Hyundai Elevator named 'good company' for disability employment

Hyundai Elevator announced Thursday that it has been named a "good company" for disability employment at the 2026 Chungju Job Fair for People with Disabilities.

The "good company" designation is a program run annually by the North Chungcheong Province Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled to recognize businesses that have contributed to hiring people with disabilities, creating jobs and raising their incomes. Hyundai Elevator was highly rated for consistently treating disability employment as a core value of its sustainable management and translating that commitment into tangible job creation. The company's disability employment rate stands at 3.6 percent, exceeding the legally mandated rate for private companies with 50 or more employees.

The plaque presentation ceremony took place Wednesday at the UNESCO International Martial Arts Center in Chungju, on the sidelines of the 2026 Chungju Job Fair for People with Disabilities. As a designated company, Hyundai Elevator will receive priority access to guidance on disability hiring procedures, employer support policies and workplace awareness training.

About 500 people with disabilities, including students seeking employment, attended the fair. Companies looking to hire set up recruitment and interview booths on site. Participants could also get help writing resumes, take part in on-the-spot interviews and receive career and transition counseling for students with disabilities. Hyundai Elevator's Orrak disability choir added to the occasion with a celebratory performance.

"Being named a good company is all the more meaningful because it reflects the shared effort of every Hyundai Elevator employee to build a culture of mutual growth and solidarity," a company official said. "We will continue building a workplace where disability is no barrier to possibility — where everyone can work and grow using their own talents."

Hyundai Elevator has been expanding its disability employment and independence support initiatives. In 2024, it signed an MOU with the Korea Employment Agency for Persons with Disabilities to advance ESG (environmental, social and governance) management through expanded disability hiring, and directly employed members of the Orrak disability choir.

The choir's roster has grown from 20 to 50 members this year. In January last year, the company opened Elis, a cafe staffed by baristas with disabilities, and donates its operating proceeds to the North Chungcheong Province Comprehensive Welfare Center for the Disabled.

Meanwhile, Hyundai Elevator has been strengthening partnerships to sharpen its elevator technology edge, including a recent MOU with LG Uplus on wireless services and cooperation in AI and cybersecurity for a smart remote monitoring platform.