Anti-Corruption Commission Conducts Comprehensive Fairness Survey on New Hires at 1,386 Public Institutions

Inspection of Applicant Recruitment Cost Shifting and Related Issues

On the 24th, the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission announced that starting next month, it will collaborate with 228 supervisory agencies, including central administrative agencies and local governments, to investigate the hiring practices of public-related organizations.

Jeong Seung-yoon, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission.
[Photo by Jo Yong-jun]

This year, the Commission will conduct on-site investigations of 23 organizations that either lack supervisory agencies or have unclear audit authority from supervisory agencies, placing them in a blind spot for hiring practice inspections despite being public-related organizations but effectively operating in the private sector.

The investigation will focus on whether these public-related organizations followed laws, higher-level guidelines, and their own regulations in their new hiring procedures last year. Compliance with the Employment Procedures Act under the Ministry of Employment and Labor, including the prohibition of applicants bearing the costs of hiring examinations, will also be checked.

The Commission plans to take strict measures such as requesting investigations and disciplinary actions against those involved in hiring misconduct, and actively provide remedies such as offering retest opportunities if victims arise. In addition to regular surveys, the Commission is handling reports of hiring corruption, and any citizen who discovers hiring corruption can report it through the Integrity Portal or by mail or visit.

Jung Seung-yoon, Vice Chairman and Secretary General of the Commission, stated, “The transparency and fairness of the public sector hiring process form the fundamental basis for the younger generation taking their first steps into society to develop a common understanding of fairness as future public officials.” He added, “We will continue to make greater efforts to establish fairness in public sector hiring.”

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