Children born to employees of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) accounted for 1.8 percent of Taiwan’s newborns last year, the world’s largest contract chipmaker said on Friday.
In its most recent environmental, social and governance newsletter, TSMC said that employees at its plants in Taiwan gave birth to 2,463 children last year. A total of 135,571 children were born in the country.
New births in Taiwan fell to a new low last year. However, the number of children born to employees at TSMC plants in the country rose by about 1.7 percent from 2,368 in 2022, the newsletter said.
Photo: Su Chin-feng, Taipei Times
The “TSMC Child Care Benefit Program 2.0” helps it promote a family-friendly workplace, providing a secure and enriching educational environment for employees’ children at its science park campuses, the chipmaker said.
Under the childcare program, eligible employees are granted up to 12 weeks of paid maternity leave for a first child, 16 weeks for a second child and 20 weeks for a third child or more, TSMC said.
The company also provides 10 days of paid paternity leave so employees can spend time with their spouse for prenatal checkups and newborn care.
In addition, the company’s Employee Welfare Committee provides NT$10,000 in childbirth subsidies and up to NT$10,000 in public group insurance for each birth, TSMC said.
The chipmaker has built four preschools on its campuses in science parks at Hsinchu, Taichung and Tainan for children aged two to six, it said.
Childcare services are also available from 7am to 8pm to accommodate employees’ work schedules, TSMC added.
Last year, the company made its preschools available to employees of subsidiaries and affiliates, such as image sensor foundry services provider VisEra Technologies Co Ltd, contract chipmaker Vanguard International Semiconductor Corp and application-specific integrated circuit designer Global Unichip Corp.
Starting this year, TSMC plans to further expand its services. It will allow the children of those who work at science park management bureaus and other companies to attend the preschools, it said.
The chipmaker had 67,000 employees in Taiwan at the end of last year.
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