Occupational Health and Safety

Starting from the employees’ needs, MediaTek aims to improve physical and mental care measures, create a friendly workplace and enhance employees’ well-being. We have passed the certification audit for the ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System. 

The goal guarantees workplace health and safety through systematic management. We implement employee health programs and improve the ergonomic design in the workplace to demonstrate the Company’s commitment to enhance employees’ experience through physical actions, in order to ensure that each employee can work in a healthy and safe environment.


Since 2015, the Company has regularly conducted employee evacuation drills, in which exceeding the industry average, to help all employees get familiar with evacuation routes and assembly locations. The exercise has also incorporated fire extinguishing simulation and first-aid routines. The buildings used for the exercises include office buildings in Hsinchu, Zhubei, and Taipei. There were 11,357 participants in the exercise in 2023. To ensure there were no blind spots in any aspect of environmental safety, the Company promotes the importance of safety features to employees and visitors from time to time, and performs environmental and operational safety checks on offices, public areas, meeting rooms, laboratories, customer office areas , and factory equipment areas on a regular basis.

▌A holistic workplace in promoting employees' health

▌Family-Friendly Initiatives

Family Care 

In order to support the needs of employees at different stages, we provide multiple benefits that are superior than those provided under laws and regulations, as the backup for employees to take care of their families.

  • Wedding cash gift: NT$10,000, 380 gifts were distributed in 2023.
  • Newborn cash gift: NT$2,000 (per child), a total of 414 persons applied for the it and 426 gifts were distributed in 2023.
  • We provide “MediaTek Newborn Baby Hamper” to congratulate employees who are welcoming their new family members. In 2023, a total of 526 gift boxes were distributed globally, with a rough estimated birth rate as 27.5‰ . It is 22.7‰ higher than the average value of Taiwan’s top 50 sustainable enterprises. 
  • We work with 24 daycare centers and kindergartens by contract, in addition to our corporate-run preshool, to help employees with daycare of their children

Maternity protection

Each building is equipped with standard breastfeeding rooms. A total of 39 rooms are available for the use. Meanwhile, the Company has received the distinguished breastfeeding space certification. Our wellness center monitors the list of mothers under maternity health protection to help doctors complete assessment on individual hazards, hierarchical management, health protection and other adaptability assessment or recommendations. In 2023, 63 mothers received maternity health services with interviews conducted by doctors.


Encouraging Childbirth 

MediaTek’s “Work Rules” adhere to the Labor Standards Act, and the Company is not allowed to terminate the employment of an employee during the paternity leave. Female employees are entitled to a combined of 56 days of maternity leave for the period before and after labor. Male employees may choose to take the 7-day paternity leave when their spouses are in pregnancy or during the 15-day period before and after the day of labor (or miscarriage). Paternity leave is also a paid leave. MediaTek also provides a childbirth cash gift to congratulate families welcoming new members. Employees may apply for unpaid parental leave if necessary.