Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association Gwangju Branch Operates 'Customer-Customized Comprehensive Consultation Service'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] The Construction Workers’ Mutual Aid Association Gwangju Branch (Branch Manager Lee Sang-hyun, hereinafter referred to as the Association) will visit large-scale apartment construction sites in the Gwangju and Jeonnam areas until the 10th to provide a 'Customized Comprehensive Counseling Service for Construction Workers.'

To minimize the inconvenience of workers on construction sites, the Association will deploy and operate a comprehensive support mobile vehicle (35-seat bus) at construction sites during commuting hours (6?7 a.m.) and lunch hours (11 a.m.?1 p.m.).

At the comprehensive support mobile vehicle, workers will be issued 'Retirement Mutual Aid Fund Accumulation Statements' and distributed leaflets promoting the Association’s major projects.

Related local organizations, including Hana Bank Honam Sales Group and the Construction Workers Employment Support Center, also participated.

Hana Bank is the issuing institution for the 'Hanaro Electronic Card,' and the Construction Workers Employment Support Center conducts job registration, employment placement, and various counseling support for construction workers.

As a result, construction workers can conveniently use various services without visiting related institutions.

In particular, the Association is focusing on promoting the 'Hanaro Electronic Card' to construction workers working on-site in cooperation with Hana Bank Honam Sales Group.

The 'Hanaro Electronic Card' is a means for construction workers to record their work details directly by touching the electronic card to a terminal when entering and exiting construction sites, aimed at preventing omissions in the retirement mutual aid fund of construction workers.

The attendance records recorded by the electronic card are transmitted to the Association, and workers can check in real time whether the construction employer has underreported their work details.

As of the end of August, among approximately 11,000 construction projects managed by the Association in the Honam region (including Jeju), the electronic card system is mandatorily implemented at 63 construction sites in Gwangju and Jeonnam, 26 in Jeonbuk, and 12 in Jeju.

Additionally, the Association held briefing sessions on the 'Act on the Improvement of Employment of Construction Workers' for primary and subcontracting construction employers (managers) at construction sites and requested active support to ensure that workers on-site fully benefit from the employment and welfare projects promoted by the Association.

Since early this year, the Association has been carrying out various activities to protect the rights and interests of local construction workers, including promoting retirement mutual aid compliance, the Hanaro electronic card issuance campaign, operating a special task force for large-scale construction site guidance, fostering local construction technicians and creating new jobs, and operating a counseling window dedicated to retirement mutual aid funds for elderly construction workers.

Lee Sang-hyun, Branch Manager of the Gwangju Branch, said, "Construction workers start work early in the morning and wear work clothes, so it is difficult for them to visit the Association or related institutions directly except on their days off."

He added, "Going forward, we will regularly visit various construction sites in the region together with related institutions to ensure that more construction workers can benefit."

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