Lee Jae-myung "Will Give Higher Wages to More Short-term Non-regular Workers in the Public Sector"

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Lee Jae-myung, Governor of Gyeonggi Province, announced that he will provide higher wages to short-term non-regular workers in the public sector.

On the 22nd, Lee posted on Facebook an article titled "Substantial Equality... Higher Wages for Short-term Non-regular Workers," asking, "If the work is the same, who should be paid more: workers with stable jobs or those with unstable jobs?"

He added, "We are actually giving less pay to unstable workers simply because they are non-regular workers, resulting in overlapping discrimination," and stated, "Gyeonggi Province has decided that, at least in the public sector, non-regular workers will receive higher wages than regular workers, and among non-regular workers, those with shorter employment periods will be paid more."

As of July 2017, according to government standards, there are 1,064 non-regular workers affiliated with Gyeonggi Province and 2,252 non-regular workers affiliated with public institutions under the province, totaling 3,316. Among them, 577 from the province and 1,258 from public institutions are eligible for conversion to regular positions.

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