
Recognizing the performance of work-family balance systems, such as support for reinstatement from daycare centers and childcare leave
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Toss has been operating a support system to expand the recruitment of female technical personnel, develop their careers, and prevent career breaks. Starting in 2024, we have been operating 'Toss Daycare Center in Our Neighborhood' at 24 bases across the country, and in March of this year, we opened a directly managed 'Toss Eum Daycare Center' near our office building in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. A ‘reboarding’ system is also in operation to help employees return to work after maternity or childcare leave.
Viva Republica, the operator of Toss, announced on the 7th that it received the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy Award in the category of excellent institutions and companies for supporting the growth of female engineers at the '2026 Industrial Women Engineers Competition'.
Toss explained that it was recognized for its performance in operating a support system to expand the recruitment of female technical personnel, develop their careers, and prevent career breaks.
The number of female technical personnel at Toss increased approximately 2.2 times from 90 in 2024 to 201 this year.
During the same period, the proportion of women in technical positions increased from 18.1% to 21.8%, and the proportion of women among newly hired workers increased from 10.3% to 22.0%.
Toss is operating the ‘Toss Daycare Center in Our Neighborhood’, which will be available at 24 locations across the country starting in 2024 to support work-family balance.
In March of this year, a directly managed 'Toss Eum Daycare Center' was opened near the company's headquarters in Yeoksam-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul.
Toss also operates a ‘reboarding’ system to help employees return to work after childbirth or parental leave.
Toss Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) Hee-yeon Jeong said, “We will create an organizational culture where everyone can grow and demonstrate leadership based on expertise.”

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