Heo Eun-a "Give Holidays to Large Mart Workers"... Proposed Amendment to the Distribution Industry Development Act

"Uniform Application of Mandatory Closure Days Takes Away Holidays"

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] On the 22nd, Heo Eun-ah, a member of the People Power Party, proposed an amendment to the Distribution Industry Development Act to allow employees of large supermarkets and corporate supermarkets (SSM) to rest with their families on the day of traditional holidays.

This amendment replaces one of the two mandatory closing days, usually set as every other Sunday each month, with the day of the traditional holiday.

According to current law, large supermarkets and corporate supermarkets must designate two mandatory closing days each month and generally implement a biweekly Sunday closing system. If applied to this Chuseok holiday, supermarket employees would work on Thursday, October 1, the holiday itself, and rest on Sunday the 11th and Sunday the 25th.

Rep. Heo pointed out, "Although mandatory closing days are designated for large supermarkets, the uniform application without consideration for employees has resulted in depriving 200,000 supermarket workers of the nation's major holidays, Seollal and Chuseok."

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