At Coway, we are committed to innovating our work process with focus on the quality of work through our WORK SMART Campaign. In order to create more efficient and rational workplace culture, we eliminated unproductive meetings and reporting process, improved repetitive tasks, and ensured more efficiency in terms of work space and schedule to keep our employees satisfied with their job.
To promote active communication and creativity between our employees, we renovated our work space adding open meeting room called “Blue Room” and remodeling the Dasom Training Room where our employees can share ideas and collaborate. We also established Good Café, Refresh Zone, Healthcare Center and break rooms to encourage communication and help take a break from work.
At Coway, we support team-building activities through which our employees can share their hobbies and boost their teamwork. Employees can join up to 2 clubs and each club receives financial support up to KRW 1.5 million per month. Every six months, clubs are awarded prizes. As of 2017, there are 110 clubs in our company.
Leaders’ Dictionary
In response to increasing importance of connected knowledge and convergence in the 4th Industrial Revolution, we have shared the insights of leaders in each field since 2017.
CEO Book Club
With books as a medium, new employees, team managers and newly promoted share our values and ideas with the CEO.
Win-win Ocean
Our employee suggestion system helps create an environment where employees can freely share their ideas and get compensated.
Grievance Handling Channel
For more active labor-management communication, we organized a council meeting and workshop with labor representatives. “Pine Bakery” and “Chorus” are also established to listen to complaints and grievances from our employees.
We provide a variety of programs to help our employees maintain a healthy work-life balance and create a family-friendly corporate culture. As a result of these efforts, in 2017, we were named GWP Korea’s "100 Best Companies to Work For" for 7 consecutive years and were re-certified as “Family-friendly Company” by the Ministry of Gender Equality and Family.
| Family Day |
The first and third Wednesdays each month are designated as Family Days and we encourage our employees to spend quality time with their family members. |
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| School Enrollment Leave |
Employees whose children are enrolled in elementary school allowed to take 5-day leave to help them adjust. |
| Work Schedule for Pregnancy |
Work hours are reduced by 2 hours at the beginning and end of their pregnancy. Half-day paid leave is allowed for medical check-up. |
| Parental Leave Evaluation System |
Employees who are on parental leave are evaluated separately to prevent any disadvantages. |
Coway Science Camp
Through Coway Science Camp, we help our employees’ family members to experience the value of water and share our corporate values for three days.
Coway Day for New Employees
To celebrate 100th day of employment and boost their loyalty towards the company, we organize a family invitation program. In 2017, with “Meal for the Heart” theme, the division leaders and new employees cooked for their family members.
Coway Day with Family
We organize a 2-day travel for our employees and their family members. In 2017, 10 selected families visited our headquarters and production facilities and took a tour to Gyeongju for a cultural experience.
At Coway, we established an occupational safety and health management system to prevent industrial disasters at our workplace. Currently, the systems for three of our manufacturing facilities (Yugu, Incheon, Pocheon) in Korea have been integrated and they are certified for OHSAS/KOSHA 18001. In 2017, we identified a total of 174 risk factors through joint safety inspections we carried out with our suppliers and improved all of them to create a safer working environment.
As a consultative and agreement body on health and safety issues, we organized the Occupational Safety and Health Committee on a quarterly basis, which is composed of the same number of representatives from labor and management. The committee discusses and decides on matters related to establishment of industrial disaster prevention plans, establishment and revision of safety and health management regulations, and employee training. In 2017, the committee meeting was held four times and they set the directions for the safety and health-related activities. In particular, the topics for discussion include improving our employees’ health and evaluating working environment such as air quality.
We are committed to making our workplace safe and healthy and keeping safety as our top priority through various activities. To this end, we carry out voluntary safety inspections on our production facilities twice a month through “Haengbok Jikimi (Happiness Keeper)” consisting of site supervisors and representatives of workers and engage in prevention and improvement activities such as environmental improvement campaign. In 2017, we made improvement on 75 issues out of 80 that we identified through inspections while we are making progress on the remaining issues. In addition, we are raising our employees’ awareness of safety by distributing an emergency response manual on natural disasters such as earthquakes and fire.
Prevention & Inspection
Haengbok Jikimi Safety Check (2 times/month)
Managers, persons in charge and employee representatives
Safety Meeting by Site
Present ideas on safety issues
Follow-up
Share Improvement Cases
Conduct zone-based promotion by employee representatives
Designate Monitoring Points
Weekly activities of employee representatives and line manager
Action
Improvement Proposal Research
Present solutions rather than demands
Safety Plan Implementation
Perform improvement of safety issues
To keep our employees healthy, we enhance the health management of employees with high risk factors, and provide exercise treatment programs to cardiovascular and musculoskeletal diseases. In addition, we implemented pre-work stretching and warming up process, introduced height-adjustable carts and provide footrests for those who work on their feet all day.
Business Case
Since 2017, we have been committed to improving the indoor air quality at our production sites. Air quality sensors are installed on every production line to monitor and manage VOCs, carbon dioxide, and particulate matter in real time. Meanwhile, we use air purifiers and a thermal exchange ventilation system to reduce particulate matter. As a result, the CO2 emissions of the welding process was reduced by 25% (779 → 585 PPM) and the particulate matter by 55% (207 → 92.7 μg/㎥).
Indoor Air Qualities in Production Sites
