ポスコ Company Profile

Since April 2022, applications for the "Subsidy for Promoting Work Style Reform" for the fiscal year 2022 have been accepted. This subsidy provides financial assistance to small and medium-sized enterprise owners who are working on creating an environment aimed at reducing working hours and promoting annual paid leave, covering part of the costs incurred in implementing these measures. This year, in addition to the "Annual Leave Promotion Support Course" and the "Work Interval Introduction Course," a new "Proper Management of Working Hours Promotion Course" has been established. This subsidy also applies to POSCO products and has a track record of being adopted. It is a subsidy that we receive inquiries about every year.

How is everyone doing amidst the ongoing uncertainty of COVID-19? Living with masks has become the norm, and I personally feel that new lifestyles, such as avoiding the three Cs (closed spaces, crowded places, and close-contact settings), are becoming more ingrained. Currently, I also realize that online meetings (web conferences) have become quite mainstream during this pandemic. At POSCO, we had been conducting online demonstrations for customers nationwide even before the pandemic, but I believe that the barriers to online demos have become significantly lower since the onset of COVID-19.

This fiscal year, the application for IT introduction subsidies has started from April. Continuing from the previous year, POSCO's products and systems are eligible tools for the IT introduction subsidy 2022, and applications are now possible. The scope of eligibility has changed from the previous year, making it easier to apply, so we would like to inform you of the changes and the requirements for application as follows. ● Changes from the last time ✔ The POS cash register system for the medical industry, "RecePOS (R)," and the POS cash register system for the retail industry, "Urekko," will be classified as "Digital Infrastructure Introduction Type" this fiscal year. ⇒ Last year, the type of application varied depending on the type of register, but this year, regardless of the type of register, all applications will fall under the "Digital Infrastructure Introduction Type." ✔ Not only software but also hardware has become eligible. ⇒ Last year, only software was eligible, but starting this year, cash register equipment such as automatic change dispensers has also become eligible for subsidies. Since hardware has been added to the eligibility along with software, the subsidy amount has changed from the previous year.