Gyeonggi Province Holds Seminars for Foreign-Invested Enterprises to Respond to 'Phased Return to Daily Life' Business Environment

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province and the Gyeonggi Foreign Investment Enterprise Support Center will hold seminars twice on the 10th and 17th, selecting key issues in the human resources and labor management field and the taxation and accounting field, to strengthen the capabilities of foreign-invested enterprises in the era of phased return to daily life.

At the 'HR (Human Resources) Seminar' to be held at Gravity Hotel in Pangyo, Seongnam on the 10th, in response to the phased return to daily life (with Corona) era, various work arrangement issues including remote work will be reviewed once more, and diverse cases will be shared to enable foreign-invested enterprises to select and operate the most ideal and reasonable work arrangements.

In particular, this seminar will invite labor attorneys specializing in foreign companies and prepare advance countermeasures for actual cases obtained through trial and error by many enterprises and legal issues between companies and workers, to enable business management that achieves coexistence with workers.

Additionally, corporate officials including practitioners in the human resources and labor management field will attend and hold a free discussion session to share their respective implementation cases of work arrangements and how they resolved and stabilized problems that arose in operating remote work and flexible work systems.

The 'Financial Seminar' to be held at Ramada Plaza Hotel in Suwon on the 17th was prepared for foreign-invested enterprises' Chief Financial Officers (CFOs) and finance-related executives to share opinions on financial risk management strategies for foreign-invested enterprises in the COVID-19 era.

As this is a time when active efforts for financial risk management tailored to each company's circumstances are required, lectures by accounting professionals specializing in foreign companies will be conducted on ▲domestic and international economic environment and financial market outlook ▲matters to consider in corporate mergers and divisions ▲South Korea's accounting transparency and audit procedures, etc.

For companies unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts, lecture videos will be made available through the YouTube channel at a later date, and anyone can watch the videos by searching for 'Gyeonggi Foreign Investment Enterprise Support Center'.

The Gyeonggi Foreign Investment Enterprise Support Center operates a network sharing in-depth information in specialized fields such as revisions to regulations, in addition to providing grievance handling, job matching support, and customized educational support for foreign-invested enterprises after their investment in Gyeonggi Province, creating a sustainable foreign investment environment.

For seminar application information and other details, refer to the Gyeonggi Foreign Investment Enterprise Support Center website (www.gafic.or.kr) notice board or inquire by phone (031-247-8855).

Lee Min-woo, head of the Investment Promotion Division, said, "We anticipate that this seminar will serve as a venue for building strategic partnerships between Gyeonggi Province and foreign-invested enterprises, and will be a meaningful opportunity to discover new business opportunities even in difficult circumstances."