Suwon City Conducts Inspection on Construction Workers' Wage Arrears Ahead of Chuseok

The city of Suwon in Gyeonggi Province will inspect the payment status of construction fees by the 14th of this month to prevent wage arrears for construction workers ahead of Chuseok.

Suwon announced on the 11th that it will check payments related to subcontracting, labor costs, equipment, and materials for 128 ongoing facility construction projects (totaling 49.996 billion KRW). Among these, 30 sites with contract amounts exceeding 200 million KRW (42.846 billion KRW) will be classified as priority inspection targets.

When inspecting construction sites, Suwon will conduct inspections in the presence of supervisors or site managers for projects with supervision, and for projects without supervision, inspections will be conducted with the attendance of site managers or other personnel who are well-informed or have decision-making authority on site matters.

The main inspection items include whether payments for subcontracting fees, labor costs, equipment, and materials have been made or planned, as well as whether safety measures at construction sites have been established.

Suwon plans to encourage projects facing payment issues before the holiday to resolve them by securing their own funds.

Additionally, for chronic and habitual arrears such as subcontracting and wage arrears directly affecting workers' livelihoods, strong measures will be taken, including notifying the relevant labor office.

A Suwon city official stated, "We will strive to prevent wage arrears for construction workers ahead of the Chuseok holiday to alleviate the economic difficulties of workers."

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