Far EasTone Telecommunication 、 Far Eastern International Bank 、SOGO、 Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls Won the Taiwan Happiness Enterprise Gold Award

        On June 23, Commercial Times held the second "Taiwan Happiness Enterprise Evaluation" award ceremony, with "deepening concepts and expanding participation" as the main theme. The selection focuses on enterprise values and culture, employee communication, innovative incentive measures, friendly benefits, and career development systems. A total of 121 enterprises participated in the evaluation, among which only 16 in the "Large Enterprise Group" won the gold medal. Far EasTone Telecommunication 、 Far Eastern International Bank 、 FE SOGO Department stores 、Big City Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls Received the highest honor gold award in the "Information and Communication Communication", "Banking", and "Department Store Retail" categories of the "Large Enterprise Group", demonstrating the achievements of long-term cultivation of corporate culture and talent cultivation.

        Far EasTone Telecommunication creates a happy and sustainable workplace from employee participation, friendly benefits to talent development in all aspects

                Far EasTone Telecommunication systematically builds a happy workplace from three aspects: employee participation, friendly benefits, and talent development. This includes promoting a shareholding trust system, attracting nearly 80% of employees to participate, and sharing the fruits of corporate growth; Starting from 2025, we will introduce the 'Sustainable Incentive Bonus' to link the company's sustainable performance with employee compensation mechanisms, encouraging all colleagues to implement ESG.

        Chee Ching President stated that a happy workplace not only requires improving benefits, but more importantly, allowing colleagues to be seen and supported in their work, and to clearly feel their own growth and value, thereby forming a positive cycle with the company's development. In addition, the company holds three employee conferences every year, where the President personally shares operational strategies and achievements with colleagues. Colleagues can also ask questions in real-time through an anonymous platform, and the President can respond on-site.

        In terms of a friendly workplace, Far EasTone Telecommunication offers flexible work schedules and remote work for 2 days a week. It also provides health management measures that are superior to regulations, including free annual health check ups for employees over 40 years old, full pay sick leave, and peace of mind care leave. The company also attaches great importance to the mental health of its employees, providing 6 free psychological counseling services per year, and organizing health lectures and various activities such as badminton and basketball to fully support employees.

        Far EasTone Telecommunication continues to deepen talent cultivation, establish a complete learning system, and plan training courses according to different job grades and job levels. By 2025, there will be nearly 230000 internal training sessions and over 280000 total training hours. In response to the trend of AI and digital transformation, the company has also launched an "AI Training Map" (including 12 courses), which has trained nearly 6000 people. AI courses are designed according to job responsibilities to assist employees in integrating AI into workflow and decision-making applications, improving overall work efficiency and outcome quality.

        Far Eastern International Bank wins gold in its first competition for creating a diverse and inclusive workplace environment

                Far Eastern International Bank creates a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace environment based on employee needs. In terms of welfare and system, in addition to providing competitive salaries in the market, it has been selected as a constant stock in Taiwan's high salary 100 index for many years. It also promotes flexible working hours, diverse work schedules, and other measures, supplemented by a vacation system that is superior to the law. For colleagues with childcare and family care needs, a support mechanism has been established to assist colleagues in balancing work and family responsibilities; For the physical and mental care of employees, we have launched Employee Assistance Programs (EAP), health promotion activities, and psychological support mechanisms, and opened up various communication channels to enhance organizational trust.

        Talent cultivation is a concern for colleagues. Far Eastern International Bank has established a complete and diverse learning and development system, providing professional training courses according to job and career stages. In response to the trend of financial digital transformation and AI development, it actively introduces cross domain learning resources such as digital finance and AI applications to enhance employees' professional abilities and competitiveness in the new era.

        Far Eastern International Bank has won the Talent Development and Employer Brand Awards, and has been awarded the "Asia's Best Enterprise Employer Award" by HR Asia for five consecutive years and the "Best Enterprise Employer Care Award" for three times. It has also won the Large Enterprise category of the "National Talent Development Award" and has been awarded the highest human resources awards such as the Ministry of Labor Talent Quality Management System (TTQS) Gold Certification for two consecutive years. Far Eastern International Bank believes that a happy workplace not only relies on institutional establishment, but also stems from respect and trust in employees. In the future, we will continue to deepen our sustainable strategies for a happy workplace and talent.

        FE SOGO Department stores establish a corporate culture that values talent and collaborates with employees to create long-term value

                FE SOGO Department stores has listed "Happy Workplace Strength" as one of the core strategies for corporate sustainability development, committed to creating a work environment that combines happiness and security. This year, Fuchuang Department Store is the first in the industry to win the Taipei Labor Safety Award for 14 consecutive years. It has also won the Happiness Enterprise Gold Award, demonstrating its outstanding achievements in caring for employees and promoting talent sustainability development. It also shows that the company's promotion of a happy and safe workplace has been highly recognized.

        Sophia C.W. Huang Chairman stated that a happy workplace is a corporate culture that values talent, supports growth, and respects diversity. In the future, the company will continue to deepen its talent sustainability strategy and work with employees to create long-term value.

        Faced with the challenges of talent shortage and corporate sustainability development, FE SOGO Department stores continues to invest in compensation and benefits, talent cultivation, and friendly workplace construction, striving to become an industry model. By 2025, the stereotype of low starting salaries in the service industry will be broken, and the starting salary for grassroots employees will be adjusted to 11% higher than the statutory salary. After adding bonuses to the average salary of employees, it will be about 36% higher than the industry average.

        In order to create a family friendly workplace environment, the company not only provides shortened working hours for childcare and offers 80% of the salary, but also takes the lead in introducing the "Childcare Suspension Allowance" system in the industry. Job agents can enjoy 60% of the average professional title salary of childcare suspension employees as an allowance, reducing the pressure on the team caused by childcare suspension and further creating a positive corporate culture of "mutual support and teamwork".

        In terms of diversity and integration, the proportion of female supervisors in FE SOGO Department stores has reached 49.5%, and gender equality education has been fully implemented, becoming a model for gender equality in enterprises. At the same time, actively promote Employee Assistance Programs (EAPs), health promotion courses, and psychological support mechanisms. The company conducts health check ups for employees every two years, with a frequency higher than regulatory requirements. Based on the age, job level, and workplace characteristics of employees, personalized examination options and family health check discounts are provided, demonstrating the importance and care for the physical and mental health of employees.

                Big City Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls adheres to core values and creates an inclusive and friendly working environment

        Since its establishment, Big City Far Eastern Big City Shopping Malls has always adhered to the core values of "sincerity, diligence, simplicity, prudence, innovation, and enthusiasm", and is committed to creating an inclusive, friendly, warm, and caring work environment. Following winning the "Excellent Evaluation Award for Large Enterprises" at the Taiwan Happiness Enterprise Award in 2025, this year it has made a new breakthrough and was awarded the gold medal in the "Large Enterprise Group - Department Store Retail Category".

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