Gyeonggi-do, recruiting ‘Gyeonggi Family-Friendly Companies to Work For’. Provides 57 types of incentives, including special management fund support and promotion of excellent companies

(Gyeongin View) Gyeonggi Province is recruiting companies to participate in the ‘Gyeonggi Family-Friendly Great Workplace Certification Project’ until May 20th.

The ‘Gyeonggi Family-Friendly Company Certification Project’ is a policy in which Gyeonggi Province certifies companies that have introduced family-friendly systems such as childbirth and childcare support and flexible working hours, such as childcare leave and reduced working hours during the childcare period.

The province selects and certifies businesses and public institutions in the province that run an exemplary family-friendly system and provides 57 types of incentives, including granting additional points when applying for various business support projects such as promising small business certification and small business development funds.

This year, the support fund for newly certified small and medium-sized businesses was increased from 2 million won to 5 million won, and new benefits such as special management fund support worth a total of 20 billion won and promotion of excellent companies were added.

We plan to certify 50 new companies, which is 15 more than 35 last year, and re-certify those companies certified in 2021 after three years of certification.

Certification targets are companies with at least two years of business experience and whose main office or manufacturing facility is located in Gyeonggi-do.

Companies wishing to participate can access EasyBiz and apply online by 6 p.m. on May 20.

The evaluation is conducted through document screening and on-site inspection. ▲ Status of operation of the family-friendly system ▲ CEO’s interest and will to implement ▲ Employee satisfaction ▲ Corporate stability, etc. are evaluated, and certified companies are finally selected through committee deliberation.

For both new certification and recertification, a score of 65 or more out of 120 must be obtained, and new certification is decided on 50 companies in order of evaluation score.

In particular, this year, Gyeonggi Province’s will to overcome low birth rates was reflected by increasing the points allocation for childbirth and childcare in the evaluation field of family-friendly system operation.

Certified companies will be awarded a certificate plaque and a certificate plaque in the name of the Governor of Gyeonggi Province, and 5 million won will be provided to newly certified small and medium-sized businesses to support the families desired by the company, including admission fees to facilities for families, in-house welfare points, employee health management, improvement of the working environment, and operation of family-friendly programs. It can be used according to friendliness-related needs.

The certification validity period is three years from this year to 2027, and the certification ceremony will be held in October.

Kim Mi-seong, Director of Gyeonggi-do Gender Equality and Family Bureau, said, “These days, family-friendly management is essential for recruiting and preventing the departure of excellent employees and improving the company’s external image,” adding, “Gyeonggi-do has a good work environment for childbirth and raising children, and workers’ work and “To establish a culture of life balance, we will work harder to expand and strengthen the Gyeonggi Family-Friendly Workplace Certification Project.”