Employment Stability and Working Environment Improvement for Security Workers... Oh Se-hoon Signs 'Win-Win Agreement' with 40 Apartment Complexes

Coexistence Agreement Ceremony on the 28th for Employment Stability and Work Environment Improvement of Apartment Management Workers
Joint Declaration of Efforts in Five Key Areas to Protect the Rights of Apartment Management Workers

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon is attending the Cabinet meeting held at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 25th. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government is taking joint action with apartment complexes in Seoul to ensure long-term employment stability and improve working conditions for security workers and other residential complex management workers.

According to Seoul City on the 27th, Mayor Oh Se-hoon will sign a "Win-Win Agreement for Employment Stability and Working Condition Improvement of Residential Complex Management Workers" on the 28th at the ‘Hwagok Prugio’ apartment in Hwagok-dong, Gangseo-gu, with representatives of over 40 residential complexes.

Mayor Oh will sign the agreement with Lee Seok-ki, chairman of the Seoul Residents' Representatives Council Federation, and also conclude agreements with two representative residents' councils among the 40 residential complexes participating in the win-win agreement. Present at the event will be Roh Hyun-song, head of Gangseo District Office, Lee Ui-geol, chairman of Gangseo District Council, and presidents of residents' councils from about 20 apartment complexes.

The win-win agreement declares that residential complexes (residents' representative councils) and Seoul City will jointly strive to ensure employment stability for residential complex management workers.

According to the agreement, Seoul City and the residential complexes will establish policies to promote long-term employment through employment stability and improved working conditions for residential complex management workers, prohibit unfair instructions and orders unrelated to work, foster a win-win community culture based on trust and consideration between management workers and residents, install rest areas and guarantee break times, resolve employment insecurity, improve working environments, and enhance welfare.

Seoul City has maintained that resolving employment insecurity should be prioritized to prevent human rights violations such as power harassment against security workers and to protect their rights. Mayor Oh also proposed matters related to employment stability and inducement of long-term labor contracts for residential complex management workers at the Cabinet meeting on the 25th. According to a survey conducted by the ‘Seoul Labor Rights Center’ targeting security workers, 85.8% of respondents were found to have indirect employment contracts with security service companies rather than direct employment. One in two workers had contracts shorter than one year, and 30.9% had contracts within three months.

Mayor Oh emphasized, “Considering the purpose of the government’s Job Stability Fund, it is reasonable to exclude workplaces that unreasonably shorten labor contract periods from support,” and added, “If the labor contract period for residential complex management workers is less than one year, they should be excluded from the government’s ‘Job Stability Fund’ support to ensure the establishment of long-term labor contracts.”

Seoul City has made various efforts through the ‘Clean Apartment Project,’ the enactment and revision of related ordinances and guidelines, and the operation of the ‘Security Workers’ Rights Relief Reporting Center,’ but it recognizes that there is still a long way to go. The city plans to cooperate so that this win-win agreement becomes a catalyst for more practical efforts on the ground.

Mayor Oh said, “With today’s agreement as a turning point, Seoul City will take the lead in establishing a culture of coexistence and consideration between residents and residential complex management workers,” and added, “I hope residents will take an interest and participate in the employment stability and environmental improvement of residential complex management workers. Seoul City will also actively promote policies to spread community culture.”

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