KOSHA-Seoul City to Support Up to 90% of Costs for Infectious Disease Prevention Environment Improvements in Call Centers

Park Doo-yong, Chairman of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, is being interviewed on the 19th at the Seoul Metropolitan Regional Headquarters of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency in Seoul. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyunjung] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and Seoul City announced on the 28th that they have urgently allocated funds to improve the infectious disease prevention environment in call centers with fewer than 50 employees, expanding support to cover up to 90% of the required costs.

This budget allocation is an emergency measure for infectious disease prevention, providing up to 25 million KRW for ▲installation of simple partitions ▲purchase of air purifiers and contactless thermometers ▲purchase of masks and hand sanitizers. The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency supports 70% of the costs, Seoul City supports 20%, and employers only need to bear 10% of the total expenses.

This expanded support significantly reduces the burden on employers by adding Seoul City's 20% support to the Agency's call center environment improvement project (70% support) that has been in place since March. Seoul City's additional support can be applied retroactively.

The target for call center infectious disease prevention environment improvement support is small and medium-sized call centers with fewer than 50 regular employees. Applications can be submitted to the Seoul Labor Rights Center, which is commissioned by the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency and Seoul City.

Meanwhile, since 2012, the Agency has been cooperating with Seoul City to support facility funds for improving the working environment of manufacturing workplaces with fewer than 50 employees, and they have been working together to improve the vulnerable safety and health environment of local workplaces.

Park Duyong, President of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, stated, "Through this cooperation with Seoul City, we expect to contribute to protecting call center workers from the COVID-19 infectious disease," and added, "Going forward, the Agency will continue to promote activities to improve the safety and health environment for infectious disease prevention and worker health protection."

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