▲ (Image) Pictured from left are Kim Jin-hwan, CEO of Humedix, Jung Yoon-mo, permanent vice chairman of Korea Federation of SNEs, and Song Soo-young, CEO of Huons Global.

Huons Group is leading the way in creating a flexible and horizontal workplace culture for work-life balance.

Huons (CEO Song Soo-young, Yoon Sang-bae) and Humedix (CEO Kim Jin-hwan) recently announced that they have been selected as the `2024 1st Best Work-Life Balance Company`.

The `Korea Outstanding Work-Life Balance Company` is a system co-hosted by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy, and the Ministry of SMEs and Startups to select outstanding companies that actively support the work-life balance of their employees. Companies are selected based on quantitative and qualitative indicators such as the use of flexible work, shortened working hours, vacation use, work-childcare combination, and work style and culture.

Huons and Humedix were certified as companies with Best work-life balance by achieving excellent scores in the areas of flexible work arrangements, working hours, annual leave usage, work-parenting balance, and corporate culture.

Huon`s work-life balance efforts are multifaceted. It conducts continuous campaigns such as promoting flexible work systems and encouraging the use of various maternity protection systems, provides comprehensive health checkups for employee health management, operates a long-term service reward system every five years, creates an environment where employees can freely use annual leave, and provides various welfare systems for work-life balance, such as paid leave support, maternity benefits, and support for children`s education.

Humedix also promotes work-life balance by efficiently managing individual working hours and reducing unnecessary overtime. To help employees balance work and family, we implement flexible work schedules and promote the use of annual leave so that employees can use it freely.

We also provide facilities for pregnant and childbearing employees, utilize substitute workers during the child-rearing period, and support family care leave, maternity benefits, and child education funds. The company plans to continue to expand its childcare support system.

The certification is valid for three years. Companies that are certified as a Best work-life balance company are granted various incentives. Benefits such as exemption from regular labor supervision and suspension of customs inspections are provided, and points are given for various government support programs such as employment incentives. Financial incentives such as loan interest rates, technical guarantees, credit guarantees, and SME policy funds are also available.

"We will continue to make efforts and support to create a better environment for members to work, along with various policies to work-life balance" said a representative from Huons Group.