Samsung Electronics Co. will award performance bonuses of up to 100 percent of base salary to employees in its semiconductor division for the first half of the year, the company confirmed Monday.
The payout marks a significant shift in compensation strategy for the chip unit, reflecting the division's robust financial performance amid surging demand for artificial intelligence hardware.
The bonus announcement comes as Samsung is on track to report a second-quarter operating profit that has jumped approximately 18-fold, reaching a new record high.
This surge is primarily driven by intensifying demand for memory chips from AI data centers, which has revitalized the company's core foundry and memory businesses.
The substantial payout serves as a direct reward for the workforce behind this operational turnaround.
The move also appears to be part of a broader effort to resolve a protracted labor dispute with the company's union.