National University Corporation Wage Arrears?…Incheon University Fails to Pay 580 Million Won in Staff Allowances

Violation of 6 Articles under the Labor Standards Act... Correction Order Issued

The national university corporation Incheon National University was found by the relevant authorities to have failed to pay various allowances totaling over 580 million KRW to current and former faculty and staff.

According to the office of Justice Party lawmaker Lee Eun-ju on the 18th, Incheon National University recently violated six provisions of the Labor Standards Act, including non-payment of overtime, night, holiday, and annual leave allowances to current and retired employees, and received correction orders from the Central Regional Employment and Labor Office.

The unpaid allowances by Incheon National University were investigated to total 578.73 million KRW, comprising 520.54 million KRW for 368 current employees and 58.19 million KRW for 33 retirees.

Additionally, Incheon National University was found to have failed to specify mandatory items in employment contracts or wage statements, violated limits on overtime work, and paid amounts below the minimum wage.

It also violated the Act on Equal Employment and Support for Work-Family Reconciliation by partially failing to conduct workplace sexual harassment prevention education.

Incheon National University campus view [Photo by Incheon National University]

Earlier, the Central Regional Employment Office received complaints regarding wage arrears within Incheon National University and conducted a labor inspection targeting all faculty and staff in April.

The Central Regional Employment Office instructed Incheon National University to correct the violations by the end of this month and stated that if no additional measures are taken, penalties will be imposed according to relevant provisions.

Lawmaker Lee said, "It is a very serious issue that a national university corporation, which should set an example, has committed large-scale wage arrears," and emphasized, "Incheon National University must promptly restore the damages to their original state, and the Ministry of Labor should inspect whether similar cases exist in other university corporations."

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