Changwon City Holds Evaluation Meeting on Payment Performance for Public Construction and Service Wages

No Cases of Wage Arrears Since 2012

Changwon City held a wage payment performance evaluation meeting for construction and service projects commissioned in 2019 on the 28th at the conference room on the 2nd floor of the City Hall Annex 2. (Photo by Changwon City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] Changwon City, Gyeongnam, held a wage payment performance evaluation meeting for construction and service projects ordered in 2019 on the 28th at the meeting room on the 2nd floor of the City Hall Annex 2.

This evaluation meeting, held for the ninth time this year, has been held annually since 2012 in accordance with the "Changwon City Ordinance on Prevention of Wage Arrears in Public Construction Projects," and it was found that no wage arrears occurred during the same period.

The evaluation meeting inspected a total of 319 cases, including 242 comprehensive construction projects worth over 200 million KRW and 77 general service projects worth over 50 million KRW ordered last year, focusing on ▲degree of wage arrears ▲efforts to comply with wage payment procedures, among others.

As a result of the inspection, 264 companies, including the contractor for the seismic reinforcement construction of Uichang Library, were selected as excellent companies, and outstanding companies were also selected through discussions held that day.

Kim Jong-moon, head of the Accounting Division, said, "We will provide incentives such as preferential treatment in private contracts to companies with excellent wage payment records, disclose evaluation results on the city’s homepage, establish a practice of timely payment, and do our best to protect the rights and interests of socially vulnerable daily construction workers."

Meanwhile, the city operates the "Public Construction Wage Arrears Prevention Center," which receives reports of wage arrears, under the supervision of the Accounting Division on a regular basis.

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