Safe Workplace|Human Rights and Gender Equality

Human Rights and Gender Equality

Nuvoton regards talent as the key capital for the company's sustainable development, emphasizing cultivation and development to create a friendly workplace and provide employees with a safe and healthy working environment. The company follows the Labor Standards Act and other relevant labor regulations, and supports the protection spirit and basic principles of various international human rights conventions, including the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" by the United Nations, the "United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights," and the "Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work" by the international labour organization.

SDGS
SDG 3 Good Health and Well-Being
SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities

200

Points

The RBA VAP risk assessment on labor rights, environmental safety and health, ethics, and compliance dimensions received a full score of

1953

Ten thousand NTD

The total amount of childcare subsidies disbursed from 2021 to 2023 is as follows.

30

%

The incidence rate per thousand people has decreased from the baseline average of 1.81.

  Nuvoton Human Rights Policy


       Nuvoton Technology Corp. is committed to adhering to international labor and human rights standards following the International Bill of Human Rights, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs), the UN Global Compact, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct as the highest guiding principles for business operations. We implement relevant standards of the Responsible Business Alliance Code of Conduct to ensure a safe and ethical work environment, reflecting our commitment to human rights issues.

“Nuvoton Human Rights Policy” applies to the company and its subsidiaries, protecting the human rights of regular and contract employees, as well as interns, business partners, suppliers, contractors, and other stakeholders. Nuvoton commits to adhering to the following human rights issues: 
  

 Particular Attention 
 

  1. Comply with the laws and regulations of the locations where we operate, providing a safe and healthy work         environment, ensuring working hours protection, and adhering to legal and regulatory standards. 
  2. Commit to diverse talent recruitment and development, continuously promoting a culture of diversity and inclusion. 
  3. Safeguard the labor rights of vulnerable groups, including persons with disabilities, Indigenous peoples, migrant workers, and pregnant women, ensuring equal employment opportunities, eliminating any form of discrimination, and eradicating all types of differential treatment.   
  4. Prohibit human trafficking and any recruitment and employment of child labor.   
  5. Forbid all forms of forced labor or inhumane treatment, including all types of unlawful exploitation and harassment .  
  6. Maintain diverse and effective communication channels between employees and the company, allowing employees to fully express their opinions while protecting the confidentiality and anonymity of complainants .   
  7. Respect and protect the privacy of employees and customers' data, ensuring that the collection and use of data comply with regulatory requirements.   
  8. Commitment to responsible mineral sourcing.   
  9. Regularly assess and review human rights risks in operational activities, develop mitigation and remediation measures, and reduce both actual and potential negative impacts on human rights.   

 

Promotion of Human Rights Management

 

To safeguard the human rights of employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders, Nuvoton implements various measures for human rights management. Firstly, the company has formulated the "Code of Sustainable Conduct" and developed internal management policies and procedures based on it. Additionally, Nuvoton follows the Responsible Business Alliance's standards on freedom of employment to safeguard employees' labor rights. This includes ensuring the freedom to choose employment, prohibiting the use of child or forced labor, protecting young workers, adhering to statutory working hours and wages, respecting employees' freedom of association, and avoiding the use of conflict minerals. Discrimination based on various factors, such as race, nationality, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity, disability, pregnancy, religion, political opinions, military service status, protected genetic information, club membership, or marital status in matters such as employment, wages, rewards, punishments, promotions, or retirement is strictly prohibited. If the use of child labor is discovered after employment, immediate notification is given to the employing unit, work is suspended, and the child is sent to the hospital for examination to ensure their health has not been affected by work. After terminating the employment relationship, the child is returned to their guardian, with all incurred costs, including examination fees, wages owed, and transportation expenses, borne by the company. Furthermore, Nuvoton requires all suppliers in the supply chain to jointly sign the RBA-compliant "Compliance Commitment" and "Confidentiality Commitment" and utilizes its purchasing power to demand adherence to human rights and social standards. Regular sustainability education and training are conducted to raise awareness of human rights protection among employees. Finally, the company has established a complaint mechanism and procedure for handling violations of integrity conduct complaints, as outlined in the "Reporting Violations of Integrity Conduct Regulations."

Moving forward, we are committed to further promoting our human rights management plan to ensure comprehensive implementation. Our future initiatives include formulating and publicly disclosing our human rights policy in 2024, introducing human rights due diligence processes, conducting human rights risk assessments for employees at the Taiwan headquarters, and gradually expanding the scope of risk assessments in the medium to long term to include overseas subsidiaries, suppliers, local communities, and other stakeholders.

Assessment and Management of Risks to Human Rights

In addition to regular internal self-assessments and policy formulation, Nuvoton responds to customer demands by engaging third-party organizations to conduct RBA guideline Validated Audit Process (VAP) audits. These external audits provide valuable perspectives and help enhance the overall management system. In the 2022 RBA audit results, Nuvoton Taiwan's research and development factory achieved a perfect score of 200 points in the VAP risk assessment. This assessment covered various areas, including labor, health and safety, environment, ethics, and compliance. 
To underscore the company's "zero tolerance" policy towards workplace misconduct, Nuvoton conducts comprehensive annual education and training on the subject for all employees. This training aims to raise awareness of prevention strategies, identify various types of misconduct, provide stress relief techniques, introduce complaint channels, and enhance self-protection awareness among employees to prevent future incidents. Additionally, supervisors receive management education and training specifically focused on addressing "workplace misconduct." We remain committed to providing our employees with a better working environment. In 2023, Nuvoton did not engage in any child labor practices, receive complaints related to discrimination, forced labor, or violations of indigenous rights. Furthermore, there were no reported incidents of violations of employees' freedom of association or collective bargaining rights.

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zero tolerance

Novoton prohibits the use of child labor and has not received any complaints regarding discrimination, forced labor, or violations of indigenous people's rights.