Yeongam-gun Selected as an Excellent Administrative Institution for Labor-Management Culture Among Public Officials in 2021

Achieving Valuable Outcomes Through Building Healthy and Cooperative Labor-Management Relations

Yeongam-gun was recognized as a leading local government in labor-management culture and received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award. ⓒ Asia Economy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do was selected as an excellent administrative institution certified for labor-management culture among public officials in 2021.

According to the county on the 29th, Yeongam-gun received the Minister of the Interior and Safety Award as a basic local government recognized for establishing a sound and cooperative labor-management relationship and leading a rational labor-management culture in the ‘2021 Public Officials Labor-Management Culture Excellent Administrative Institution Certification Examination’ hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety.

Accordingly, Yeongam-gun and the Yeongam-gun branch of the National Public Officials Labor Union were honored to be certified as an excellent administrative institution for labor-management culture.

In this examination, Yeongam-gun received high scores for practicing a cooperative labor-management culture and efforts to prevent and resolve conflicts between labor and management.

Since 2019, Yeongam-gun has been doing its best to establish a sustainable communication foundation by frequently holding labor-management councils and meetings by rank to create an organizational culture of communication and coexistence, resolving labor-management conflicts, and building mutual trust through workshops.

The commendation of the Minister of the Interior and Safety for Yeongam-gun as an excellent administrative institution for public officials’ labor-management culture is analyzed as a result of the executive branch making the labor union a partner in county administration, striving to reflect employees’ opinions as much as possible, and especially continuously working to build a sound and cooperative labor-management relationship through broad acceptance of various welfare programs, including personnel and organizational culture improvements and employee psychological counseling, even amid the unprecedented situation of COVID-19.

County Governor Jeon Dong-pyeong said, “If labor and management trust each other and continue dialogue, everyone can achieve better results, and based on this achievement, if we continue to make efforts together, we can establish an advanced labor-management culture.”

Lee Dae-woon, head of the Yeongam-gun branch of the Public Officials Labor Union, said, “Since its launch in 2002, the public officials labor union has continuously worked to improve employee welfare and labor conditions, and as a result of constant communication with the executive branch, although there were conflicts, better results were derived through mutual understanding and concession.”

Yeongam-gun judged that the advanced labor-management culture will serve as a foundation for transforming the organizational culture healthily, as well as a valuable groundwork for providing better administrative services to residents along with the development of county administration, and decided to work together to build a better labor-management culture in the future.

Meanwhile, Yeongam-gun will receive the Ministry of the Interior and Safety institutional commendation and the certificate of excellent labor-management culture institution at the government award ceremony hosted by the Ministry of the Interior and Safety in December, along with incentives such as institutional prize money.

This award has been held annually since 2010, and applications were received from each branch institution since May. Last month, a document review and on-site inspection were conducted, and face-to-face evaluations were held over two days on the 14th and 15th at the Government Seoul Office.

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