Incheon Airport Security Screening Officers to Be Directly Employed, Totaling 1,902 Personnel

Security Screening Personnel to be Directly Employed as 'Cheongwon Police'
Final Stage of Regularizing 10,000 Workers

On the 23rd, the departure hall of Terminal 1 at Incheon International Airport is bustling with passengers preparing to travel abroad. Incheon Airport Corporation projected that 1,039,144 passengers (an average of 207,829 per day) will use the airport from the 23rd to the 27th, including the Lunar New Year holiday period.
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[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo Je-hoon] Incheon International Airport Corporation has decided to directly employ 1,902 security screening personnel, marking the final stage of the three-year-long process of converting non-regular workers to regular positions. On the 22nd, Incheon Airport Corporation announced that out of a total of 9,785 non-regular airport workers, 2,143 will be directly employed, and 7,642 will be transferred to airport subsidiaries.

According to Incheon Airport Corporation, among the total candidates, 2,143 workers in three fields?airport fire brigade (211), wildlife control (30), and passenger security screening (1,902)?will be directly employed by the corporation. Meanwhile, 7,642 workers in airport operations (2,423), airport facilities and systems (3,490), and security guards (1,729) will be transferred to three specialized subsidiaries respectively.

Incheon Airport Corporation first resolved the major issue concerning the 1,902 security screening personnel by directly employing them as Cheongwon Police officers. Initially, the corporation planned to hire these personnel as regular employees of subsidiaries first and then directly employ them after relevant legal and institutional improvements, as the Security Services Act prohibits the employment of special security guards.

However, the security screening personnel consistently demanded direct employment, citing President Moon Jae-in’s statement in 2017 that "safety and life-related sectors must be converted to regular positions." Accordingly, the corporation decided to directly employ them as Cheongwon Police officers. Cheongwon Police are police officers assigned to guard national critical facilities or workplaces and are permitted to carry firearms if necessary.

Gu Bon-hwan, President of Incheon Airport Corporation, stated, "Incheon Airport is the largest public sector regularization project and involves complex interests of various labor organizations. Despite difficult conditions for the transition, we have continuously engaged in dialogue, resulting in a mutually beneficial agreement between labor and management for regularization. We will carry out the remaining procedures without delay and grow into a world-class airport specialized group."

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