4.3 Workplace Environment

Labor Health Protection Program

PSC has formulated and implemented the company-wide Labor Health Protection Program since 2019 to safeguard employees’ health. The Labor Health Protection Program covers the following four aspects, and we have adopted an occupational health management service system. During the annual employee health examination, the physicians and nurses have talks with those who have unusual health indicators and provide them with health guidance to manage employees’ health.

4.3.1 Safe Workplace

We pay attention to the safety of employees' work environment. We improve hazards in the office environment and set up the Occupational Safety Project Section under the General Affairs Department. To implement the occupational safety and health business, we have engaged a Level-A occupational safety and health affair manager and occupational safety and health administrators and have registered them with the Department of Labor, Taipei City Government. All branches have selected and trained employees to obtain the fire prevention manager license and the Level-A occupational safety and health affair manager license and formulated a fire protection plan for each workplace in accordance with the law to maintain the safety of the office environment. We have purchased the public liability insurance for the head office, branches, and other work environments to protect clients’ rights and interests and purchased the employer liability and accident insurance to safeguard employees’ rights.

Secure Hardware

As per the Building Public Safety Inspection Certification and Reporting Regulations, we regularly entrust a professional company to conduct a public safety inspection of buildings every two years and obtained a certification mark for building public safety. We outsource the regular maintenance and inspections of various electromechanical or fire-fighting equipment (such as fire alarms or fire extinguishers) every year in accordance with the provisions of the Fire Services Act and report to the competent authority. The planning of our office environment prioritizes employee safety. All entrances and exits are equipped with access control card readers, and there is security personnel monitoring access during the day, at night, and on holidays, to ensure the safety of employees. Moreover, we employ cleaning staff who regularly clean and wax the office environment to maintain cleanliness and hygiene.

Considerate Care

PSC has a health consulting room staffed with full-time health managers and on-site occupational medicine specialists to provide health consultation services to employees. We also regularly organize various health promotion seminars and use an online health education system to regularly disseminate information on preventive healthcare and health-related updates. In our headquarters building, we have a total of four automated external defibrillators on specific floors. Furthermore, as of 2022, a total of 50 employees have obtained certifications in first aid and safety and health education to provide assistance in critical situations.

4.3.2 Health Care

Health Checkup and Counseling

PSC places a strong emphasis on the health of our employees. We have established a health consulting room and employed dedicated health management professionals and occupational medicine specialists to provide health consulting services. Since 1991, the Company has implemented measures that exceed regulatory requirements, offering free annual health checkups to our employees for the past 32 years. In addition to basic health checkup items, we provide additional examination items such as abdominal ultrasounds, breast cancer screenings, cancer screenings, and have recently added waist circumference measurements in an effort to prevent cardiovascular diseases and diabetes. We also adjust the examination items annually, including eye fundus photography, thyroid function, and gout screening, ensuring that our employees have a comprehensive understanding of their health conditions. Following health checkups, results are filed and managed for the provision of personal health reports as well as private medical consultation services to our employees. Our dedicated health management professionals oversee the follow-up and care related to health checkup results. During the peak flu season in autumn and winter, we offer workplace flu vaccinations and subsidies for self-administered vaccinations, encouraging employees to receive the flu vaccine to enhance protection and reduce the need to visit medical facilities during epidemics, effectively lowering the infection rate.

Promotion of Health-Facilitating Activities

We have set up a 991.74-square-meter employee fitness center at the headquarters, with an aerobics room, a gym, a table tennis room, and a billiard room, along with various health promotion activities to provide employees with a wide range of health care measures. To raise their awareness of health, we motivate them to establish various clubs, including the billiard, yoga, aerobics, table tennis, and badminton clubs. The number of participants in club activities exceeds 100; the employee fitness center is used frequently. In addition, it is open to their family members on weekends and holidays. Led by toplevel managers, we have developed a fitness culture in the Company and actively motivated employees to develop a regular exercise habit. As such, we have been awarded Taiwan i Sports Certification by the Sports Administration, Ministry of Education, in 2016, 2018, and 2020 as one of the few securities firms that have won this honor for three consecutive sessions.

Note: The validity period for the sports enterprise certificate was 2 years from 2016 to 2018. Starting in 2019, the certification validity period has been extended to 3 years, and the certificate remained valid during 2022.

Health Care Knowledge

The Company has established the LOHAS website on the PSC intranet, regularly providing various medical and health information, conducting online health education campaigns from time to time, and organizing health promotion lectures regularly. These efforts encourage employees to enhance their health knowledge, thereby caring for their own health. Since 2016, the Company has been organizing regular technology-based fitness activities to incentivize employees to attain better health. In 2022, a total of 111 people participated.