APOGEE OPTOCOM Co.,Ltd

Workplace for qualified talents

A corporation can keep growing and flourishing only by recruiting qualified and excellent talents, and to put them into the most suitable position to exert their ability; 「Find the right person to do the right things」can make things dealt with efficiently, 「To explore, To understand and To solve problems」is the working atmosphere of「Creation」 and 「Respect」that we committed to bring in as well as entertainment, challenge and reasonable salary. Therefore,「Trust」and 「Responsibility」are the features of our cultural, care and feedback are the most priorities of our management.

Human Rights Policy

Apogee Optocom Co,.Ltd respects and supports internationally recognized human rights standards and principles, including the UN《Universal Declaration of Human Rights》, the《United Nations Global Compact》, and related criteria in《International Labor Organization Convention》, and complies with local laws and regulations, refuse any behavior that violates human rights.
Implementation：

1. To provide a safe and healthy working environment
2. Prohibition of illegal discrimination and make sure equality of working opportunity.
3. Prohibition of child labour
4. Prohibition of forcing labour
5. To assist employee maintain physical/mental health, and keep balance between work and life.
6. Pregnant or breastfeeding female employees are prohibited from engaging in hazardous or dangerous work.

What we've done - safeguarding basic human rights and working rights

• All employees are treated equally without distinction of any kind, such as national or social origin, sex, race, colour, appearance, religion, birth or other status.Employees are employed based on their academic qualifications and experience.
• We obey related laws in our nation and protect employees' equality, forbid child labour, and ensure people to have freedom of forming and participating parties.
• We provide different security training against different kinds of employees, such as fire training, Emergency Medical Service training, and General safety and health education and trainings.
• Equality, Self-regulation, and build up a smooth channel for communication, to ensure harmonious relationship and benefits between customers, stockholders and employees.
• Established「Rules for Prevention of Sexual Harassment」and 「complaint channel for employees」, setting up a Complaint Handling Committee, and assign managers as processing unit.
• Keep improving, adjusting working condition and environment to strive for employee's benefits and security.
• To conduct Management and Labor Council periodically, and make opinions from employees can be expressed through legal channel.

Welfare and care toward employee

「Employees are the most valuable property toward Apogee」, even having a strong management team, we are still not able to make profit without those hard-working colleagues. We regard all colleagues as a family, and provide several welfares, hoping to build up an atmosphere for them to live and work together. Below are welfares we provide:

• Annual physical examination：we care bout colleagues' health, and periodically hold health examination, especially for those who work at special environment, we provide physical examination twice per year.
• Group Accident Insurance：to ensure colleagues' equlity having adequte guarantee while having accident, we insure for all our employees with accident insurance, with up to 3 millions NT dollars loss-claim depends on different types of job responsibilites. 
• Birthday cash gift：We have Welfare Committee who is in charge of giving birthday cash gift on the month of the colleague's birthday.
• Wedding cash gist and funeral pension：Cash gifts or pension is given depending on wedding, ceremony or funeral.
• Performance Bonus：Bonus is given as per Rugulation of Performance Bonus when turnovers achieves monthly goal.
• Cash gift for Dragon Boat Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival：We usually give 1/4 to 1/2 of monthly salary as cash gift for our colleagues to celebrate these Festivals.
• Year-end Bonus：Bonus basis keeps at around 0.5-2 months level in 2025.
• Year-end party ：We hold Year-end party every year to reward all colleagues' effort and devotion.
• Company trip：We hold company trip on chosen days to make our colleagues released from daily pressure.

Apogee not only sets up Welfare Committee that in charge of welfares above in accordance with laws, but also provides health examination, joy party, talent competition, club, company trip and cash gift or coupon for Festivals, hoping to make all members in Apogee family can feel our care to them.

Employee training

The training is started from the beginning of entering the company, which is new employee orientation. From employee orientation to on-job training, we interpret related regulations in company and labour security, and appoint a person as mentor, to explain, demonstrate, execute, and review all related processes to achieve porpose of teaching knowledge and technique.
Moreover, we teach related SOP process, and set up technical skills to standardize the process, expecting to keep improving and growing together.

On-job training

Health improvement and activities

Apogee provides not only basic insurance and training in accordance with related laws and regulations, but also:

1. Management of dining area: we provides several places for our employees having meals and taking rest during break time.
2. Reading area: we plan an area for our employees to read.
3. Lounge: to enable our employees take a good break.
4. Outdoor Activities : for examples, basketball, tennis and baseball.

System of pension and execution

System of pension and execution

1. To reward employee's devotion toward company, and provide stable live for them, we regulate「Regulation of Management to Retirement」
2. 「Regulation of Management to Retirement」is based on Clause53 to 58.
3.  6% of employee's monthly salary is withdrawn to personal pension account in Bureau of Labour Insurance. Employees may volunteer to withdraw up to 6% pension.
4. System of retirement that is suitable for employees.
   • -Employees may apply for retirement with below conditions:
   • To serve in company for more than 15 years and aged 55.
   • To serve in company for 25 years.
   • To serve in company over 1 years and aged 60.
    
   • -Employees with below conditions are forced to retire :
   • Aged 65, but excludes for those who is asked to stay by company.
   • For those who is diagnosed mentally or physically disabled and cannot afford workload.
   • For those who is responsible for special working load that is dangerous and require physical strength, and is reported to the central competent authority and is permitted to retire earlier than regulated, but can not less than age 55.
5. Calculation standard for seniority of retirement
   • Calculation of seniority: The seniority of a worker is calculated from the first day of his/her employment. The seniority served in Apogee is started from employment, and ended at the day of retirement, and seniority should be deducted during unpaid leave. The seniority before and after Labour Standard Act acted should be calculated altogether, but excluding seniority regulated in system of retirement (new act) under Labor Pension Act. When employee is compliant with standard of applying pension regulated in Labor Pension Act, she/he may apply for pension from Bureau of Labour Insurance, and Apogee will not pay for pension again, unless administering authority will pay additionally.
   • For employees that are forced to retire, if they are mentally or physically disabled due to executing job duties, there will be more 20% of pension in accordance with regulations above.

Safe workplace

Occupational safety and health management

Our company has obtained ISO 14001 certification, meeting the environmental management standards and their included sustainability indicators, and undergoes regular verification.

I. Environmental Cleaning:

(a) The cleaning of the company's offices and cleanrooms is handled by the management department's cleaning staff.

(b) The cleaning scope includes the cleaning and waste sorting of all offices and cleanrooms on the fourth floor.

(c) The cleaning and waste sorting of cleanrooms are carried out regularly by each unit.

(d) After cleaning the cleanrooms, the supervisor will check for any abnormal dirt or grime and record it on the inspection checklist.

(e) If any abnormal dirt or grime is found in the environment, the relevant unit's supervisor should be notified immediately so that personnel can be arranged to resolve the issue.

II. Employees are company assets, and maintaining a safe working environment is a top priority. Reducing occupational accidents not only prevents tragedies but also minimizes unnecessary losses. Therefore, the company takes both minimizing workplace risks and employee safety seriously. We conduct two fire and earthquake drills annually and provide disaster prevention training to achieve a zero-risk, zero-accident goal. Furthermore, the company provides accident insurance for every employee, with higher coverage based on individual job requirements, up to NT$3 million per person.

III. Access Control:

The cleanroom entrance is controlled by a security monitoring system provided by Shin Kong Security. Unauthorized personnel without employee identification cards are prohibited from entering or exiting. Shin Kong Security and the management department are connected via computer to verify employee absences.

IV. Escape arrows and evacuation signs are marked on the floor within the factory area. In the event of a disaster, the security system will detect these signals and broadcast evacuation warnings. Regular evacuation drills are also conducted.

V. Employees eat and rest in the tea and rest room. Personal cups and beverages should be placed in the tea and rest room for rest.

VI. The cleanroom temperature is controlled within 25 ± 5 degrees Celsius, and the humidity is controlled below 60%. Each unit records temperature and humidity data daily in a temperature and humidity log. If the ambient temperature or humidity exceeds the controlled range, the unit personnel will record and monitor this. If the monitored range is exceeded, the unit personnel will issue a maintenance request to notify the factory administration to inspect the air conditioning equipment to ensure the ambient temperature and humidity are within the controlled range.

VII. The temperature management range for the pharmaceutical refining room is below 50 degrees Celsius, and the humidity management range is below 50%. Each unit shall record temperature and humidity data daily in the temperature and humidity record sheet. If the ambient temperature or humidity exceeds the management range, the unit supervisor shall issue a maintenance request form to notify the plant administration to inspect the air conditioning equipment to ensure that the ambient temperature and humidity are within the management range.

VIII. The cleanroom particle management scope is limited to particles with a diameter of 5μm and a quantity of less than 2000. Each unit shall record dust data daily in the dust record sheet. If the environmental dust exceeds the management scope, the unit supervisor shall report the abnormality to ensure that the environmental dust is within the management scope.

Prevention for occupational injury

Professional management personnel for Labour safety