In order to improve the retention rate of talents, FICG provides a series of benefits, including leisure activity subsidies, diversified education and training, welfare systems that exceed legal requirements, diverse clubs, and employee activities. We have a clear assessment, promotion, and salary adjustment evaluation system, and encourage department heads to reintegrate middle-aged and elderly employees who have resigned or retired into the system. At the same time, we have arranged flexible working hours and planned a friendly working environment to reduce personnel training costs and improve employee stability. These are all important measures for us to achieve labor restructuring and sustainable development. FICG is committed to establishing an open and transparent communication environment. Employees can initiate real-time communication via WeChat official account, phone, online messaging, emails, the company mailbox and hotline for complaints and between departments. We conduct an annual employee satisfaction survey and regularly hold employee meetings and labor management meetings.
Embracing Diversity:
Anti-Discrimination and Anti-Harassment
Our company adheres to international labor conventions and government regulations. We strictly prohibit discrimination against job applicants or employees on the grounds of race, social status, language, ideology, religion, and political affiliation, place of origin, birthplace, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, appearance, physical features, disability, zodiac sign, blood type, or prior union membership.
As part of our employee training programs, we have incorporated courses on embracing diversity, anti-discrimination, and anti-harassment in the workplace. In 2024, a total of 1,345 participants completed these courses, accumulating 1,479.48 training hours. Detailed course implementation is listed below.
2024 Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Education and Training Implementation
Benefits provided to full-time employees (excluding temporary or part-time employees)：
Collective Agreement：
FICG has not signed any collective agreements.
Insurance：
Labor/health insurance and group insurance are effectuated. Benefits scheme of employer-paid group insurance includes accidental injury insurance, work-related accidental injury insurance, accidental medical insurance, specific accidental injury, first-time cancer insurance, and cancer prevention health insurance, and self-paid insurance scheme is provided to employees and their dependents for selection.
Retirement system：
The“ Labor Pension Fund Supervisory Committee” established by companies in Taiwan have“ Retirement Regulations” in place, which expressly provide the kind of retirement, conditions of application for retirement, and method of calculation of pensions. For work years to which the pension system (old labor pension system) under the Labor Standards Act is applicable, the pensions shall be paid in accordance with Article 55 of the Labor Standards Act; however, an additional 20% shall be given to workers forced to retire due to disability incurred from the execution of their duties. For employees to which the pension system (new labor pension system) under the Labor Pension Act is applicable, the Company appropriates 6% of their wages as pensions and deposits such amounts in the designated labor pension account on monthly basis. Employees may, according to their personal willingness, also appropriate the amounts nor more than 6% of their wages and deposit such amounts in the designated pension account on monthly basis. The settled amount in the old pension reserve account deposited in Trust Department of Bank of Taiwan opened by companies in Taiwan in Q4 of 2024 was about $74,977,419. Every year, we also hire professional actuaries to submit actuarial reports to ensure sufficient appropriation to protect employee rights and interests. In 2024, there were 7 retired employees in Taiwan.
Other benefit：
Birth subsidy, marriage subsidy, funeral subsidy, travel subsidy, cultural and artistic activity subsidy, subsidy for epidemic prevention equipment and material, consolation for hospitalization, major injury and illness, holiday activities, public welfare running event, cash gift (coupon) for three festivals, club subsidy and health promotion seminars.
other benefits are managed according to the welfare policies of each subsidiary.
