Gyeonggi Province Develops 14 Region-Tailored Labor Policy Initiatives Co-Created with Municipal Governments and Labor Organizations

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 4th that it will provide up to 27 million won in project funding to municipal government-labor organization consortiums selected for the '2020 Community Participation-Type Labor Cooperation Public Contest Project.'

The project departs from past one-directional policy implementation methods and is being implemented for the first time in the seventh elected term of the provincial government, aiming to jointly develop and promote a 'Public-Private Collaborative Labor Policy Model' tailored to actual regional and industrial labor conditions and demands through cooperation between municipal governments and labor organizations.

The province previously conducted a public contest in March and, after review, selected 14 projects from 12 'municipal government-labor organization consortiums,' including Suwon-Suwon Labor-Management-Civic Council, as support targets.

By sector, the projects consist of labor law guidance and rights remediation (7 projects), industrial accident prevention (2 projects), labor environment improvement (2 projects), leisure support (1 project), and fact-finding surveys (2 projects). The selected consortiums will establish detailed project plans and implement projects from June to December based on these plans.

Examining major projects, Paju City and Paju Chamber of Commerce will conduct 'visiting labor law and industrial accident prevention education' targeting small businesses with fewer than 30 employees in industrial complexes, advancing worker rights protection.

Seongnam City and Korean Confederation of Trade Unions Seongnam Branch will hire 'youth part-time worker protectors' as dedicated personnel for preventing human rights violations and protecting rights of young part-time workers, and will implement monitoring of human rights violations in part-time job advertisements and conduct on-site visits to small businesses for employment contract compliance promotion and consultation.

Goyang City and Goyang City Irregular Workers Support Center will implement workplace environment improvement projects at 10 residential buildings, working to ensure adequate rest conditions for cleaning and security workers.

Anyang City and Anyang City Labor-Management-Civic Council will conduct specialized industrial accident prevention training for mid-level managers (business owners, managers, site supervisors, and related government officials) at construction sites with subcontracted businesses, focusing on creating safe workplaces.

Gwangmyeong City and Gwangmyeong Symphony Orchestra plan to conduct 'visiting ensemble performances' utilizing lunch hours and culture days (the last Wednesday of each month), providing cultural enjoyment time to workers with limited leisure hours.

Pocheon City and Gyeonggi Northern Irregular Workers Support Center will conduct fact-finding surveys on vulnerable workers in the region, such as golf cadies and care workers for people with disabilities, and will establish effective support policies.

Additionally, eight other projects will be promoted, including rights remediation projects for workers at businesses with fewer than five employees (Suwon-Suwon Labor-Management-Civic Council), research and surveys on residential building workers and development of good job coexistence models (Bucheon-Bucheon City Irregular Workers Support Center), visiting consultation on rights protection for small and medium enterprise workers (Hwaseong-Hwaseong City Labor-Management-Civic Council), and visiting industrial accident prevention education for small business owners (Pyeongtaek-Pyeongtaek City Labor-Management-Civic Council).

Ryu Gwang-yeol, head of Gyeonggi Province Labor Bureau, stated, "This project is part of the seventh elected term's pledge to realize Gyeonggi where labor is respected," and added, "We look forward to contributing to worker rights protection, improvement of poor working conditions, and industrial accident prevention through implementation of effective projects tailored to regional circumstances."