Chungnam Social Welfare Facility Workers Complain of "Excessive Workload and Human Rights Violations"

[Asia Economy (Naepo) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] A survey revealed that workers at social welfare facilities in the Chungnam region are suffering from excessive workloads and human rights violations. As a result, about half of the workers have considered resigning within the past year.

According to the ‘Social Welfare Workers’ Human Rights Survey’ conducted by the Chungnam Women’s Policy Development Institute on the 11th, 5 out of 10 social welfare facility workers who participated in the survey responded that they had considered changing jobs or resigning within the past year.

The biggest reason for considering job change or resignation was cited as ‘excessive workload (20%).’ Additionally, poor working conditions were found to increase workers’ considerations of job change or resignation. For example, regarding satisfaction with working conditions, 33% of respondents said they were ‘not satisfied with the current wage level.’

In particular, the proportion of social welfare facility workers who experienced violence from people related to their work was not low. 18.7% of respondents reported experiencing violence from colleagues and supervisors, and 6.9% reported experiencing violence from social welfare facility users and their guardians.

Researcher Maeng Jun-ho of the Women’s Policy Development Institute said, “While social welfare-related work has a higher labor intensity compared to other occupations, welfare benefits are very poor in reality,” and suggested, “To improve the human rights of social welfare workers, manuals tailored to the characteristics of each facility should be developed, and emotional and psychological support programs should be expanded.”

Meanwhile, the survey was conducted for about a month starting from May 11. A total of 1,277 workers from 325 social welfare facilities in the province participated in the survey.

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