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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Hanjin decided to phase out overnight deliveries for the first time in the logistics industry amid growing social consensus about long working hours due to successive deaths of delivery drivers. On the 26th, Hanjin announced that he will completely stop overnight deliveries after 10pm the following month, and that the remaining shipments will be delivered the next day, and that 1,000 support people will be put into sorting work, which is the main cause of overwork. On the same day, Lotte Global Logistics and CJ Logistics, the largest logistics company in Korea on the 22nd, took action with the goal of introducing sorting support personnel and registering all workers’ compensation insurance. It seems appropriate that the measures of logistics companies focus primarily on preventing overwork. However, despite the fact that online shopping has exploded due to the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), a deterioration of the working environment is obviously expected for courier drivers, but about 10 people have already died after neglect it. It is late, but I hope you practice it thoroughly as it is a promise for people with meaning for reflection.
Among the measures introduced this time, the most striking is Hanjin’s announcement to suspend overnight deliveries. Night work is also a symbol of an “overworked society”. Until now, delivery late at night or delivery in the early morning has been a trend in the courier industry. Despite the banner of ‘innovation’, it is a way of working that guarantees the health and life of the delivery people. Of course, countermeasures by other companies are likely to lead to a reduction in working hours, but it is a big difference from the total ban on night work. This is because, as we have seen countless times, countermeasures that spilled out when a big business broke out would often end up like a dragon’s head after the logic of market competition if not institutionalized. It is unknown if Hanjin’s announcement will spread throughout the industry. Stopping overnight deliveries won’t be the only way to avoid overwork, and each company will have its own circumstances. For example, in the case of Coupang and Market Curly, which have their own delivery networks, it will not be easy to fold the sales models such as ‘Rocket Shipping’ and ‘Satbyul Shipping’, which have consolidated their position in the market. Still, these companies must also find the root cause of overwork and come up with the necessary countermeasures, then create manuals and put them into practice. Only then can consumers feeling the burden of high-speed delivery due to overworked this courier driver can also get an answer.
Long working hours are not just a problem for couriers. Even now that they are on the threshold of developed countries, many workers are being driven by the danger of overwork in all sectors of our society. Even last year, when the 52-hour week system started in earnest, the average annual work hours per day for domestic workers decreased by just 10 hours compared to the previous year, but it was counted as 1,957 hours. It is approximately 300 hours more than the average for the member states of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), and 600-700 hours more than Germany and France. Many politicians spoke of ‘life with dinner’ and promised to create a world where people could eat and live without working long hours, but the reality has not changed much. The government’s plan to reduce annual working hours to 1,800 hours by 2022 is also unlikely to meet the current trend. This incident confirmed once again the inhumanity and social damage of the “overworked society”. The government and the National Assembly are expected to reach concrete results by first preparing countermeasures related to delivery drivers as soon as possible and then reviewing practical solutions to the problem of long working hours in our society.
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