Samsung to support retirees with cancer
LONDON – Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has said it will provide medical treatment costs for semiconductor and LCD manufacturing workers for up to ten years if they are diagnosed with cancer within three years of retiring from the company. This is according to Korean news reports that referenced unnamed Samsung officials.
The move comes despite the fact that a Samsung-commissioned study found no evidence that workers were more likely to contract cancer as a result of working in its wafer fabs. However, it also comes after Samsung was ordered in June 2011 by a court in Seoul to pay compensation to the families of two young employees who died of leukemia. At the time of the court order Samsung spokesperson said the ruling was not final.
Without admitting any liability Samsung said Tuesday (Aug. 30) that it will pay treatment costs for up to 10 years and 100 million won (about $94,000) in compensation if a person dies while under treatment, according to The Korean Herald.
"The measures were drafted to share the pain with those suffering from cancer following retirement as fellow workers, although the working environment proved not to have relations to the cause of cancer," The Korean Herald quoted a Samsung official as saying.
The scheme is open to those who retired on or after Jan. 1, 2000 with one year's service and who can show they were diagnosed with cancer within three-years of retirement.
According to a Reuters report published in July 2011 at the time the study results were announced Samsung was then saying that 26 past chip manufacturing employees had been diagnosed with leukemia or lymphoma of which number 10 had subsequently died of cancer.
韩国媒体日前报道，三星电子表示，如果旗下半导体芯片和液晶工厂的退休工人退休3年里患上癌症，三星将保证为他们提供长达10年、累计金额不超过一亿韩元的医疗费用(约9万4千美元)。三星电子此前进行的一项研究声称，没有证据显示在半导体芯片厂工作的人员比其它人群患癌概论更高。 今年6月，首尔一家法院判决三星公司应对2名患白血病死亡员工的家属进行赔偿。
Samsung to support retirees with cancer
LONDON – Korean consumer electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has said it will provide medical treatment costs for semiconductor and LCD manufacturing workers for up to ten years if they are diagnosed with cancer within three years of retiring from the company. This is according to Korean news reports that referenced unnamed Samsung officials.
The move comes despite the fact that a Samsung-commissioned study found no evidence that workers were more likely to contract cancer as a result of working in its wafer fabs. However, it also comes after Samsung was ordered in June 2011 by a court in Seoul to pay compensation to the families of two young employees who died of leukemia. At the time of the court order Samsung spokesperson said the ruling was not final.
Without admitting any liability Samsung said Tuesday (Aug. 30) that it will pay treatment costs for up to 10 years and 100 million won (about $94,000) in compensation if a person dies while under treatment, according to The Korean Herald.
"The measures were drafted to share the pain with those suffering from cancer following retirement as fellow workers, although the working environment proved not to have relations to the cause of cancer," The Korean Herald quoted a Samsung official as saying.
The scheme is open to those who retired on or after Jan. 1, 2000 with one year's service and who can show they were diagnosed with cancer within three-years of retirement.
According to a Reuters report published in July 2011 at the time the study results were announced Samsung was then saying that 26 past chip manufacturing employees had been diagnosed with leukemia or lymphoma of which number 10 had subsequently died of cancer.
路透社2011年7月报道，当时研究结果，三星宣称过去有26个芯片制造的雇员被诊断患有白血病或淋巴瘤，随后他们中的10人因癌症死亡。
