‘Performance Pay Controversy’ SK hynix pays employees 200% of basic wage to employee stock ownership

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Inside view of SK hynix’s clean room. /SK Hynix News Room

SK hynix (000660)Announced on the 4th that it has decided to pay employee stock ownership to employees. It is interpreted as a precipitation to calm employee complaints about the’performance pay controversy’.

On this day, SK Hynix held a central labor-management council at its Icheon headquarters. At this meeting, the labor and management agreed on the improvement of the PS (Excessive Profit Distribution) system and the payment conditions for employee stock ownership.

According to SK Hynix, the labor and management agreed on three major issues. First, on the premise of approval by the board of directors, it was decided to issue employee stock shares and give members the right to purchase them. The management explained that “It means to promote the future growth of the company by giving our stock ownership to members.”

In addition, the management decided to change the standard index for PS calculation from the existing EVA (Economic Value Added) to operating profit. In the meantime, as employees complained about the EVA indicator, the company decided to increase its predictability through operating profit, where the figures are clearly disclosed. Finally, it has agreed to provide 3 million points to all members of the company’s welfare point,’Hi Well Point’.

SK Hynix President Lee Seok-hee said, “We sincerely apologize for not communicating enough so far.” Hae-ju Kim, chairman of the Icheon Labor Union, said, “The company and its members have opened a new path for mutual development.”

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