Yangju City Converts All Contract Workers at Facilities Management Corporation to Regular Positions

Yangju City (Mayor Lee Sung-ho) is converting all 113 contract and unlimited-term contract employees at its subsidiary public enterprise, Yangju City Facilities Management Corporation, to regular permanent positions.

On the 1st, the city held a certificate of appointment ceremony at the main conference room of Yangju Cultural and Arts Center, attended by Mayor Lee Sung-ho, National Assemblyman Jung Sung-ho, City Council Chairman Park Gil-seo, Provincial Assemblyman Park Jae-man, as well as executives and board members of the Facilities Management Corporation (President Yu Jae-won).

At the ceremony, appointment certificates were presented to 113 corporation employees transitioning to regular permanent positions, comprising 98 unlimited-term contract workers and 15 contract workers.

The consolidation targets include operational staff in facilities management, recycling sorting, and administrative support, as well as contract sports instructors in health, swimming, and tennis. Through this consolidation, the corporation has been reborn as a discrimination-free organization where all workers are subject to the same wage system without indirect employment through outsourcing.

This job category integration, separate from the government's ongoing "Zero Non-Regular Workers in Public Sector" policy, is the result of careful review and consultation between Yangju City and the corporation since June of last year to establish an organizational culture that works proactively through employment stabilization and improved treatment of corporation employees, thereby enhancing work productivity and the quality of citizen services.

During the over one-year implementation period, more than 70 meetings and working-level consultations were held between the city and corporation, as well as between labor and management of the corporation, to determine conversion methods and the scope of treatment improvements through sufficient discussion among all stakeholders of the job category integration.

The city expects this job category integration to be a step forward compared to the conversion of contract workers to unlimited-term contracts pursued by other local governments and public institutions, and anticipates it will serve as a model case for other public institutions in line with the government's job creation policies.

Mayor Lee Sung-ho of Yangju City stated, "Through this job category integration, Yangju City Facilities Management Corporation has been reborn as an organization free of discrimination, free of employment insecurity, and free of job restrictions," and urged, "Please make efforts to improve service quality so that all corporation employees can work with one heart and impress citizens."

Meanwhile, Yangju City Facilities Management Corporation, established in November 2006, is a local public enterprise that manages major facilities including cultural and sports facilities in Yangju City and operates commissioned projects such as the transportation disadvantaged mobility support center business.