Suwon Metropolitan City and Suwon City Hall Labor Union Conclude 2025 Wage and Collective Agreement

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Suwon Metropolitan City concluded the '2025 Wage and Collective Agreement' with the Suwon City Hall Labor Union (Environmental Management Division) on the 14th.

The agreement includes a 3% wage increase compared to the previous year's standard wage total and family allowance increases (500,000 won for the first child, 800,000 won for the second child, and 1.2 million won for the third child).

The retirement age has been extended from the existing 62 to 63, and long-service leave has been expanded to a maximum of 20 days. Spousal childbirth leave has been increased from 10 days to 20 days.

Newly established systems include 12-month unpaid leave, junior leap leave (3 days for employees with 1 to less than 5 years of service), birthday leave, and special leave for intensive work (up to 2 days).

The agreement ceremony, held in the meeting room of the Suwon Military Airport Relocation Citizens' Council on that day, was attended by Kwon Hyuk-joo, Director of Suwon's Environmental Department, and Choi Ho-jin, Chairman of the Suwon City Hall Labor Union, among others.

Director Kwon Hyuk-joo said, "This agreement is a result of mutual prosperity achieved through trust and dialogue between labor and management," and added, "We will continue to make efforts to maintain cooperative labor-management relations and create a stable work environment."