To achieve its sustainable development goals and fulfill its corporate social responsibility, Taiwan Sugar Corporation is committed to creating a diverse, equal, and inclusive workplace environment, and promotes various family-friendly measures with employee well-being at its core. Facing the trend of declining birth rates and increasing demands for childcare, the Company actively develops systems that support employees in balancing family responsibilities and career development. Through comprehensive parental support policies and related benefits, the Company enhances employee job satisfaction and retention willingness, further strengthening its organizational sustainability and competitiveness.

According to Article 19 of the Gender Equality in Employment Act, “For the purpose of raising children of less than three years of age, employees hired by employers with more than thirty employees may request to reduce working hours one hour per day; and for the reduced working time, no compensation shall be paid.” This provision is intended to safeguard employees’ rights to balance their childcare responsibilities with their work rights, and to promote gender equality and a family-friendly workplace environment.

In response to the aforementioned legal spirit and to further foster a diverse, inclusive, and family-friendly workplace culture that enables employees to balance family care responsibilities with career development, the Company has implemented the "Taiwan Sugar Corporation Work Hour Reduction for Parental Childcare Without Salary Reduction Program for Employees" on February 25, 2022. This program offers benefits superior to those stipulated in the Gender Equality in Employment Act. Any TSC employee with a child under 3 years old may apply to reduce their working hours by one hour per day. The reduced hour will be paid in full, and will not affect their attendance bonus, performance evaluation, or other adverse disciplinary actions. This program has been implemented since March 1, 2022, to support employees' childcare needs, improve retention rates, and enhance overall job satisfaction.

To further address the ongoing care needs of employees at different stages of their children's development, the Company expanded its scope of application starting September 1, 2024, to pilot a measure allowing employees with children aged 3 to under 6 to apply for a one-hour reduction in their daily working hours (unpaid). Between 2022 and 2025, a total of 503 employees applied for the childcare working hour reduction, both paid and unpaid, with the number increasing year by year, showing the high level of employee acceptance and practical application of the measure.

In addition, the Company continuously enhances and optimizes its facilities and employee benefit measures, including the provision of breastfeeding rooms that take into account the needs of safety, comfort and privacy. The Company also collaborates with childcare institutions to provide employees with more convenient and reliable childcare resources, so as to reduce the burden of childcare for employees and fully implement the business philosophy of family-friendly and sustainable development.