Employee Welfare and Care

▍Employee Childbirth Allowance and Childcare Services

• To help employees having balance work and family life, the Company provides support for new parents. Employees in Taiwan receive a childbirth incentive of 20,000 NTD and an additional childbirth subsidy of 2,000 NTD per child provided by the Employee Welfare Committee. In 2023, 18 employees had benefited from this program and received bonuses, with a total of 360,000 NTD distributed.
• Since 2013, the Company had provided employees with contracted cooperative community kindergartens, including enrollment discounts, helping employees properly arrange childcare without worries.
• The Company provides childcare services through contracted community kindergartens, offering enrollment discounts to employees.

▍Providing Educational Scholarships and Bursaries for Employees’ Children

In 2023, a total of 224 employees received subsidies, benefiting 575 children over two semesters. Additionally, for families of deceased employees, the Company provides children’s living allowances and spring festival consolation funds for the family, along with regular phone calls to check on their well-being.

▍Encouraging Diverse Groups and Communicity Activities, and Providing Subsidies

• The Company has a total of 18 clubs, all of which are voluntarily established by employees and regularly hold activities to promote physical, mental and spiritual growth.
• In 2023, the total number of participations reached 770 people.
  The Library Committee of the Employee Welfare Committee is responsible for purchasing high-quality audiovisual books and magazines for employees to borrow, enriching their lives and knowledge after getting off work.
• The Company provides fitness equipment (such as treadmills) to encourage employees to exercise and maintain physical and mental health.

▍Organizing Annual Employee Travel Activities

• The Recreation Committee of the Employee Welfare Committee is responsible for planning and organizing the annual employee travel activities, offering a variety of itineraries to choose from.
• In 2023, 1,118 employees registered for the annual employee travel, with 94% of them using the travel subsidy.
• On October 21, 2023, Headquarters held the first-ever sustainable travel event. More than 30 employees and their families visited Plant IV and famous ecological sites.

★ Special Report

▍Assist employees with serious injuries and care for the families of deceased employees

• Provide special care and necessary assistance in daily life for employees who suffering from serious illnesses or injuries.
• Provide living subsidies for the children of deceased employees and spring festival consolation funds for the family, along with regular phone calls to check on their well-being.

▍Everlight Low-Carbon Healthy Kitchen

• Everlight takes care of employees’ dietary needs. The canteen committee members of each plant are responsible for supervising meal quality and hold regularly meeting with the catering company to ensure a balance between cost and quality, guaranteeing nutritional balance, safety, and hygiene for employees’ meals.
• The Company promotes the low-carbon healthy kitchen in the plants (taking care of employees in term of diets) and has received the Low-Carbon Healthy Kitchen Certification from Taoyuan City.

▍Caring for Aboriginal and Foreign Employees

• The Company respects the cultural traditions of Aboriginal employees and has provided “ceremonial leave” to 7 Aboriginal employees.
• In 2023, the Company employed a total of 134 foreign workers. Through the “Foreign Employee Management Regulations,” regular evaluation of employment agencies, and the provision of relevant measures (as listed below), Everlight ensures that foreign employees can work comfortably in a warm, positive, and inclusive workplace environment.
  1. Providing recreational and sports facilities.
  2. Arranging counselors to visit the plant for care.
  3. Holding year-end Thanksgiving services and dinners.
  4. Organizing various competitions and recreational activities.
  5. Subscribing to satellite channels.
  6. Preparing hometown-style meals on weekends.
• Foreign employees are free to join church pastor’s fellowship for spiritual support and comfort.
• Since 2022, to reduce the burden on foreign employees, the Company has subsidized employment fees for foreign migrant workers. By the end of 2023, 263 employees had benefited.

▍Employee Transition Assistance Programs

In 2023, the Company continued to provide the “Employee Assistance Program” (EAP), and employees can access the consultation hotline and individual interviewed offered by the “Chinese Psychotherapy Foundation”. Employees can also use the Employee Assistance Program for consultations related to retirement or career transitions. In 2023, 32 employees applied for this program.

▍Retirement System

• All Everlight’s employees (including senior managers) participate in retirement plans according to the Labor
  Standards Act or the Labor Pension Act.
• The Company also offers the “60 Project (Years of Service + Age)” for “Early Retirement” applications for employees in need.
• The Company presents retirees with trophies and souvenirs, and the top supervisor presents character certificates to acknowledge retirees’ contributions and service to the Company.

For retired employees, the Company offers re-employment as consultants based on their expertise. Since 2022, a total of 4 consultants have been hired (3 of whom have been rehired for two consecutive years, and 1 was newly hired in 2023) to participate in projects/consultations, assist successors in their original positions, and help retired supervisors adapt to retirement life so their valuable workplace experience is effectively passed on.