile phones for work.
  6. Subsidy for using private computer equipment for work: The Company provides monthly subsidies for employees who use private computer equipment for work.
  7. Flexible working hours: To create a friendly workplace, the Company offers flexible shift options so that employees are able to balance between work and family or education needs.
  8. Employee travel subsidy: 1 to 2 employee trips are arranged each year, in which the Company’s Joint Employee Welfare Committee provides subsidies depending on the income and expenditures of the year.
  9. Annual gifts and allowances: In addition to the gifts or vouchers given for the 3 major holidays, the Company’s Joint Employee Welfare Committee also provides allowances for weddings, childbirths, hospitalizations, and funerals.
  10. Club activities: To enrich leisure activities and promote interaction and the team spirit of employees after work, employees are encouraged to set up clubs with health and educational significance. The clubs set up by the employees are subsidized by the Company’s Joint Employee Welfare Committee.
  11. Birthdays: In principle, the Company’s Joint Employee Welfare Committee organizes a birthday celebration every 2 months and offers birthday girts.

Employee continuing education and training

  1. The Corporation's trainings can be divided into pre-employment training and on-the-job training, etc. It is expected that the employees can strengthen their vocational expertise through continuing education and training. Moreover, the department in charge of training provides various course information from time to time for employees to participate in.
  2. Status of internal/external employee trainings and continuing education in the latest year:
Employee category Calculation method Male Female Subtotal
Supervisor Reporting period headcount(A1) 68 Persons 47 Persons 115 Persons
Total training hours during reporting period(B1) 854.89 Hours 660.39 Hours 1515.28 Hours
Average training hours during reporting period(B1/A1) 12.57 Hours 14.05 Hours 13.18 Hours
Non-Supervisor Reporting period headcount(A2) 86 Hours 152 Hours 238 Hours
Total training hours during reporting period(B2) 919.27 Hours 1457.74 Hours 2377.01 Hours
Average training hours during reporting period(B2/A2) 10.69 Hours 9.59 Hours 9.99 Hours
Total Training hours during reporting period(Q) 1774.16 Hours 2118.13 Hours 3892.29 Hours
Total number of employees at the end of the reporting period(R) 154 Hours 199 Hours 353 Hours
Average training hours per employee (Q/R) 11.52 Hours 10.64 Hours 11.03 Hours

 

Employee retirement systems

  Applicable employee retirement systems of the Corporation and its subsidiaries according to the operating regions of each company:
  Companies operating in Taiwan
    For the retirement systems that are subject to the Labor Standards Act of the Republic of China, they are classified to the defined benefit pension plan. The employee pension payments are calculated based on the employees’ length of service and their average salary in the 6 months before their retirement approval dates. Two percent of the employees' monthly salary is contributed to the employees' retirement fund, which is deposited in a special account of the Bank of Taiwan by the supervisory committee of labor retirement reserve in the name of such committee.
    For the retirement systems that are subject to the Labor Pension Act, they are classified to the defined contribution plan. Six percent of the employees' monthly salary is contributed to their personal pension accounts at the Bureau of Labor Insurance.
   
  For Companies operating in China and Hong Kong, their retirement systems are classified to the defined contribution plan, and their pensions are calculated and appropriated as a certain percentage of their wages according to the standards set by the respective local government.

 

Labor-management agreements and measures for preserving employees' rights and interests

  The Corporation treats its employees with respect, generosity, beneficence and kindness, and it has enhanced its employee welfare measures. Moreover, labor-management meetings are held regularly as a means of communication between employees and the Corporation, so that the interaction relation between employees and management has always been good in the Corporation over the years.The Corporation aims to uphold this tradition in the future, to maintain this good and harmonious labor relation with its employees, and to strive together for the Corporation's operation without any labor disputes.

 

Workplace Equality and Diversity

  1. We create an equal and inclusive friendly workplace by integrating labor diversity and equality. As well as this, we welcome different perceptions, values, interpersonal relationships and social aspects of all people, so that all workers have the ability to achieve their best performance and contribute to corporate sustainability and value creation.
  2. We strive to create a workplace free from discrimination, bullying, harassment, defamation, abuse and violence. We do not treat job seeks or employees any differently because of their gender or sexual orientation, while at the same time gradually deepening equality and diversity concepts in to the company culture.
  3. To date, the Company has not been involved in any gender or racial discrimination cases nor has the Company violated any human rights. We do not hire new employees based on their race, class, language, ideology, religion, party affiliation, national origin, place of birth, gender, sexual orientation, age, marriage, physical appearance, physical or mental disability, blood type. All of our employees are promoted or provided with training in an equal manner and there is no preferential treatment of employees due to their background.