GitLab Korea Limited Benefits
Group Insurance Plan - Medical & Risk Benefits
Effective 2025-07-01, all team members in Korea are eligible to enroll into the Group Insurance plan, including Medical and Risk coverages via Meritz. GitLab covers 100% of the premiums for the team members and their dependents for both coverages.
Coverage eligibility
- Team Members are covered by both medical and risk coverages. The risk coverage includes Accidental Death, Accidental Disability and Disease Death.
- Dependents are eligible for medical reimbursements, including hospitalization, outpatient visits and three specific treatments (Manipulation, ESWT (Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy), and Prolotherapy, Injections and MRI/MRA scans). Eligible dependents are legal spouses and dependent children.
Please review the Coverage Summary for detailed information about the medical and risk coverages.
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Benefits Taxability
Please note that team members are subject to tax on the employer-paid premiums for both Medical and Risk coverages. Any premiums will be reported as benefit in kind and subject to withholding tax.
Group Insurance Plan Enrollment and Opting Out
Team Members who wish to join the plans will be prompted to enroll in their new hire onboarding issue. The Total Rewards team will share your enrollment details with our brokers at WTW within the first week of their start date. Please refer to the claim guide for detailed information on how to make a claim.
If you would like to opt-out from the plan, please reach out to total-rewards@gitlab.com.
Life Event Enrollment
Other than during enrollment, Team Members can add dependents during certain life events such as birth or marriage, with an effective date of the life event. Please fill out the enrollment form to add a dependent to your medical coverage. The updated Benefit in Kind amount will be reported on a monthly basis and team members will continue to be taxed on the value of the benefit.
Offboarding GitLab
Your benefits will cease on the date of the termination.
Pension
GitLab does not plan to offer pension benefit at this time as team members registered to the Korea’s Social Security Program are also registered with the National Pension Scheme.
GitLab Korea LTD Parental Leave
Statutory Leave Entitlement
Maternity Leave: Team member can take up to 90 days (120 days in case of multiple births). The start date can be agreed by the employer and team member, however 45 (60 in the case of multiple births) calendar days of leave must be taken immediately after the date of delivery.
Maternity leave should be granted even in the case of miscarriage or stillbirth as follows:
- within 11 weeks into pregnancy: Five days of leave from the date of miscarriage or stillbirth
- 12-15 weeks into pregnancy: 10 days’ leave from the miscarriage or stillbirth date
- 16-21 weeks into pregnancy: 30 days’ leave from the miscarriage or stillbirth date
- 22-27 weeks into pregnancy: 60 days’ leave from the miscarriage or stillbirth date
- 28+ weeks into pregnancy: 90 days’ leave from the miscarriage or stillbirth date
Paternity Leave: Team members can take 10 days of Paternity Leave after the delivery date. The Paternity Leave can be used within 90 days after the delivery date and this leave can be used separately, split into a maximum of two periods.
Parental Leave (Child Care Leave): Parents who have worked for an employer for more than one year may be eligible for parental leave.
- Such leave applies to parents whose children are under six years old
- Each parent is eligible for up to one year of leave
- Parents cannot take leave at the same time
- The parent is entitled to 40% of his/her monthly income from Employment Insurance Fund
Maternity Leave Payment
The first 60 days (75 days in case of multiple births) are calculated based on the regular wage by the employer and the remaining 30 days are covered by the Employment Insurance Fund. If you are eligible, GitLab will supplement insurance payments to ensure you receive 100% pay for up to 16 weeks of your Parental Leave.
Paternity Leave Payment
If you are eligible, you will receive 100% paid Parental Leave from GitLab for up to 16 weeks.
Applying for Parental Leave in Korea
To initiate your parental leave, submit your time off by selecting the Parental Leave category in Workday at least 30 days before your leave starts. Please familiarize yourself with GitLab’s Parental Leave policy.
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