Human Rights Management

UVB complies with relevant business and labor laws and regulations, including the Labor Standards Act, the Occupational Safety and Health Act and Act of Gender Equality in Employment, and other regulations. The Company also establishes relevant management policies and procedures such as the "Work Rules" in accordance with the law, holds regular labor-management meetings, promotes gender equality, prohibits sexual harassment, protects employees' privacy, and establishes channels for communication and feedback and complaints in order to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of employees.
In order to fulfill corporate social responsibility, UVB protects the basic human rights of all employees, customers and stakeholders. We follow the “United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights”, the “United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights”, the “United Nations Global Compact” and the “ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work”, respect internationally recognized basic human rights, and abide by the labor laws and regulations of the place of operation, and formulate human rights policies and specific management plans.

• ● Diversity, inclusiveness and equal opportunity
• ● Prohibition of forced labor and child labor
• ● Provide fair and reasonable compensation and working conditions
• ● Provide a safe, hygienic and healthy working environment
• ● Respect employees’ liberty of assembly and association

In order to continue to growth and innovate, UVB must heavily rely on human capital and recruit talents in medical, R&D, information, marketing and sales. The company recruits outstanding talents that meet the needs of the company through multiple channels such as campus recruitment, 104 Job Bank, internal employee recommendations and talent hunting consultants. To foster continuous innovation, the company engages in exchanges and collaborations with academic research institutions and teaching hospitals, ensuring the innovativeness and market relevance of its products and services.
UVB abides by relevant business and labor laws and regulations, and formulates relevant management policies and procedures such as “work rules” in accordance with the law to protect the legitimate rights and interests of employees. Recruitment of employees is not limited by gender, religion, race or political affiliation. Through open recruitment, we employ people based on their ability.

UVB attaches great importance to gender equality in the career development of employees, actively implements the sustainable development goal of "SDG 5: Gender Equality. We actively promote workplace diversity and equality, nurturing and retaining our employees based on their merits. There are no restrictions regarding gender, religion, race, or political stance in our selection and retention processes. We prioritize talent acquisition through open recruitment, selecting individuals based solely on their abilities and qualifications.
In 2023, female employees accounted for 55% of all employees at the parent company and 65% of all employees at the subsidiaries listed in the consolidated financial statements; female managers accounted for 49% of management positions at the Company and 60% at the subsidiaries listed in the consolidated financial statements. Female employees accounted for a higher percentage due to industry characteristics; nevertheless, there was no significant difference in the number and proportion of employees in management positions in terms of gender.

In addition, pursuant to the implementation of the fixed quota employment for people with disabilities, as of the end of February 2024, the Company hired two people (including one person with severe disabilities). The Company will continue to offer job opportunities to recruit people with disabilities so that they can give full play to their strengths, integrate into society, and arouse the recognition of their work abilities from the general public in society and corporate employers.
In 2023, the difference between the average monthly salary of female managers and the overall average monthly salary was 3% for the Company and 6% for the subsidiaries listed in the consolidated financial statements; the difference between the average monthly salary for female employees in non-management positions and the overall average monthly salary was 7% for the Company and 5% for the subsidiaries in consolidated financial statements; this indicates that there was no significant difference in average monthly salary between management positions and non-management positions in terms of gender.
The Company is committed to providing an equal and friendly workplace. Taking non-management positions in Taiwan as an example, the average monthly salary in 2023 was 2.1 times the basic salary (the monthly basic salary in Taiwan in 2023 was NT$26,400); it was 2.3 times for men and 2.0 times for women, regardless of gender, age, race, nationality and other factors.

UVB attaches great importance to the opinions of all parties, and is committed to providing open and transparent communication channels. The company has a complaint hotline and mailbox, and holds quarterly labor-management meetings, and an interview is conducted with new employees when their probation period expires and with resigned employees, etc., so that colleagues can make use of various channels to give feedback on the organizational system and work environment. The official website provides a contact platform for investors, customers, employees, suppliers, communities, and news media to give feedback. It is published in the “Stakeholders Area” based on categories and lists all communication and feedback content since 2023 in order to provide our response and attention to multiple voices. No human rights-related complaints or suspected human rights violations were received in 2023.
The company website features a "Stakeholder Relations Section" providing communication and complaint channels for various stakeholders. https://www.uvb.com.tw/EN/contact/contact_a04/

Employee complaint email: winnie.chan@eyecenter.com.tw