As one of the leading manufacturers in the world tableware products and cleaners, Hayco produced more than five million monthly brush factory in Shenzhen in 2003. When creating a new factory in Shenzhen in the middle of the 1990s, Hayco had to decide how best to handle the issue of social security for the staff for their growing number of factory workers. Top management firmly believed that the welfare of employees will be crucial to ensure low turnover and good morale jobs and, therefore, subject to, "Hayco home away from home" for the workers. On the labor market as a whole has always been favor of employers, and in the mid-1990s, many factories have only a minimal amount of money and benefits for employees (in fact, the working conditions in many plants were terrible.) In such circumstances, why Hayco invest money and effort in creating a home away Hayco from home? What message or personal philosophy of management of such an advantage to pass? "Hide
by Gilbert Wong, Monica Wong Source: University of Hong Kong, 8 pages. Publication Date: July 20, 2004. Prod. #: HKU317-PDF-ENG
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