Yonsei University Medical Center achieved a 100% compulsory employment rate for people with disabilities.
According to Yonsei Medical Center on the 3rd, it was announced on the 3rd that the compulsory employment rate for people with disabilities has remained above 100% for more than 3 months since the number of people with disabilities was exceeded for the first time in August. They are all working at Sinchon, Gangnam, and Yongin Severance Hospitals directly employed by Yonsei Medical Center rather than short-term work or temporary work.
According to the 2024 compulsory employment status for people with disabilities announced by the Ministry of Employment and Labor, the employment rate for people with disabilities in companies with 1000 or more employees is 2.97%, which is below the mandatory employment rate of 3.1%.
Yonsei Medical Center has been collaborating with the Korea Disabled Employment Corporation since October 2022 to expand employment for people with disabilities by forming an employment promotion organization for people with disabilities. Starting with a job development agreement with the industrial complex, a number of new jobs specialized for people with disabilities were established through departmental job demand surveys and job development workshops. In addition to existing nursing and office work assistants, practical changes have been made, such as establishing new disability-friendly jobs such as patient mobility assistants based on smart location detection, blood pressure measurement assistants using IoT (Internet of Things) technology, artists working from home, mailroom assistants, and big data analysis center assistants. As a result, the employment rate for people with disabilities, which remained at the beginning of 1% in 2022, rose to 2% in 2024, leading to a 3.1% mandatory employment rate of 100% this year.
It also provides job-specific training so that disabled workers have the ability to perform their duties. We support job adaptation programs so that disabled employees can work for a long time through adaptation guidance for workers with disabilities and disability awareness training for workers even after employment.
Yonsei Medical Director Keum Ki-chang said, “Yonsei Medical Center's employment model for people with disabilities is making real changes that enhance harmony and work efficiency among workers beyond realizing the social value of the institution,” and “we will continue to develop into an organization that realizes the values of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DE&I) while aiming for a disability-friendly organizational culture.”
