▲ Namdong Industrial Complex in Incheon City widely known as the safe haven for the use of illegal temporary agency workers is moving to the direct employment, due to the avid monitoring activities of the regional labor organizations.(photo from the archives)

 

The regional labor organizations in Incheon City and Namdong Industrial Complex submitted the grievances against 73 unlicensed worker dispatching companies, 252 sending companies and 19 using companies in violation of the Act on the Protection of Dispatched Workers to the Ministry of Employment and Labor during the period between 2015 to 2016.

Out of 344 companies, 17 using employers and 38 sending employers were punished and 647 out of 1,011 temporary agency workers who were illegally used by the using companies in the manufacturing industry have been hired directly either in the form of regular employment or fixed term employment contract of 6 to 12 months.

reported by Lee Eun-young
translated by Kim Sung-jin

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