Letter To Shareholders - Mitac

employees in different offices can have video-conference meetings without commuting, so
that the company’s internal communications have become more efficient.
Another achievement is the setup of the electronic bulletin board to promote the
company’s mission, to announce operational performance, and to publish outside
information. In order to provide an incentive to inspire employees and to enhance morale,
the company selects employees and honors senior employees who have worked for MiTAC
for five, ten, fifteen, and twenty years at the year-end party. At the year-end party, the
Chairman and the Presidents will give them gold medals and cash prizes.
Hwa-Ya Technology Park, Taoyuan, is one of our major offices. In order to better care for
our employees, we provide a shuttle bus from Hwa-Ya to Taipei daily. We also encourage
employees to car pool and we provide ample parking spaces. We want to give all employees
a more convenient and more comfortable working environment.
5.5.2 Benefits and training
1. Benefits
Employees are very important assets to us. In addition to provide every employee with
labor and health insurance lawfully, the company also insures employees group and
overseas travel insurance policies, which include life and business trip insurance and are
paid by the company.
We also have a well-organized employee benefit committee whose members are elected
by different departments. The committee not only holds regular meetings to discuss
workers’ benefits and all kinds of activities, but also to organize different clubs for
entertainment and recreational activities with free-of-charge facilities in the company,
including the gym, the dance studio, the massage room and the indoor ping-pong court to
help build camaraderie among employees.
The company also has a library that is open to employees all day long. In the library,
there is a CD-ROM bank. Besides, the library is a member of the “Chinese Interlibrary
Cooperation Association” so that employees can easily access information pertinent to their
work, not limited to this library but from other libraries too.
To ensure the physical as well as mental health of its employees, the company launches its
internal “Employees Assistance Program” in association with external consultant expertise.
This team of experts comprises mental therapists, lawyers, nutritionists, financial
consultants, and expertise across several fields. They provide professional assistance to
the lifestyles of its employees and their families, including consultation services on work
pressure, interpersonal relationships, family and marriage, cross gender interactions, legal
affairs, financial affairs, medical issues etc; helping employees balance between work, life,
and health.
Furthermore, the company budgets substantial funds every year according to our
comprehensive training programs. The goals are to substantiate employees’ education and
training, to stimulate employees’ potentials, to upgrade employees’ occupational
competence, and to allow them to continuously learn and grow with the company. Since
2000, the company started the e-Learning system; right now, there are more than one
thousand courses in the system, including various management, professional, and general
courses. This e-learning program allows employees to learn whenever and wherever. And
the results have shown after all these years.
2. Details for employee education and training
(1) Education and training efforts in 2009
The company spent a total of NT$2.8 million on employees’ training in 2009. There
were approximately 8,900 employees who joined the training
(2) Education system
In order to accommodate our business philosophy, long-term talent cultivation plans,
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