Occupational Safety and Health Policy
Topco upholds the philosophy of “diligence, professionalism, and sharing the success” to enter the advanced technology field. From advanced technology, environmental protection, and green energy to the general health industry, Topco has grown from a single tree to an enormous forest. Today, it’s still actively and proactively creating business prosperity and realizing its corporate vision to become a global corporate. Looking ahead, Topco will continue to observe the “Excellence via Perfection” motto to fulfill its social responsibility, contribute to environmental sustainability, and ultimately make the world a better place.
Based on the concept of sustainable operation and social responsibility, the company also takes the safety and health of workers as the first condition of operation; therefore, in order to pursue safety and health management of zero disasters, we adhere to the principle of worker safety and health. The company will commit to the following principles in its business decision-making and fulfill its social responsibilities:
1. Comply with laws and relevant requirements, and provide a safe and healthy working environment.
2. Hazard prevention and risk control, strengthen worker participation and consultation mechanism.
3. Continuously improve management and performance, implement supervision and inspection to ensure sustainable operation.
The explanation is as follows:
1. Continue to comply with occupational safety and health laws and customer requirements, implement automatic inspection and facility maintenance, and provide and continuously improve a safe and healthy working environment for workers.
2. Strengthen employees’ occupational safety and health related capabilities, provide necessary training and hazard prevention awareness, encourage employees to provide safety and health suggestions, and implement implementation and evaluation to achieve the goal of full participation.
3. Strengthen workplace risk management, prevent occupational injuries and health impacts, continuously improve occupational safety and health management and performance, and ensure the goal of sustainable operation.
We develop a better management system, comply with the OH&S policies and legal and regulatory requirements, and promote and implement work related to OH&S management. Through the shared consensus and combined efforts of all employees, no significant accidents, injuries, or diseases related to work were reported in 2022. In 2023, we will take on the challenge of zero accidents.
Labor-management harmony
Providing a safe, healthy, and hygienic working environment is the goal that TOPCO is committed to maintaining. At the same time, it will continue to improve occupational safety and health performance, and create a working environment that meets human needs and physical and mental health.
Pay attention to the physical and mental health of employees
As employees are the Company’s important intangible asset, we value the mental, physical, and spiritual health of employees. Each year we team up with local leading healthcare institutions and fund the health checkup of all employees every two years and employees aged over 40 years old every year.
In 2022, we introduced various health checkup plans to employees in collaboration with medical institutions such as the Taipei Medical University Hospital, Cathay General Hospital (Dunnan, Neihu, Hsinchu), Chi Hsin Health Service, Full Health Clinic, Lin Shin Hospital, China Medical University Hospital, Chi Mei Medical Center, and E-Da Dacheng Hospital. In addition to the general labor physical examination items, the health examination plan is also aimed at cardiovascular and gastroenteroscopy. According to the Labor Health Protection Regulation of TOPCO employees, the health checkup of 496 employees and actually a total of 425 employees, about 86% of full-time employees; the other employees who didn’t receive the health checkup were new employees (they had submitted a health checkup report on their arrival) and the ones with no need for the health checkup that year.
In addition to health management and care, we also provided healthy exercise facilities and organized various exercise courses for employees in 2022. Employees could make smart use of their time by exercising conveniently after work to avoid traffic congestion and enjoy discounts for taking exercise courses.
| Year | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
| Number of Participants | 213 | 210 | 280 |
| Sum of funding (NT$) | 192 | 307 | 339 |
Emphasis on safety and health quality
For employees to work without worrying about safety and health, we have established the Occupational Safety Office in accordance with law and implemented the ISO 45001 OH&S Management System which covers the headquarters, Hsinchu and Hukou offices, a total of 312 participants, about 60%, not include the long-term overseas employees, and we passed ISO 45001 certification in Oct. 2022. According to Hazard and Risk assessment control process to assess the risk, all the risk levels are acceptable, and the advanced action is to apply the emergency rescue training plan to increase EMG resues. Through the incident and investigation management procedure, we continuously improve the OH &S management.
Based on the ISO 45001 OH&S Management System, we develop a better management system, comply with the OH&S policies and legal and regulatory requirements, and promote and implement work related to OH&S management. Through the shared consensus and combined efforts of all employees, no significant accidents, injuries, or diseases related to work were reported in 2022. In 2023, we will take on the challenge of zero accidents.
To practice a workplace safety culture, we begin with employee safety education. For new employees, we arrange OH&S education and training on the date of arrival. For in-service employees, we plan workplace fire training and drills periodically. Additionally, apart from posting notices at points prone to danger according to customer requirements, we also organize labor safety and health workshops for in-service employees periodically to ensure the safety of employees, environment, and equipment.
Unfettered comprehensive communication channels
To improve unfettered communication channels between the Company and employees, we have set up a public mailbox and email managed by senior supervisors for employees to freely make constructive proposals and to make recommendations for the Company and complaints to ensure the timeliness and effectiveness of communication. Labor representatives will reflect the issues and needs for occupational safety and health at the Occupational Safety and Health Committee meeting.
Equal and non-discriminatory environment
We respect human rights, equality, and non-discrimination; value labor-management harmony; and continue to improve OH&S performance to build a working environment that meets humanitarian needs and physical and mental health. We are committed to improving human rights protection. Apart from providing an equal and safe working environment free from discrimination and harassment, we also organize various events and education and training activities to maintain the mental and physical health of employees and their work-life balance and promote the relevant concepts over the EIP periodically.
Harmony between labor and management
TOPCO has not established a labor union, so no group agreement has been signed.To realize a friendly workplace for employees to work without worries, labor-management meetings and Occupational Safety and Health Committee meetings are held quarterly. Representatives elected by employees and appointed by the Company discuss labor-management relations, labor-management cooperation, and occupational safety and health issues. In 2022, no environmental impacts, labor problems, or offences against human rights were reported, handled, or resolved through official grievance mechanisms. Also, there were no labor-management disputes. The labor-management relationship was harmonious, and no impacts or losses due to labor-management disputes were reported.
As employees are the Company’s important intangible asset, we value the mental, physical, and spiritual health of employees. Each year we team up with local leading healthcare institutions and fund the health checkup of all employees every two years and employees aged over 40 years old every year.
In 2022, we introduced various health checkup plans to employees in collaboration with medical institutions such as the Taipei Medical University Hospital, Cathay General Hospital (Dunnan, Neihu, Hsinchu), Chi Hsin Health Service, Full Health Clinic, Lin Shin Hospital, China Medical University Hospital, Chi Mei Medical Center, and E-Da Dacheng Hospital. In 2022, we funded the health checkup of 430 employees over 40 years old, and a total of 280 employees, about 65% of full-time employees, and the total expenses for all the employee health checkup were about NT$3.39 million. Due to COVID-19, the checkup rate has been lower in the last three years because employees avoided visiting healthcare institutions.
