Junggyeonryeon Holds Kickoff Meeting to Form 'Work-Family Balance Council for Mid-Sized Companies'

Ahead of the Launch of the 'Hyeobuihoe' Early Next Year, Discussions on System and Policy Improvements to Foster Corporate Culture

The Korea Federation of Medium-Sized Enterprises will take steps to promote a work-family balance culture and improve related systems and policies to address the low birthrate issue.

On the 27th, the Federation held a kickoff meeting to form a Work-Family Balance Council and discussed the council's composition and functions, key tasks, and promotion strategies, focusing on the Low Birthrate and Aging Society Commission's announcement of "Measures to Reverse the Low Birthrate Trend."

Key attendees including Lee Hojun, Senior Vice President of the Korea Federation of Medium-sized Enterprises (fourth from the left in the front row), and Park Seonggeun, Head of Corporate Cooperation Support Division at the Low Birthrate and Aging Society Committee (fifth from the left in the front row). Provided by the Korea Federation of Medium-sized Enterprises.

Before the council's official launch in March next year, the meeting was attended by Lee Ho-jun, the Federation's full-time vice chairman; officials from the Low Birthrate and Aging Society Commission; and HR managers from medium-sized enterprises including Kyochon F&B, Dain Precision, Inseong Information, Daelim Trading, Synopex, iMarket Korea, Airfirst, TYM, Pulmuone, and Indong FN.

A representative from Indong FN, a medium-sized company specializing in women's clothing, stated, "Support systems for work-family balance, such as childbirth support funds of 10 million won and child-rearing allowances of 1.1 million won per month from age 0 to first grade of elementary school, appear to have had positive effects on boosting employee morale and fostering a mutually beneficial internal atmosphere."

Lee Ho-jun, the Federation's full-time vice chairman, said, "Through the council launching next year, we will actively collect difficulties and suggestions related to work-family balance and promote corporate-friendly policy improvements such as tax benefits and support for securing substitute personnel. We will do our best to spread a culture where corporate performance and social responsibility coexist harmoniously."