Government Complex and Cheonggyeong Sign Collective Agreement to Abolish '24-Hour Duty'

Improving Life Quality of Cheongwon Police and Enhancing Building Security by Abolishing Overnight Shifts

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Government Complex Management Headquarters of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety and the Cheongwon Police Labor Union announced on the 15th that they will sign the 2022 Cheongwon Police Collective Agreement on the 16th, with the main content being the abolition of the full-day duty (24-hour duty) for Cheongwon Police.

Through this collective agreement, the current Cheongwon Police full-day duty system, which operates in the order of day shift - full-day (24 hours) - off - off, will be improved to a day shift - night shift - off - off system, and starting from early March, it will be implemented beginning with the Sejong Government Complex and then expanded to the Seoul, Gwacheon, and Daejeon complexes.

The Government Complex Management Headquarters and the Cheongwon Police Labor Union explained the background, stating that the abolition of full-day duty was decided based on the need to strengthen security during vulnerable nighttime hours, improve the quality of life and health rights of Cheongwon Police officers, and the necessity to change working conditions for accident prevention following the recent enforcement of the Serious Accident Punishment Act.

The Government Complex Management Headquarters plans to compensate for the shortage of daytime personnel caused by the change in work patterns through reassignment of workplaces and personnel, and to manage government complexes more safely by implementing intelligent security control through the establishment of an intelligent (smart) government complex based on Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies.

Jo So-yeon, head of the Government Complex Management Headquarters, said, “This collective agreement, reached on the basis of mutual respect and consideration, has become an opportunity to further develop labor-management relations,” and added, “We will continue to communicate with workers and do our best to improve treatment and working conditions to enhance the rights and interests of Cheongwon Police officers who work hard on the front lines for complex security and response to assemblies and demonstrations.”

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