The key to TXC’s success lies in the mutual trust and respect among employees. We fully respect the dignity of every colleague and strive to listen to their concerns and recommendations and accept differences with an open mind. Employee care and employee welfare have always been the fundamental principles of our welfare system, which is designed to provide employees with better welfare.
In order to safeguard employees’ rights, the Company has established its Worker Rights and Ethics Policy, which is reviewed on a quarterly basis during the labor-management meeting to determine if any revision is necessary in order to uphold TXC’s corporate ethics and fulfill the Company’s corporate social responsibilities. The policies are made available to all employees via weekly announcements.

We are fully aware of the potential physical and psychological impact of child labor and the negative corporate social image it would cast on the Company. And as such, the Company has clearly expressed its policy of not employing child labor in the Code of Conduct and Employee Handbook. The policy is strictly adhered during the course of all interviews.
TXC Corporation upholds the belief in equal opportunity and with regards to affairs pertaining recruiting, employment, salary, welfare, reward/punishment, work allocation, training, promotion, demotion, dismissal or retirement, the Company does not engage nor support any discrimination of employee’s race, color, height, weight, eyesight, place of birth, previous military rank, nationality, ethnicity, social standing, social class, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, family obligations, marital status, union membership, identity protected by law, political affiliation, age, pregnancy (childbirth), physical disability, medical status, result of health examination, physical ailments or other factors as the result of stereotyping due to preconceived ideas of public order or good morals. To protect the rights and benefits of all employees, both the Company and employees are required to enter into standard employment contracts. In 2014, a total of 273 new employees were recruited; one of them as an elementary supervisor and another as an intermediate supervisor. The age and source distribution for the new employees are shown in the table below.

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Age distribution for each region for 2014

As of the end of 2014, TXC has a total of 1,040 employees on its payroll (with relevant information provided in the table below). Among the 129 supervisors, 15.5% are female. The percentage of local upper management is at 97.14% (35 colleagues).

Employee Type

In order to achieve effective talent recruiting, retention and training, TXC continues to strengthen its relevant retention measures, from related aspects of management system, new staff interview, a complete system of multiple training and development, salary and reward management system, ideal working environment and so forth to enhance the talent retention results and thereby expand employees’ breadth and depth of knowledge. The employee turnover rate in 2014 came to 1.78%, with relevant employee departure information as follows:

Turnover rate for 2014

Note: The company monthly turnover rate is calculated as follows: No. of monthly departing employee / [(monthly beginning headcount of employees + monthly ending headcount of employees) / 2 ]

Planning of training courses at TXC is done according to the Company’s job grade / job level system and practical needs to strengthen employees’ professional knowledge, skills and expertise to boost their competence and overall competitiveness. Training courses include training for new employees, professional training, executive skill training, general training, self-inspired growth, project training and online learning platform courses. The trainings are conducted in a variety of formats and in addition to the lectures, specific activities/case studies/group discussions have also been included according to the characteristics of the training involved to make the learning process more organic and effective. Refer to the table below for the training courses offered by TXC:

除了提供上述各項實體課程外，台灣晶技亦建置E-Training學習平台，提供同仁不受時、地限制的學習資源。

In 2014, a total of 254 training classes were held, culminating to 1,824 hours of training with 9,031 participants. The total training duration came to 17,686 man-hour with a total cost of NT$ 1,066,713. The Taoyuan Training Center issued NT$ 117,000 in subsidies for the training in 2014 and the sum amounted to 10.9% of TXC’s total training expenses for the year.
On top of that, employees were required to go over the guidelines of the Code of Conduct when they log in to the Electronic Payroll System inquiry menu as a way of deepening their understanding of their rights and obligations.(http://www.txccorp.com/tw/g_hr/10.html)At the same time, the Company also provides relevant information on pertinent laws and regulations on the Company’s human resource webpage to ensure employees’ improved awareness of their legal rights and interests.

Average training hours completed by employees (including departed employees) for 2014 (as of December 2014)

TXC offers a diversified and competitive salary system that is free from discrepancies arising from factors such as employees’ age, gender, marital status, political orientation, race and so forth. The Company offers wages that are above the average salaries offered by competitors. We insist and believe in the philosophy of sharing profit with our employees in order to attract outstanding talents while motivating and retaining existing employees.

The highest individual annual earnings at TXC are 740% of the annual median earnings of all employees at the Company. The highest individual annual percentage increase in compensation came to -9.30% compared to the annual percentage median increase in compensation for all employees (the highest individual annual earning was less than the previous year, thus resulting in the negative percentage). Refer to the table below for the ratio of employee compensations:

The Company always strives to provide employees with ideal working conditions and working environments in the hopes of enabling employees to do their best and develop themselves with balanced emphasis on work and quality of life to become TXC’s important partners in long-term development of the Company.

Open Communication Channels

TXC Corporation respects employees’ rights of assembly and association and is committed to provide smooth channels of communication in the hopes of ensuring sufficient exchange between the Company’s directions and employees’ opinions, which would serve as the basis of relevant improvements and the creation of better working environments and conditions at TXC.

The establishment of procedures such as the Employee Handbook, Code of Conduct, Labor Rights and Ethical Policies on top of other diversified means of communication, has been implemented in accordance with the contents and spirit of EICC and SA8000 standards. Relevant issues have been handled with due prudence on the basis of equality in order to safeguard employees’ rights by ensuring all employees are subjected to fair evaluations that are compliant with human right principles. As of the end of 2014, no incidents of child labor, sexual discrimination, forced labor or obstruction of employees’ rights to assembly has taken place at the Company and no complaint relating to human rights violation has been reported.

At the same time, in order to protect the legal privileges that employees are entitled to, in the event of specific incidents that call for change of existing employee relations (i.e. adjustment of basic wage, change of working hours, change of payroll structure, access control measures, adjustment of parking space availability and so forth), all changes shall be made in adherence to pertinent domestic and international legal regulations (Basic Labor Law and its implementation details for domestic affairs) with adequate coordination and involvement from the Employee Welfare Committee. Not only that, the Company also takes the initiative to report and notify relevant employees in advance in order to facilitate adequate and seamless communication so that all notifications at TXC are compliant with pertinent procedures.