Posco Reinforces Work Discipline After Series of Accidents... Temporarily Suspends Biweekly Friday Leave

Order to Refrain from Evening Company Dinners

Posco Group has recently begun reorganizing its internal work discipline following a series of safety incidents.

Jang Inhwa, Chairman of POSCO Group. Provided by POSCO Holdings

According to the industry on August 5, Posco Holdings and Posco have temporarily suspended the "4.5-day workweek" system, which allowed employees at the manager level and above to take paid leave every other Friday. They have recommended a temporary return to the standard five-day workweek.

Since last year, Posco Group had been piloting a flexible work system that adjusted weekday working hours to allow employees to take every other Friday off. However, the company appears to have reconsidered the operation of this system in light of the recent succession of accidents.

Additionally, within the group, a notice was issued?mainly targeting employees at the manager level and above?requesting restraint from external activities such as evening company dinners. A Posco Group representative stated, "This is not a company-wide ban, but rather an internal notice from some departments asking for restraint," adding, "It is more about reorganizing the atmosphere than enforcing a mandate."

Previously, at the Posco Gwangyang Steelworks, a worker fell during the removal of an overhead pipe last month. More recently, a subcontracted worker died at the group's construction subsidiary. As a result, the group is currently dealing with a series of industrial accidents.

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