ESG Report 2024

59 Environmental, Social and Governance Report 2024 The United Laboratories International Holdings Limited 9.1.4 Employee Diversity The Group is committed to building a diversified team. The Group makes good use of talents and applies them according to their abilities, and arranges suitable positions for its employees based on their different vocational skills, professional knowledge, industry experience, background, race, age and gender, etc., in order to create a team of highly efficient, service-oriented, learning and innovative talents. The Group is committed to building a diversified and inclusive team and adheres to the principle of “employing the right person for the job” by arranging suitable positions for its employees based on their occupational skills, professional knowledge, industry experience, background, ethnicity, age and gender, so as to create a highly efficient, service-oriented, learning and innovative team of talents. To further promote diversity and inclusion, we actively recruit retirees, elderly employees and people with disabilities, and provide necessary facilities and assistance to disabled or chronically ill employees to ensure that every employee can realise their potentials in a fair and inclusive environment, and to achieve mutual growth of the individual and the company. Employees of the Group, categorised by gender and age, are as follows: 40% 60% The Group also focuses on the proportion of women in the management level of the company, with the goal of avoiding gender homogeneity and ensuring gender equality and diversity in the company's workforce. Our aim is to progressively increase the level of participation of female employees and to create a more gender-balanced work environment. Information on the gender distribution of the Group's management and the hierarchical distribution of female in the management level is as follows: 37% 63% 90% 10% 63% 5% 32% Gender Ratio ＜ 30 ＞ 50 30 - 50 Age Distribution Gender Distribution of the Group’s Management Male Supervisor Level or Above Female Supervisor to Manager Level Female Manager Level or Above Female Supervisor Level or Above Male Female