[2024 Women’s Forum] Naver Provides Detailed Care Divided into Four Stages of Pregnancy and Childbirth

Gender Equality Index Award | Minister of Gender Equality and Family Award

Naver received the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Award at the '9th Gender Equality Index Awards' for its meticulous support system ensuring that pregnancy and childbirth do not become obstacles to career advancement. The core of Naver's family-friendly policies is the flexible work system. Since 2022, Naver has introduced 'Connected Work,' which allows employees to choose not only their working hours but also their working locations. Employees can work freely between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. on weekdays without fixed core hours or minimum daily working hours. There are also support systems segmented by pregnancy stages, including leave options.

Choi Seo-hee, Executive Director of Naver Communication Office, is taking a photo after receiving the Minister of Gender Equality and Family Award at the '9th Asia Gender Equality Index Awards Ceremony' hosted by Asia Economy, held at Lotte Hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul on the 30th.

Before pregnancy, employees can utilize the infertility support system, newly established in August this year. It provides up to six months of infertility leave to focus on treatment and supports infertility procedure costs up to 2 million KRW. After returning from parental leave, there is a program to facilitate smooth reintegration. It supports in-house club activity expenses to maintain networking with colleagues during leave and arranges networking meetings with colleagues who return around the same time.

Upon notifying pregnancy, a 500,000 KRW incentive is provided. This is to allow avoidance of extended, night, and holiday work from early pregnancy. During pregnancy, employees can shorten their workday by up to two hours regardless of the week. Business trips during pregnancy are discouraged as much as possible, but if unavoidable, business class airfare is supported. For pregnant employees commuting by car, valet parking service is provided at the company parking lot.

Naver operates six employee-only daycare centers in locations including Seocho, Bundang, and Suji. The most recently opened daycare center in Pangyo has a total floor area of 4,603㎡ and a capacity of about 300 children.

Last year, the proportion of female employees at Naver (based on regular employees) reached 41%, increasing by 5 percentage points from 36% in 2020. The proportion of leaders at the managerial level also rose from 24.5% in 2020 to 33% last year. Among them, 59% are 'working moms' balancing work and child-rearing. The return rate of female employees who took parental leave is 96%.