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Workplace Quality
VTech aims to provide a supportive, pleasant and healthy workplace for our employees, and to
foster a caring community in our working environment. We care for our employees and recognise
that having good staff relations and a motivated workforce play a vital role in the Company’s efficient
operations.
Highlights
FY2017 marked the 40th anniversary of VTech with various activities
held to share our joy with employees
Number of participants in staff activities increased by 4.4% compared
with FY2016
Average training hours per employee increased by 42.3% compared
with FY2016
The overall health and safety training hours per average employee
increased by 175.9% compared with FY2016 and we did not have any
work related fatality case
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VTech aims to provide a pleasant,
supportive and healthy workplace for
our employee, and to foster a caring
community in our working environment.
We care for our employees and
recognise that having good staff
relations and a motivated workforce
play a vital role in the Company’s
efficient operations.
To ensure that our facilities operate with
the highest international standards on
social responsibility, health and safety,
all our existing VTech manufacturing
facilities are certified with the
international Occupational Health and
Safety Management Systems (OHSAS
18001) and Social Accountability (SA
8000), and ELPs with ICTI CARE
(Caring, Awareness, Responsible,
Ethical) process certification. These
external verified certifications validate
our compliance with local laws and high
quality working conditions.
Our human resources management
policy builds on our four key values –
“
C
ommunication and Staff Relations”,
“
A
dvancement in Careers”, ”
R
espect
of Labour and Human Rights”, and
“
E
nvironment for Our People” (CARE).
Communication
and Staff Relations
To ensure the effectiveness of our
workplace management system, we
conduct employee satisfaction survey
regularly and have cross functional
teams and committees at different
manufacturing sites to determine
goals and targets, discuss new
projects, and review project progress
on improvement of workplace and
employees related issues based on the
feedback from our people.
Communication and Staff
Relations
• Enhance our good staff relations
through various communication
channels and staff activities
Advancement in Careers
• Foster a continuous learning
environment and encourage
employees to develop and
advance their careers in VTech
Environment for Our
People
• Provide a supportive, pleasant
and healthy environment for our
employees
Respect of Labour and
Human Rights
• Respect the labour and human
rights of all our employees with
clearly defined human resources
management policies
Staff Communication
Open communications is an important
element in achieving effective workplace
management system. We encourage
employees to voice their opinions
through various communication
channels at all levels throughout the
Company. We provide suggestion
boxes, websites, staff-caring hotline,
internal newsletters and communication
meeting, where employees can express
their concerns and suggestions freely.
Employee engagement surveys and
meetings are also conducted in our