"Tag Your Electronic Card When Commuting to Construction Sites" ... Daegu Labor Office Promotional Campaign

The Daegu Employment and Labor Office (Director Kim Gyuseok) and the Daegu Branch of the Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association (Branch Manager Shin Ikcheol) conducted a promotional campaign on the 14th targeting construction workers commuting to the 'Hillstate Daegu Station Opera New Construction Site' in preparation for the full-scale expansion of the construction workers' 'Electronic Card System' next year.

The Electronic Card System is a system where construction workers directly record their work details by tagging an electronic card on a terminal installed at the construction site to report the number of working days for retirement mutual aid.

Employees of the Daegu Regional Labor Office and the Daegu branch of the Construction Workers' Mutual Aid Association are promoting the electronic card for construction workers at the construction site of the new "Hillstate Daegu Station Opera" building.

An official from the Construction Workers Mutual Aid Association stated, “In the past, employers notified the mutual aid association of workers' attendance, which often led to disputes over missed attendance. Since the attendance of construction workers is a very important basis for calculating retirement pay, the electronic card system was introduced.”

The construction workers' electronic card system is being applied in stages depending on the scale of the construction. This year, it applies to public projects worth 5 billion KRW and private projects worth 10 billion KRW. From January 1, 2024, it will be fully expanded to all construction projects subject to the retirement mutual aid system with public projects worth 100 million KRW and private projects worth 5 billion KRW or more, for which new bidding announcements (or contract signing) are made.

This campaign was promoted to raise employers' sense of responsibility and workers' awareness of their rights ahead of the full-scale implementation of the electronic card system.

Kim Gyuseok, Director of the Daegu Employment and Labor Office, said, “I hope the system will be well established in the jurisdiction through employers' compliance with the installation of electronic card terminals and issuance of electronic cards, and workers' increased use of electronic cards,” adding, “The Daegu Labor Office and the Mutual Aid Association will strengthen support such as education and promotion to revitalize the system.”

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