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Diversity, Inclusion and Parental Benefits

Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion are key influence on corporate culture development. SYSTEX is committed to promoting diversity and motherhood-friendly measures, such as equal pay policy, and welfare policy with diversity and inclusion, enabling to eliminate gender differences so that employees can realize their career aspirations, and to build a more flexible and adaptable multi-dimensional team to jointly cope with changes and challenges in the external social circumstance.

Female Employees by Category in the Past 2 Years
Parental Benefits
  1st Enterprise in Taiwan’s IT Service Industry Simultaneously Increase Maternity Vacations and Subsidies  

In response to the issue of negative population growth in Taiwan, in order to encourage employees to get married and have children, SYSTEX has planned incentive measures such as “Marriage and Maternity Gifts”, “Maternity Allowance and Care” and “Intimate Lactation Rooms” to show support and care for employees’ marriage and childbirth.

Flexible Working Hours and Paid Leave
  • In addition to flexible working hours for flexible daily commuting and getting off work, SYSTEX provides “Flexible working hours for parents of children” to meet the employees’ needs of raising children under three years old, so that employees can request to adjust their working hours without pay during the shortened working hours.
  • [Female employees] 8 days of paid maternity leave and up to 70 days of paid maternity leave.
  • [Male employees] Paid maternity examination and 8 days of paternity leave.
  • [Male and female employees] Newborns are entitled to 3 days of paid flexible childcare leave within 6 months.
Marriage and Maternity Gifts
  • Offer “Marriage Gifts” to newlywed employees.
  • Offer “Moon Pillow” and health care during pregnancy to pregnant employees.
  • Offer “Smoldering Pot” (changing to “cloaks, bath towers, and picture books” since 2024) to employees who have newborns.
  • Offer a wedding bonus of NT$1,600 and gifts.
Maternity Allowance
  • “SYSTEX Baby Happy Growth Funds” program provides 2 gifts of maternity allowance and full-paid maternity leave. (Up to 70 days of full-paid maternity leave and a maximum subsidy of NT$120K per newborn baby).
  • The Employee Welfare Committee provides a subsidy of NT$3K to each newborn.
Lactation Rooms
  • SYSTEX has set up “Lactation Rooms” in 8 operation offices, offering access control and equipment needed for breastfeeding.
  • In 2023, the “Lactation Rooms” of the headquarters building was once again awarded the “Excellent Breastfeeding Room Certificate: Outstanding Grade” by the Taipei City Government  (Valid period: 2023/9/1-2026/8/31).
Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Cooperate with a professional consulting company on the “Employee Assistance Program (EAP)” to provide employees with 24-hour real-time employee assistance services, including consultation on legal, work, health, marriage, parent-child and other aspects, as well as a physical and mental care platform and online appointment to accompany colleagues to relieve their psychological stress. reduce stress and help improve mental health.
Childcare
  • Sign specific contracts with qualified childcare institution to provide childcare discounts.
[SYSTEX Baby Happy Growth Funds] Subsidy up to NT$120,000 per Newborn

Starting to planning the program in 2020, SYSTEX has launched “SYSTEX Baby Happy Growth Fund” program in 2021, providing double gifts of subsidies and vacations to encourage employees to have children (Up to 70 days of full-paid maternity leave and a maximum subsidy of NT$120K per newborn baby), becoming the 1st Enterprise in Taiwan’s IT Service Industry Simultaneously Increase Maternity Vacations and Subsidies.

Maximum full-paid maternity leave

70

Maximum subsidy per newborn

120

Total SYSTEX babies

248

Total subsidy amount

11360
(NT dollars)
Increase Maternity Subsidies and Vacations

For all permanent employees, as long as employees have a newborn under the age of 2, they can receive a subsidy of up to NT$60,000 per newborn. In addition, all maternity over 35 years old (incl.) can enjoy double subsidies, up to NT$120,000 per newborn. In 2023, SYSTEX has distributed a maternity subsidy of NT$4.28 million, benefiting 44 new “SYSTEX babies”. Meanwhile, SYSTEX has also provided maternity vacations more than that of Labor Standards Act, up to 70 days, and assigned a dedicated health manager to take care of the health of maternity employees. Since the program starting from 2021, SYSTEX has distributed a cumulative maternity subsidy of NT$11.36 M, benefiting 248 SYSTEX babies.

SYSTEX not only increases maternity benefits, but also goes beyond the Labor Standards Act to increase maternity leave, which can be increased by up to 14 days. In addition, a lactation room with excellent certification has been set up, and full-time health managers and resident doctors have been specially hired to care for the health of pregnant employees.

Item Maternity leave better than that of Labor Standards Act SYSTEX Baby Happy Growth Fund

Suitable

All female employees

All permanent employees

Maternity under 35 years old

4 days added (a total of 60 days)
  • Each newborn can receive NT$20,000 when the child is born.
  • Each newborn can receive NT$20,000 when the child is 1 or 2 years old.
  • Each newborn can receive a total subsidy of NT$60,000.

Maternity over 35 years old (including)

14 days added (a total of 60 days)
  • Each newborn can receive NT$40,000 when the child is born.
  • Each newborn can receive NT$40,000 when the child is 1 or 2 years old.
  • Each newborn can receive a total subsidy of NT$120,000.
Maternity Allowance of SYSTEX Employee Welfare Committee

SYSTEX has set up an “Employee Welfare Committee”, providing a subsidy of NT$3K to each newborn. In 2023, SYSTEX Employee Welfare Committee has distributed a maternity subsidy of NT$129K, benefiting 43 SYSTEX employees.

Parental Leave
GRI 401-3

SYSTEX legally accepts applications for employees’ unpaid parental leave and their reinstatement after parental leave. In 2023, there are 34 applicants, including 2 males and 32 females. The “return to work rate” is 81%.

Parental Leave Statistics

Item Gender 2022 2023
Number of employees eligible to apply for parental leave (A) Male 130 133
Female 99 110
Total 229 243
Number of employees applying for parental leave (B) Male 6 2
Female 38 32
Total 44 34
Employees eligible to return to work after unpaid parental leave ended (C) Male 6 2
Female 20 19
Total 26 21
Employees return to work after unpaid parental leave ended (D) Male 5 2
Female 15 15
Total 20 17
Employees return to work after unpaid parental leave ended in the previous year (E) Male 2 5
Female 4 15
Total 6 20
Employees were still employed 12 months after their return to work (F) Male 1 3
Female 3 14
Total 4 17
Application rate (B/A) Male 5% 2%
Female 38% 29%
Total 19% 14%
Return to work rate (D/C) Male 83% 100%
Female 75% 79%
Total 77% 81%
Retention rate (F/E) Male 50% 60%
Female 75% 93%
Total 67% 85%

Note:
(A)The 2023 eligibility for parental leave is the employees who are working at the end of the year and give birth during 2020/1/1 – 2023/12/31.
(B) Eligible for parent leave and applying for it in the current year.
(C) Expected to return to work in 2023.
(D) Actual to return to work in 2023.
(E) Actual to return to work in 2022.
(F) Return to work in 2022 and worked for 12 months after reinstatement.