The Company aims to create a safe working environment, fulfill corporate social responsibility, and take care of employees. In addition to providing labor and health insurance, pensions, family care leave, medical leave, pre-and post-natal leave, paternity leave, and childcare leave, etc. in accordance with the law, other employee benefits are listed below:
- For the Xizhi headquarters, implement flexi-time working hours and provide free commutes to and from work (XinDian Line, ZhongHe Line).
- Employee welfare committee is set up to plan and implement a varied welfare system, including family day activities, tourism subsidies, wedding and funeral welfare subsidies, hospitalization condolences for injuries, maternity subsidies, sports competitions, departmental dim sum funds, special store discounts and both. Artistic humanities, sports and fitness, puzzle fun, parent-child interaction, and other multi-social activities.
- In addition to labor and health insurance, the Company also provides group insurance for all employees, including accidents, cancer prevention and hospitalization. Employees can pay a token sum so that the Group insurance coverage can be extended from the employees to their family members.
- Employee health checkups are carried out on a regular basis every year. In addition, professional vocational nurses and doctors are stationed in the factory regularly, and they will patrol the Xizhi headquarter and Beitou factories to help take care of the health of colleagues.
- Travel insurance and medical insurance for overseas business travel. Compensatory leave will be given in case of national holidays during overseas business trips.
- In addition to the salary fixed at the end of the year, there are three incentive bonus payments.
- Employee incentive compensation is paid twice a year.
- Performance bonuses are issued based on the achievement of operational goals.
- Provide internal and external training courses with the goal of continuously nurturing talents.
- At the Xizhi head office, there is a free gym, yoga classroom, library, staff saloon, breastfeeding room, health room, and a self-service shop and a beautiful working environment.
- At the staffing hall of Beitou Factory, there is a nursing room, a library and audio-visual equipment, providing a friendly workplace for colleagues to study and use.
- There is an art gallery each at the Xizhi headquarters and the Beitou factory which regularly displays artists’ works and organizes arts-related lectures. In addition to art appreciation, it also relieves the body and mind of the employees.
- In recent years, the Company has continued to participate in the Ministry of Labor’s “work-life balance" award event, holding several health seminars, stress relief seminars and parent-child health activities every year to help colleagues achieve work-life balance.
- The Company has implemented the “Employee Stock Ownership Trust” since February 2022. Employees who have worked for one year can choose to allocate a certain amount from their salary to purchase company stocks every month, and the Company also allocates 30% of the amount as a bonus. With the spirit of long-term investment, the Company helps colleagues save a second retirement fund.
In addition, according to the " Act of Gender Equality in Employment", except that there is no gender difference or discrimination in various employee benefits, Axiomtek fully complies with the relevant laws and regulations related to parental leave without pay, and there is no distinction between men and women when applying for parental leave, and employees can also apply for reinstatement smoothly. To enable outstanding talents who are temporarily unable to devote themselves to the workplace, they can temporarily retain their jobs according to the needs of childcare, and return to work to connect with career development after they can devote themselves to the workplace.
| Year |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
| Gender |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
Male |
Female |
| Actual number of applicants for parental leave without pay in the current year |
0 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
5 |
| Number of employees who should be reinstated in the current year |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| Actual number of employees reinstated in the current year |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| Reinstatement ratio |
- |
0% |
- |
75% |
- |
100% |
- |
33% |
| Number of employees who continue to work for one year after reinstatement |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
- |
- |
| Retention ratio after parental leave without pay |
- |
- |
- |
33% |
- |
50% |
- |
- |
Retirement System
The Company has a defined benefit pension plan in accordance with the Labor Standards Law, covering all regular employees’ service years prior to the enforcement of the Labor Pension Act on July 1, 2005, and service years thereafter of employees who chose to continue to be subject to the pension mechanism under the Law. Under the defined benefit pension plan, two units are accrued for each year of service for the first 15 years and one unit for each additional year thereafter, subject to a maximum of 45 units. Pension benefits are based on the number of units accrued and the average monthly salaries and wages of the last 6 months prior to retirement. The Company contributes monthly an amount equal to 2% of the employees’ monthly salaries and wages to the retirement fund deposited with the Bank of Taiwan, the trustee, under the name of the independent retirement fund committee.
On July 1, 2005, the Company established the pension mechanism for the distribution of pension funds in accordance with the “Labor Pension Act” which is applicable to employees of ROC nationality. For the employees electing to adopt the “Labor Pension Act” for retirement, the Company allocates 6% of the respective monthly salary to their individual personal pension account at Labor Insurance Bureau. Pension will be disbursed on the basis of the deposit in the personal pension account with the accumulated sum payable monthly or in lump sum.
Work Environment and Employee Safety
The Company is committed to constructing a safe and healthy workplace environment and corporate culture in order to fulfill its social responsibilities; in addition to complying with relevant domestic laws and regulations, the working environment has been in line with internationally recognized standards. The factory has introduced the ISO14001 environmental management system and OHSAS18001/TOSHMS occupational safety and health management system has been verified, and in 2019, it was transferred to the ISO45001/CNS45001 occupational safety and health management system to actively promote environmental protection, safety and health activities. In addition to being committed to pollution prevention, waste reduction and resource reuse, and control potential environmental, safety and health hazards through continuous risk improvement.
As for workplace environmental safety, in addition to the regular implementation of fire protection maintenance declaration, building public safety inspection declaration and labor operation environment monitoring in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, the equipment and fire-fighting equipment used in the factory are also regularly maintained and inspected to ensure that they meet safety standards. standards; in addition, in order to ensure that the working environment continues to meet the safety and hygiene standards, Axiomtek regularly monitors the quality of drinking water, lighting, carbon dioxide concentration, and air concentration of chemicals in the working environment of employees to ensure the quality of the working environment and protect the health of employees. to avoid occupational diseases.
The Company has established “Environmental Policy” and “Occupational Safety and Health Policy” as guidelines for employees' work environment and safety:
Environmental Policy
The Company’s environmental policy goal is “environmental protection, sustainable resources”, and through continuous promotion, communication, practical operation and continuous improvement, all staff members understand the importance of environmental protection and strictly comply with relevant environmental protection laws and regulations and other necessary requirements to reduce the impact on the environment.
Occupational Safety and Health Policy
Axiomtek has a special management unit and personnel for labor safety. In the process of R&D, manufacturing, testing and sales of the company's products, in addition to complying with safety and health regulations, it also cooperates with international and Taiwan safety and health management systems to implement hazard risk management. Conduct hazard assessment and continuous risk improvement for each operation and work area. In addition, through pre-employment safety and health training for new employees, occupational safety and health training for in-service personnel, safety publicity, fire drills and escape drills, etc., instill correct occupational safety and health in colleagues Information, hoping to reduce occupational safety and health accidents and fulfill the responsibility of protecting employees.
Purpose: Emphasis on employee safety and compliance with occupational safety regulations
Goal: Zero Work Injury
Strategy: Strictly abide by safety and health regulations, implement hazard risk management, and reduce occupational safety accidents
Measure:
- Implement occupational safety training for new recruits for 3 hours per person
- Improve occupational safety training for incumbents by 4 hours every 3 years
- Regular implementation of occupational safety management system audit once a year
- Implement and improve the occupational safety management system to audit each deficiency
Certificate: ISO45001 & CNS45001
