Gyeonggi Province Revises Standard Management Rules for Multi-Unit Buildings to Prevent Mistreatment of Security Workers

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province disclosed on the 31st revised standard management rules for multi-unit buildings that include provisions prohibiting verbal abuse and other unfair labor practices against security workers and protecting them.

Multi-unit buildings refer to buildings in which a single structure is divided into multiple separately owned sections, such as officetel buildings or commercial buildings.

Standard management rules for multi-unit buildings are reference guidelines that provide standards for managing and using buildings, land, and associated facilities.
Each multi-unit building creates its own management rules by referring to these standard management rules.

This amendment to the rules follows the enforcement of the revised Multi-Unit Buildings Act in February, with the standard management rules being prepared and distributed by governors of cities and provinces in each region.

Accordingly, the province reflected newly introduced accounting audit and reserve fund for repairs systems, as well as relaxed voting quorum requirements for changes to common areas.

Notably, provisions prohibiting and protecting against verbal abuse and other unfair labor practices directed at security workers and other employees have been added.

Additionally, management associations must now hold building meetings or pass resolutions by management committees before executing parking lot usage contracts with specific unit owners, and must publicly announce the contract details after execution.

The rules also include procedures for exercising voting rights through electronic means and submitting electronic documents.

Furthermore, information disclosure request forms have been included to make it easier for unit owners and others to request document review and copying from management personnel or management committees.
Type-specific standard rules are also provided based on building use, management committee establishment status, and other factors.

Multi-unit buildings in the province, including officetel buildings, commercial buildings, and small-scale shared residential complexes, may now amend their management rules at building association meetings with approval from at least three-quarters of unit owners and at least three-quarters of voting rights under the revised standard management rules.

The Gyeonggi Province standard management rules for multi-unit buildings are available for public access on the Gyeonggi Province Government website (www.gg.go.kr Gyeonggi Architecture Portal - Multi-Unit Building Management).

Hong Ji-seon, Director of the Urban Housing Division at Gyeonggi Province, stated, "We hope this revision of the standard management rules for multi-unit buildings will serve as a rational standard for fair and systematic management of multi-unit buildings," and added, "We will continue to make efforts to establish a transparent and proper multi-unit building management culture."