Hiring tailored roles such as baristas, nail technicians and language instructor assistants
Putting the Together, Far management philosophy into practice…a sustainable, mutual-growth employment model
On April 17, Hanwha’s financial affiliates—Hanwha Life, Hanwha Life Financial Services, Hanwha General Insurance, Hanwha Investment & Securities, Hanwha Asset Management and Hanwha Savings Bank—announced that each affiliate has surpassed its legally required hiring quota for employees with disabilities.
Executives said the effort is not about hitting numerical targets but about integrating people with disabilities as full members of the workforce and creating pathways for shared professional growth. The group has increased hiring through tailored job design and workplace adjustments.
As of this month, the six affiliates had a combined legal hiring obligation of 294 positions for people with disabilities and employ 319 in total—exceeding the requirement. All are direct employees, a point the company highlights as significant.
By company, the headcounts are: Hanwha Life 101; Hanwha Life Financial Services 49; Hanwha General Insurance 113; Hanwha Investment & Securities 40; Hanwha Asset Management 12; and Hanwha Savings Bank 4. Each affiliate meets or exceeds the statutory standard.
Hanwha Life has been a sector leader: after becoming the first insurer to reach a 3.1% mandated hiring rate for people with disabilities in 2023, the firm raised that rate to 3.3% in 2024, 3.5% in 2025 and 3.6% as of April 2026. Hanwha Life Financial Services reported a 3.3% rate this year, also above the requirement.
On the strength of those results, Hanwha Life and Hanwha Life Financial Services received the Ministry of Employment and Labor’s True Company ministerial awards in 2024 and 2025, respectively, recognizing them as exemplary employers of people with disabilities.
Central to the group’s approach is job design. Rather than simply placing employees into existing roles, Hanwha creates customized positions that account for individual disabilities and organizational needs, assigning meaningful responsibilities aligned with each person’s abilities.
Across the financial affiliates, 319 employees with disabilities now work in an expanding set of professional roles tied to employee services and benefits—baristas in in-house cafés, library assistants, nail technicians, language instructor assistants and health keepers supporting call-center healthcare, among others.
Hanwha Life’s in-house café, staffed by 16 baristas, provides high-quality beverages and has seen a more than fourfold increase in sales compared with the previous outsourced operation as employee satisfaction and usage rose.
Hanwha Life Financial Services and Hanwha General Insurance introduced nail technician positions to provide stable employment. Hearing-impaired nail technicians interact with colleagues through creative design work and services, contributing to high satisfaction among staff.
Hanwha General Insurance also supports a designer with a disability who produces marketing content remotely, enabling continued professional development without a career interruption.
Hanwha Investment & Securities operates a language instructor assistant role designed to leverage language skills to boost employees’ global competencies. Seven employees currently support virtual English classes, handling attendance and progress tracking, assisting instruction and compiling feedback.
The affiliates also run various engagement programs around Disability Day to strengthen internal awareness and inclusion.
Ahead of Disability Day, Hanwha Life held a One Team Plus Day on April 13 that offered cultural-experience programs for employees with disabilities and granted recognition leave to reinforce empathy across the organization.
On April 8, Hanwha Life Financial Services hosted a commemorative event featuring nail technicians and partner organizations to share work experiences and build camaraderie. The affiliate also produced a recruitment video and provided recognition leave to foster a more disability-inclusive workplace culture.
Company officials say these initiatives go beyond benefits: they raise employee engagement and satisfaction and are driving broader changes in corporate culture.
Hanwha’s financial affiliates plan to continue developing roles in new areas—digital and specialized positions—and to improve working conditions to enhance job satisfaction.
Kim Jung-soo, head of HR Strategy at Hanwha Life, said, “Hiring people with disabilities is not mere philanthropy; it is directly tied to corporate competitiveness. Under our ‘Together, Far’ management philosophy, we will continue to expand an inclusive employment model.”
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