ESG Report 2022

7.2.3 Academic Promotion and Professional Qualification As a pharmaceutical company, the professionalism engineering and automation, mechanical design of employees is an important factor for the Group to and manufacturing, and automation, among others, meet the high production demand. In order to for on-the-job employees in quality, production, enhance the professionalism of employees, the equipment, and IT-related fields. Currently, there Group encourages and assists employees to are 21 students in the 2021 cohort, 26 students in participate in re-education programmes to upgrade the 2022 cohort, and 41 students have been their academic qualifications, such as upgrading admitted to the 2023 cohort. from secondary vocational schools to junior college diploma, or from junior college diploma to The Group also places great importance on the undergraduate degrees. professional qualifications and skills improvement of its employees. During the Year, Zhongshan During the Year, in order to comprehensively meet Company carried out skills level certification work, the needs of pharmaceutical production, enhance with 1 senior technician, 25 technicians, 145 senior employee professional capabilities, and optimize workers, 98 intermediate workers, and 123 junior the company's talent structure, Zhuhai Company workers being certified. In addition, 20 employees collaborated with universities such as Xiangtan of Zhuhai United Biomedical Pharmaceutical Co., University, Hunan University of Technology, and L t d . o b t a i n e d t h e Gu a n g d o n g P r o v i n c e Shunde Polytechnic to offer courses on pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Industry Training Certificate. chemical engineering, bioengineering, electrical 7.3 Benefits and Welfare Employees are the key to success of an enterprise. benefits. While providing quality career The Group has been treating employees by d e v e l o pme n t o p p o r t u n i t i e s a n d wo r k i n g aligning itself with the principle of “Equality, Care environment for our employees, we also put and Mutual Development” to guarantee that our emphasis on employees physical and mental employees are entitled to corresponding benefits development, encourage employees to actively and welfare and care for their well-being. The participate in various types of cultural and sports Group strictly abides by relevant laws and activities held by the Group and enrich their spare regulations to secure employees' legal rights and time. 7.3 1 Protecting Employee Rights . Labour Law of the People's Republic of China Labour Contract Law of the People's Republic of China Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Women's Rights and Interests Special Rules on the Labour Protection of Female Employees Provisions on the Special Protection for Underage Employees Labour Dispute Mediation and Arbitration Law of the People's Republic of China Trade Union Law of the People's Republic of China Protect legal rights Order of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security Social Insurance Law of the People's Republic of China Employee welfare Relevant Laws Regulations and Realm Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2022 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited 51