Yoon Young-deok: "Working Conditions of Contract Workers at Daekyo Cooperative Are Poor... Urgent Improvement Needed"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Concerns have been raised about the poor treatment of contract workers at the Korea Council for University Education, which operates with 88.64% of its total budget funded by government subsidies.

On the 5th, National Assembly member Yoon Youngdeok (Democratic Party of Korea, Gwangju Dongnam-gap) stated during the Ministry of Education's public and affiliated institutions audit, "Out of the 114 total employees at the Council, nearly half, 52, are contract workers, yet their treatment is poor."

According to data submitted by the Council to Assemblyman Yoon, there are 52 contract professional staff and researchers affiliated with the Council. Among them, 18 contract workers have been engaged in continuous regular tasks for over five years, and 4 contract professionals and researchers have been working for more than eight years.

Contract workers at the Council undergo an annual evaluation to determine contract renewal, and each time they are re-contracted, they receive a new employee number, resulting in no recognition of their accumulated experience. It is known that they are placed in a structure where even free expression of opinions within the company is difficult due to job insecurity.

Assemblyman Yoon pointed out, "Unlike regular employees, these workers face discrimination in welfare allowances," adding, "According to the submitted data, regular employees receive 60% of their base salary as allowances, whereas contract workers receive no holiday bonuses at all, indicating a need for improvement."

He continued, "Since the Council receives nearly 90% of its funding from government subsidies through continuous projects commissioned by the Ministry of Education, it is necessary for this private commissioned institution to comply with the government's guidelines on converting non-regular workers to regular positions," and added, "Furthermore, communication with contract workers and efforts to improve their treatment must be sought."

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