Issue Date：August 09, 2024
Health Care
“How to add value to employees’ health” has always been an issue of concern to us. With support and commitment from our management, we have created a friendly and healthy workplace while raising employees’ health awareness, keeping tabs on employees’ health data, and tracking and managing high-risk employees. We even continue to promote various health promotion measures despite disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. With “prevention of metabolic syndrome” as our primary target in 2022, we rolled out the “iHealth Program,” an intelligent gym that runs on the uGym software developed by our subsidiary, uCare Medical Electronics, with the aim of cultivating an exercise habit among employees and encouraging them to exercise for a healthy body and mind in a systematic manner. In addition, we were awarded the work-life balance subsidy from the Ministry of Labor to hold stress relief classes for employees, thereby protecting employees’ physical and mental health in a comprehensive manner.
Health Management
- Annual health examination
- Taiwan plants: Annual health checkups are conducted at a frequency superior to regulations, and employees with obviously abnormal results in some items are immediately notified and assisted in arranging referrals. As the mortality rate from hypertensive diseases, heart diseases, and diabetes continues to rise, the company arranges free additional glycated hemoglobin tests for employees with fasting blood sugar over 100mg/dl, and provides electrocardiogram examinations for employees over 45 years old and those with stage 2 hypertension for early detection and early treatment. In addition, during the annual health checkup, the "Personal and Work Fatigue Scale" is distributed to employees to understand their mental health, and based on the questionnaire results, employees with work stress are invited to have health consultations and overload assessments with medical personnel.
- Wujiang Plants: According to RBA requirements, annual health checkups are conducted for special operations personnel (forklift operators, electrical workers, and low-voltage electrical workers). In 2023, a total of 50 people were examined, of which 3 had occupational contraindications. Among them, 1 person did not require a transfer due to no direct contact, and the other 2 have been transferred to other positions after physician judgment. - Annual health examination for employees engaging in special operations
- Taiwan plants: The test items include noise, ionizing radiation, lead, n-hexane, dust, cadmium, and nickel. A total of 54 people were examined, with an examination rate of 100%.
- China plants: For personnel who may be exposed to harmful factors during operations, special operations health checkups are arranged before, during, and after employment. The test items include dust, tin dioxide, methyl methacrylate, ethyl acetate, pentane, n-hexane, methanol, acetone, butanone, n-heptane, cyclohexane, benzene, toluene, xylene, isopropanol, noise, power frequency electric field, ionizing radiation, acrylic acid, laser radiation, ultraviolet radiation, and anhydrous ethanol. The number of people who should be examined is 323, with an examination rate of 100%. For employees with abnormal examination results, re-examination follow-up is arranged. If the results are abnormal for two consecutive times, it belongs to an occupational contraindication item, and internal position transfer is conducted to avoid health hazards caused by repeated exposure. In 2023, a total of 3 employees in Kunshan Plants underwent position transfer due to abnormal examination results.
Health Protection
In line with the Occupational Safety and Health Act's emerging workplace health issues, we will collaborate with occupational safety personnel and occupational disease specialists to implement four major programs for managing workers' physical and mental health. These programs cover hazard identification, risk assessment and control, and effectiveness evaluation, aiming to effectively reduce employees' exposure to hazards and the risk of occupational diseases. For Taiwan plants, we have developed operational guidelines and related measures focused on maternal health, ergonomics, abnormal workload, and suitable work for middle-aged and elderly workers.
- Operations manuals are formulated in response of maternal health, human factors engineering, and abnormal workload (plants in Taiwan).
- Wujiang plants selected 22 types of high-risk jobs according to the results of human factors assessments, in order to provide health guidance and formulate improvement measures.
- No cases of occupational diseases were reported at Coretronic in 2023.
Health Promotion
- Cancer prevention activities: According to the statistics of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, malignant tumors continue to threaten people's lives and health. To strengthen employee care, the Company provides employees with fecal occult blood tests and gynecological cancer screening activities. If high-risk groups are found, active health care and medical referrals are immediately conducted. Furthermore, employees are also invited to respond to "Quit Smoking and WIN." In addition to providing employees with smoking cessation channels and methods, to increase the willingness of employees and their families to quit smoking, smoking cessation bonuses are provided and cooperation with nearby regional hospital smoking cessation clinics is conducted. Lectures such as "Dangers of Cigarettes to the Body, Understanding New Tobacco Products," "Smoke-free and Light, Get Rid of Nicotine Addiction from This Moment!" "Eat the Right Foods to Take Care of Your Lungs," and "Quit Smoking FUN and Easy" are held to increase the success rate of employees quitting smoking.
- Happy Aging: In response to Taiwan's entry into an aging society with a low birth rate, the labor population is gradually aging. The Company implements health promotion activities for all ages, providing lectures and activities related to physical exercise, nutritional diet, disease prevention, and long-term care rehabilitation.
- Regularly conduct bone density checks, physical fitness tests, happy aging lectures, and establish an online blood pressure and weight inquiry system
- The employee cafeteria provides organic vegetables every day and fruit light meals every week
- Organize "Low-Dose Lung Computed Tomography Examination," with free participation for employees over 45 years old, and a participation rate of 64%. If the examination results are in the high-risk group, active referral and regular follow-up will be conducted for employees to achieve the effect of active treatment and prevention of disease progression - Fat loss activities: Before the arrival of summer, the Wujiang Plants held a one-month fat loss activity, inviting employees to participate in teams by department and supervise teammates to exercise regularly to achieve the final victory. 130 employees and their families lost 490 kilograms in one month and consumed 1,652,144 kilocalories, with an average satisfaction of 9.4 points (out of 10 points). It is expected to continue in 2024.
- Happy Sharing, Empowering the Heart: To care for employees' mental health, the Wujiang Plants specially held a 21-day "Happy Sharing, Empowering the Heart" check-in activity, inviting employees to share positive energy events in the activity circle of friends, guiding employees to discover every happy little thing in life with a positive perspective, increase their sense of happiness, and create a good working atmosphere. A total of 115 employees shared 1,644 posts, with an average satisfaction of 10 points (out of 10 points).
