First Defense Company-Affiliated Standard Workplace for the Disabled Opens in Gumi... LIG Nex1 Launches 'Boulangerie Gil'

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The first “subsidiary-type standard workplace for people with disabilities” established by a domestic defense company has been launched.

LIG Nex1 (CEO Shin Ikhyun) announced on the 28th that it opened the standard workplace for people with disabilities, “Boulangerie Gil,” in Imeun-dong, Gumi-si, North Gyeongsang Province, on the 27th.

LIG Nex1 plans to operate a cafe and bakery centered on employees with disabilities, aiming to promote social independence, job creation, and ESG management for people with disabilities.

Key officials participating in the opening ceremony of the subsidiary-type standard workplace for the disabled, "Boulangerie Gil," held on the 27th in Gumi, Gyeongbuk, are cutting the ribbon. (From left: Sanghoon Cha, Head of Corporate Support Division at LIG Nex1; Geonhyuk Lee, Head of Production Division at LIG Nex1; Hoseop Kim, Deputy Mayor of Gumi; Jungwoo Lee, CEO of Boulangerie Gil; Kwon Sang Yoon, Director of Gumi Branch of Ministry of Employment and Labor; Yoon Kyung Han, Director of Gyeongbuk Branch of Korea Employment Agency for the Disabled) Photo by XXX

A subsidiary-type standard workplace for people with disabilities refers to a workplace equipped with production, convenience, and auxiliary facilities suitable for people with disabilities, and employs a certain proportion of workers with disabilities.

The opening ceremony was attended by Cha Sanghun, Head of Corporate Support at LIG Nex1, Lee Gunhyuk, Head of Production at LIG Nex1, Kim Hoseop, Vice Mayor of Gumi, Yoon Kwonsang, Head of Gumi Branch of the Ministry of Employment and Labor, Han Yunkyung, Head of the North Gyeongsang Branch of the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities, Lee Jungwoo, CEO of Boulangerie Gil, and other related officials.

Last August, LIG Nex1 became the first in the defense industry to sign an agreement with the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities to establish a subsidiary-type standard workplace for people with disabilities. This is the first time a defense company is operating such a workplace.

“Boulangerie Gil” has its main store in Imeun-dong, Gumi-si, North Gyeongsang Province, and will operate a cafe and bakery at LIG Nex1’s Gumi House. Currently, the Gumi main store employs 23 people with disabilities and 7 non-disabled employees as baristas and in the bakery and confectionery fields. The company plans to expand branches to major LIG Nex1 workplaces in Daejeon and Yongin and increase the hiring of people with disabilities in the future.

Lee Gunhyuk, Head of Production at LIG Nex1, said, “The ‘GIL’ in Boulangerie Gil is a pronunciation of the letters of LIG in reverse order, and it reflects our desire to walk the path of coexistence by providing opportunities for workers with disabilities to demonstrate their effort and passion. We will fulfill our corporate social responsibility by supporting employment and social independence for people with disabilities.”

Lee Jungwoo, CEO of Boulangerie Gil, emphasized, “We will spare no effort to support our employees in developing their expertise as bakers and baristas and achieving independence as members of society.”