Where Are Workers' Health Well Managed? ... Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency Selects 10 'Excellent Workplaces'

KOSHA (Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency).

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] The Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency has selected 9 new companies and 1 extended company as ‘Outstanding Workplaces for Worker Health Promotion Activities’ for the second half of 2021.

The new workplaces are ▲CJ Seafood Co., Ltd., ▲CJ Logistics Cheongwon HTML, ▲Asung Daiso Namsa Logistics Hub Center, ▲Bupyeong SK VIEW Haemoro, ▲Korea East-West Power Ulsan Power Headquarters, ▲Korea East-West Power Ilsan Power Headquarters, ▲Korea East-West Power Donghae Power Headquarters, ▲Hallym University Chuncheon Sacred Heart Hospital, and ▲LG Innotek Gwangju Plant.

The ‘extended’ workplace following the previous selection is ▲Hyundai Doosan Infracore Gunsan Plant.

The selected workplaces received high evaluations for actively operating non-face-to-face health promotion programs such as mobile applications to prevent cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases, improve lifestyle habits, and provide job stress programs despite the spread of COVID-19.

They were chosen for establishing a health promotion activity system by preparing internal regulations and policies related to health promotion and establishing their own health management systems.

‘Outstanding Workplaces’ are those that meet the recognition criteria based on evaluations of seven categories: establishment of health promotion activity systems, awareness levels, organizational culture, health promotion activities, environmental management, program operation, and management of partner companies.

The agency announces outstanding workplaces for health promotion activities twice a year, in the first and second halves.

The title of ‘Outstanding Workplace for Worker Health Promotion Activities’ is maintained for three years after selection, and currently, there are a total of 92 such workplaces nationwide.

For workplaces whose selection validity period expires between 2021 and 2022, considering the reduction in face-to-face activities due to the COVID-19 pandemic, evaluations will be uniformly deferred until the easing stage following the second revision of social distancing measures for the phased recovery of daily life from COVID-19.

However, workplaces wishing to proceed with extended evaluations will undergo normal assessments.

An official from the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency said, “We hope that outstanding cases of worker health promotion activities will be widely shared so that more workplaces can develop various health promotion activities tailored to the characteristics of their industries together with labor and management.”

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