Post Office Parcels Also Join 'Delivery Rest Days'... Closed from 14th to 16th

Korea Post Headquarters to Implement 3-Day Summer Vacation for Contracted Delivery Workers

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Bong-su] On the 14th, even the post office's parcel delivery will take a break.

The Ministry of Science and ICT's Postal Service Headquarters announced on the 4th that it will join the "Parcel Delivery Rest Day" on the 14th of this month and provide a three-day summer vacation from the 14th to the 16th for post office parcel delivery agents.

The Ministry of Employment and Labor and the parcel delivery industry have designated August 14th as a Parcel Delivery Rest Day since last year to ensure rest for parcel delivery workers, making it an annual event. The Postal Service Headquarters has also participated since the same year, granting summer vacations to parcel delivery agents.

Meanwhile, customers using post office parcel delivery should take the Parcel Delivery Rest Day into account. The Postal Service Headquarters will not accept fresh food requiring refrigeration or freezing on the 13th, the day before the rest day. They will also inform customers that delivery of other parcels may be delayed until the 17th at the latest.

The Postal Service Headquarters will promote these details at post office counters and on its website starting from the 4th. For contract companies sending large volumes of parcels, cooperation letters will be sent to request shipments be made before the 13th or after the 17th.

Park Jong-seok, head of the Postal Service Headquarters, said, “Despite difficult circumstances such as COVID-19 and heatwaves, parcel delivery agents are working hard every day for the people,” and added, “Please support the summer vacation of parcel delivery agents who have been working hard, even if deliveries are slightly delayed.”

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