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Our current profit-oriented business world exploits nature and people.I believe that only corporations have the necessary power to create the changes needed for a new and exploitation-free society. It is up to us, the companies, to start this process. Frank Martin Püschel, CEO

Frank Martin Püschel, CEO

RADICAL CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

ONE THIRD OF PROFIT IS RE-INVESTED TO PROMOTE OUR EMPLOYEES' QUALITY OF LIFE

At GSN, we regard both business and social targets as equally important. Thus, we like to challenge the prevailing labour practices across China's electronics manufacturing industry by respecting the dignity and the social well-being of migrant workers instead of just exploiting them.

Employee engagement is at the core of our HR agenda and a key driver for our organizational development. Thanks to our innovative approach to employee relations our average employee return rate after the Chinese New Year festive season remains as high as 95%. The internal factory regulations of our CR Role Model Factory are fully complying or exceeding social compliance requirements and are being reviewed and audited by local authorities, NGOs and customers on an ongoing basis.

CSR FRAMEWORK

Dedicated onsite CSR management team

Employee Representation System

Periodic social compliance audits

Anonymous feedback & grievance mechanism

Management training on social best practices

Monitoring labour conditions at suppliers and their suppliers

WORKPLACE CONDITIONS

Clean and tidy workspace and office space

Eye-friendly working light

Noise protection; semi-annual fire drills

Work station rotation & regular rest periods

Air-conditioning/heating in workshop and offices

ISO 9001 certification, IATF 16949 certification

Extended lunch breaks and weekly team lunch

WAGES & BENEFITS

Direct labour contracts

Full social insurance incl. Housing Provident Fund

Urban Shenzhen Living Wage

Monthly Performance Bonus

Max. 49 working hours per five-day work week

Two rest days per week (free weekends)

15 days paid annual leave regardless of seniority

SOCIAL WELL-BEING

Free potable water, tea, milk, soft drinks

Dorm rooms with 1-4 beds only at no extra charge

Free Wi-Fi/air-conditioning at company dorm

Gated and greened campus with recreational area

Annual company trip and year-end party

Monthly shopping voucher

Extra 2x5 days paid 'See Your Child' leave

Free fresh fruit daily(2015-2016)

Free weekly English classes(2014-2016)

Annual medical check-up(2014-2015)

EQUAL OPPERTUNITIES
As a company we focus to improve the quality of life of all our employees by providing them with equal opportunities.
It is our concern to empower especially the rural migrant workers who help create our value chain through their hard working and often also by sacrificing their social well-being.
Rural migrant workers are mostly uneducated and prior to joining our company as manual assembly workers they have usually only received training in terms of learning-on-the-job.
In order to nurture their sense of achievement, we provide them with comprehensive skill training and the opportunity to rotate their jobs. Also during working hours we furthermore offer multimedia trainings on social compliance and business ethics, workshops on intercultural communication as well as a library to support personal development and growth.
Thanks to our co-operative leadership approach we are able to fill 50% of our management and leadership positions with young female talents.
WORK-LIFE-BALANCE

At GSN, we want to help shape a world in which justice and sustainable development are at the heart of value creation structures which are designed to allow everyone through acceptable labour to maintain a decent and dignified livelihood and to fully develop their human potential.


Thus, in 2018, GSN Shenzhen implemented a revised working hours and wage system in order to provide its assembly workers with a fair opportunity to earn a living wage while safeguarding a healthy work-life-balance.

LIVING WAGE
The targeted living wage for urban Shenzhen was estimated by The Global Living Wage Coalition and is based on a robust methodology which is transparent, internationally comparable, and locally specific. The key improvements are:

A base wage above minimum wage

A time and piece-rate independent performance bonus scheme

A standard work week of 40 hours with a full weekend for rest

An overtime limit of 9 hours per week or 36 hours per month

AWARD FOR THE GSN LIVING WAGE SYSTEM
The Living Wage system implemented by GSN Electronics (Shenzhen) has been awarded second place in the "Small Enterprises" category at the "More Than a Market" Awards Gala in Shanghai. The Living Wage system was introduced in 2018 to provide all employees with a fair opportunity to earn a monthly Living Wage without overtime, following the eco-social business concept TRI-MONY. The Bertelsmann Stiftung and the German Chamber of Commerce in China, supported by the diplomatic representations of the Federal Republic of Germany in China and the Legal Center for NGOs ("ForNGO"), honoured German companies for their outstanding social engagement in China for the fourth time.

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