Manpower Recruitment
With our headquarters located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and has established operating bases and subsidiaries around the world. We are mainly committed to the development and application of small and medium-sized Smart Embedded liquid crystal flat panel displays and capacitive touch panels (CTP). We sincerely welcome scientific and technological elites from all over the world to join our teams!
Employee welfare measures that are superior to laws and regulations (including Taiwan and Dongguan factory)
EDT has complied with the “Labor Standards Act” and the relevant laws and regulations to establish and implement the provisions such as the Codes for Salary, Codes for Performance Assessment, and Codes for Work Attendance. There is an Employee Benefits Committee with an expenditure of more than NT$9 million in 2023 to provide employees with various welfare measures that are reasonable or even better than those stipulated by laws and regulations, including employee travel subsidies, cultural appreciation subsidies, birthday gift coupons, marriage allowances, maternity allowances, and funeral allowances, etc. In addition, there is a free health check program to take care of the health of employees. Details are disclosed in our Sustainability Report.
EDT pays attention to workplace diversity and equality, insists on equal pay and equal promotion for men and women, and maintains more than 17% of female supervisor positions. In 2023, the average proportion of female employees was 64.35%, and the average proportion of female supervisors was 17.14%.
In an attempt to attract and keep outstanding talented employees to share the operating results, we have combined with various business objectives and personal performances and reflected the achievement of actual operating results in the remuneration of employees through a comprehensive salary structure, including a fixed monthly salary and performance bonus, year-end bonus, employees’ compensation, and other variable salaries.
| Item | Applicable Locations | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| Item | Applicable Locations | Contents |
| Year-End Bonuses | Taiwan / Dongguan | Calculated based on individual salaries, performance, and years of service. |
| Employee Bonuses | Taiwan | Given based on the company’s annual performance and individual performance. |
| Employee Stock Options | Taiwan | Employees receive equity-related benefits based on their performance. |
| Marriage and Birth Celebration Allowance | Taiwan | Each NT$2,000. |
| Hospitalization and Bereavement Condolence Allowance | Taiwan | The amount varies between NT$1,200 and NT$15,000, depending on the duration of hospitalization and employee condition. |
| Holiday and Birthday Gifts | Taiwan / Dongguan | Employees receive bonuses during festive occasions, birthdays, or celebratory events. |
| Scholarships | Taiwan | Rewarding outstanding academic performance for employees or their children. |
| Employee Dormitories | Dongguan | Free dormitory facilities provided for employees. |
| Employee Cafeteria and Meal Subsidies | Taiwan / Dongguan | We have an in-house cafeteria and provide meal subsidies. |
| Annual Health Checkups | Taiwan | We offer subsidies for employees to undergo annual health checkups. |
| Travel and Cultural Appreciation Subsidies | Taiwan | We subsidize domestic travel and participation in cultural activities for our employees. |
| Paid Personal Leave | Taiwan | Up to three days per year. |
| Night Shift Allowance | Taiwan / Dongguan | Provide night shift allowance. |
| Library / Gym / Basketball Court | Taiwan | Employees can use these facilities free of charge. |
| Special Condolence Allowance | Taiwan | NT$2,000 is given to employees who were diagnosed with COVID-19. |
| Employee Stock Ownership Trust | Taiwan | Employees with more than one year of service are eligible to join the trust program, where 50% of their self-contributed funds are allocated as stock rewards. |
Employee Stock Ownership Trust Plan
To encourage employees to hold EDT's stock for a long time, enhance colleagues' attention and solidarity to our operating performance, and improve the level of benefits to strengthen the competitiveness of corporate talents, we handle the employee stock ownership trust plan. Anyone who has worked for more than 1-year (including) can join the plan and can decide the monthly withdrawal amount within the upper limit set by the company. It will be used to purchase EDT’s stocks on a regular basis. In addition, we will allocate 50% of the employee’s monthly withdrawal amount as a shareholding bonus.
Protection measures for employees’ working environment and personal safety
We have an industrial safety planning department that regularly checks the implementation of environmental protection, safety, and fire protection in each unit of the company. In addition, there are “Employee Health Examination Management Regulations” and “Disaster Prevention and Emergency Response Operation Regulations” to conduct regular employee health examinations, and to minimize disasters when emergencies occur. We have also set up a clinic with on-site nurses and on-site physicians to provide appropriate medical assistance.
In 2023 and 2022, we have conducted industrial safety education, training and publicity to 915 employees/2,856 hours and 995 employees/3,027 hours respectively.
In 2023, there were four occupational accidents, involving four employees or accounting for 0.46% of the total number of employees at the end of same year. The frequency of incapacitating injuries was 0.55. After a thorough review, improvement measures were formulated, including: installing protective strips on door gaps (to prevent personnel from being pinched by door gaps), changing production work procedures and wearing protective gloves (to avoid cuts caused by falling glass), and strengthening education on sitting properly in chairs, and setting up slippery warning signs and rain gear hanging areas in rainy days (to prevent people from falling), thus ensuring the safety of colleagues during work. In 2023, no fire incidents occurred in EDT and all our subsidiaries.
Our Taiwan factory has achieved ISO45001:2018 certification for occupational safety and health. The latest certificate is valid from February 23, 2024 to February 22, 2027.
Environmental protection, safety, fire protection implementation content and inspection frequency:
Adopt codes for environmental safety management.
Fire prevention and facility safety
- Monthly maintenance and inspection of lift by commissioned maintenance company, annual review by qualified inspection agency.
- Fire and high pressure gas equipment inspection by industrial safety division, annual review by qualified inspection agency.
Health and hygiene
- Biannual operations environment check.
- Annual physical examinations and particular physical checkups for employees.
- Infirmaries are equipped with on-site nurses and occupational doctors to provide the appropriate medical assistance.
Establish managerial unit and personal for safety and hygiene:
- Establish safety and hygiene managerial unit in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
- Equip operating site with emergency personnel and arrange refresher training in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
- Operators of organic solvents, specific chemicals, dangerous machinery and equipment, and high-pressure gas equipment must be trained and have a licensed certificate. Refresher training is to be arranged in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
- Hold monthly environment safety meetings and discuss issues related to environment safety.
- Arrange fire and safely audit every month.
Employee Retirement System
EDT follow the Taiwan government’s related regulations to monthly allocate retirement preparation funds based on 2% of the total salary to a saving account in the Bank of Taiwan as retirement payment for the employee’s seniority in old pension system of the Labor Standard Laws. For employees (including informal employees) with the Labor Pension Act in the new pension system, 6% of the total salary will be allocated monthly to a personal account of retirement fund in the Bureau of Labor Insurance. The Labor pension supervisory committee has been established and government organizations notified in accordance with regulations. The committee is responsible for matters related to allocations of the employee retirement reserve funds.
We have adopted codes for employee retirement and full-time employees are all applicable from their date of employment. The conditions and procedures for employees applying for retirement are as follows:
An employee may apply for voluntary retirement under any of the following conditions:
- An employee reaches the age of 55 and has worked for 15 years.
- An employee has worked for more than 25 years.
- An employee attains the age of 60 and has worked for 10 years.
An employer shall not force a worker to retire unless any of the following situations has occurred:
- An employee attains the age of 65. The Company may request the competent central authority to adjust the age prescribed if the specific job entails risk, requires substantial physical strength or otherwise of a special nature, provided that the age shall not be reduced to below 55.
- An employee who is unable to perform his/her duties due to disability.
The criteria for payment of employee pensions:
- According to the old pension system of the Labor Standard Laws, two bases are given for each full year of service rendered. But for the rest of the years over 15 years, one base is given for each full year of service rendered. The total number of bases shall be no more than 45. The length of service is calculated as half year when it is less than six months and as one year when it is more than six months, however, an additional 20% on top of the amount calculated according to the preceding subparagraph shall be given to workers forced to retire due to disability incurred from the execution of their duties.
- According to the new pension system of the Labor Pension Act, the Company allocates 6% of the monthly salary according to Salary Grading Table as retirement benefit and this amount shall be deposited to the employee’s pension account. An employee shall contribute voluntarily no more than 6% of his/her monthly salary to the above account as retirement pension.
The procedure of pension payment:
EDT shall pay the pensions within 30 days from the day of retirement according to the old pension system of the Labor Standard Laws. Employees claiming retirement benefits shall open a specific account with necessary documents at a financial institution for the deposit of retirement benefits.
Pension for overseas subsidiaries is of defined contribution plan and social security payments for pension and health care are made each month in accordance with local government regulations.
For the labors who are adapting to old pension system of the Labor Standard Laws, EDT has accumulated NT$141,941 thousand as retirement preparation funds by the end of 2023; while EDT totally allocates NT$27,511 thousand for the labors who are adapting to new pension system of the Labor Pension Act in 2023.
Four people retired and departed according to relevant retirement regulations in the same year.