Employee Care Healthy Workplace
Employees are an important energy for TSC's growth and sustainable operation. To implement our commitment of being people-oriented and employees care, we are dedicated to set-up a sound salary system, a complete welfare system, and related care plans. Meanwhile, we create a friendly workplace environment to ensure the work safety of employees, plan diversified training courses to enhance employees’ knowledge and skills. In addition to career development, we also pay attention to the balance between employees' life and work. We hope to create a happy and healthy workplace through various efforts and continue to pursue excellence with our employees under the severe challenges of global competition.
Human Rights Policy
TSC holds the core value of respecting employees and putting people first. We observe and support the local laws and regulations of our business locations around the world; safeguard the legal rights and interests of full-time employees, contract workers and part-time staff, interns, and job seekers; and are committed to promoting cooperation andencouraging our partnering suppliers to adopt the same standard in their operating activities.
We recognize and support the spirit and basic principles of human rights protection mandated in international human rights conventions such as the “Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, the “United Nations Global Compact”, and the “International Labor Conventions”. In an effort to creating an equal, safe, and dignified workplace environment, we abide by relevant labor laws and regulation; establish workplace violence protection management regulations to prevent physical or mental harm due to the actions of others during the execution of duties; post a workplace violence prevention statement on the factory’s announcement board; provide multiple complaint channels for employees; conduct regular workplace violence risk assessments; and devise relevant safety measures based on survey results.
Policy Goals
● Continuing to create opportunities for achieving diversity, inclusiveness, and equality and prohibit any forms of discrimination (including on the basis of gender, genderorientation, race, class, age, marital status, language, thought, religion, political party, place of origin, place of birth, appearance, facial features, disability, etc.)
● Prohibiting forced labor and child labor
● Creating a safe and healthy work environment
● Providing fair and reasonable salary and working conditions
● Providing avenues and environment for freedom of expression and respecting employees’ freedom of association
Talent Recruitment and Human Resources
TSC have had 103 employees in 2022. By gender, 84% are men and 16% are women. Of these employees, 13%, 72%, and 15% were aged <30, 30–50, and >50 years-old, respectively; 55% and 45% were direct and indirect personnel, respectively; 100% were permanent employees (there were no part-time employees).
Hiring Locals and People with Disabilities
To care for the society, TSC supports the employment of people with disabilities and has established channels for hiring people from this demographic. As of 2022, TSC has employed a total of 2 people with disabilities, which accounted for 2% of all employees. TSC complies with the government’s regulations for hiring people with disabilities and won the second prize in the 2022 Outstanding Supplier of Over-recruitment People with Disabilities.
In order to create local jobs, we give priority to local residents when recruiting new employees. Therefore, we have about 68% employees live in Changhua.
Supervisor
Regarding management level, TSC has 28 supervisors, 86% of which were men and 14% were women. Regarding management ranks, there are 5 high-level supervisors(department level or higher), 8 managers or deputy managers, 9 sectional-level personnel, and 6 supervisors on duty (including foreman).
Statistics of New Employee Hires and Employee Turnover
In 2022, the number of new employees at TSC was 21, with new male and female hires accounting for 15% and 6% of the total number of employees for the previous year, respectively. In terms of age, new hires were mostly aged 30-50 years-old (14%), followed by those aged <30 years-old (6%). In 2022, 18 employees resigned, with male and female resignees accounting for 14% and 4% of the total number of employees for the previous year, respectively. In terms of age, resigned employees were mostly aged 30-50 years-old (14%), followed by those aged <30 years-old (3%).
When employees submit a resignation letter, the HR department would immediately schedule an exit interview to understand reasons for resignation, and actively assist in making changes and providing explanations concerning work contents, personal characteristics, and proposed problems so as to achieve the goal of talent retention. In addition, when we have a job vacancy, priority will be given to each unit for internal recruitment. After the person who wants to transfer is approved by the unit manager, HR will assist employees with the interviews and subsequent transfer matters.
Salaries and Benefits
Remuneration Policies
TSC offers competitive salaries (including fixed salaries and holiday bonuses) to attract and retain outstanding talents. Annual salaries are adjusted to the company’s operational performance, industry standards, inflation, and employee performance. Depending on the company’s profits for the year, emuneration is provided to employees to strengthen employee loyalty and motivate employees to exceed annual business goals, thereby facilitating the co-creation and sharing of profits. Employees are recommended for promotion based on their annual performance review results.
Leave System
TSC provides a leave system and defines work systems and management rules in accordance with the Labor Standards Act. Our working hour policy abides by the stipulation that a worker shall have two regular days off every seven days, where one day is a regular leave and the other one is a rest day. We also sign contracts with our employees, respect their willingness to provide labor services, and will never by force, coercion, or other illegal means, compel a worker to perform work. Employees may use the HR system to inquire their personal attendance records and remaining leave hours to ensure their rights and interests regarding working hours and leave.
Insurance and Pension System
In addition to health and labor insurance as required by law, each employee is also enrolled in group insurance policies that are superior to labor law requirements.Group insurance includes term life insurance, accidental injury insurance, aviation accident insurance, major burns insurance, medical injury insurance, and hospitalization medical insurance, etc., all of which afford comprehensive protection measures for employees to minimize losses.
For employees under the new pension system, TSC makes a monthly contribution equaling 6% of employee’s monthly salary is made to each employee’s labor pension account.
Unpaid Child Care leaves
TSC provides employees with the right to parental leave. Employees who have worked for 6 months and have a child under the age of 3 may apply for unpaid childcare leave with the company to take care of their child. A total of 4 employees at TSC have applied for unpaid parental leave between 2020 and 2022.
Welfare Committee System
TSC established an Employee Welfare Committee in 2018 to strive for employee benefits and welfare measures, including subsidies for marriage, childbirth, and funerals; cash gifts for birthdays and major festivals; discounts provided by designated vendors; year-end banquets; sponsorship for social welfare activities. We also hold non-periodic beach cleanups to contribute to the society and the natural environment.
During the COVID-19 outbreak, Welfare Committee gave every employee an epidemic prevention care package to maximize the effectiveness of epidemic prevention.
Health Promotion and Care
Healthy employees are key to stronger corporate competitiveness. TSC has deployed full-time nurses and physicians with contract to provide a variety of health care services for employees, conduct follow-up management of employee health problems, and provide referral or medical services.
Focusing on the four pillars of maternity care, prevention of ergonomic injuries, overwork prevention, and prevention of wrongful harm, TSC continues to safeguard the physical and mental wellbeing of employees by sending monthly health e-newsletters, health lectures, and health promotion activities. All activities are designed to create a healthy and happy workplace.
● Health management measures such as one-on-one counseling with physicians, individual health education guidance.
● Annual employee health examination.
● Annual flu vaccination subsidies for employees.
● An automated external defibrillator is installed in the factory.
● Pregnant colleagues can enjoy a convenient and safe working environment during pregnancy.(special parking spaces/comfortable breastfeeding space/sign exclusive contracts with special discount nurseries and kindergartens)
Education and Training
All-round Learning Environments
TSC organizes annual training courses and provides an all-around, diversified learning environment to enhance employee skills and literacy, optimize the use of human resources, and ensure continued personal development. Training plans for the following year are formulated by various departments in line with the company operation goals, company, department KPI, and competency demands. At the end of each quarter, reviews and assessments of goal achievement status are conducted with regard to courses offered in the said quarter. The results of these reviews and assessments serve as a key reference for improvements for upcoming courses.
The TSC training system encompasses the following five categories: competency training for new recruits, professional competency training, general management competency training, core functions training, and health and safety management training. This system provides suitable training courses for employees in their different stages of career development.
TSC has established a Link-learning Website that furnishes employees with reading and exercises training materials whenever they have a need for it to foster a reading culture in the company. It also grants self-improvement and personal growth opportunities for employees who have an interest in learning. TSC firmly believes that continuous learning leads to continuous improvements in the company’s overall operational performance.
Talent Cultivation
TSC is firmly committed to place on R&D, innovation and talent development for industries. In addition to introducing current status and future trends of the specialty gases industry, we also shared work experiences and exchanges by current employees to let new staffs understand our workplace environment and company prospects. To prepare for long-term cultivation of home-grown specific talents, TSC provide our employees put their learned knowledge into practice, thereby increasing their competitiveness in the specialty gases industry.
Physical and mental balance and a blissful workplace
TSC listens to the voice of its employees. Various channels such as labor-management consultation meetings, employee suggestion boxes, OSH committees, and a staff benefits committee allow employees to freely express their views and opinions. Employees are able to fully express their opinions via meeting exchanges and discussions. This enables an effective bidirectional communication channel between the labor and the management, rendering win-win results for both parties.
Discovery trails
We encourage that every employee can enjoy the beauty of nature at any time after working enthusiastically. The general affairs and horticulture colleagues laid the leisure trails by recycled materials without any expenditure, allowing our employees to effectively relax their bodies and minds, accumulate their energy, and enjoy a better and more energetic daily life.
