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Im Seo-jung, Vice Minister of Employment and Labor (second from right), speaks at a meeting of relevant ministries to strengthen the protection of essential workers held at the Sejong-ro Government Complex in Seoul on the morning of the 6th By Park Jong-sik, Staff Reporter [email protected]
Even specially employed (especially senior) workers such as parcel delivery and express service technicians will be promoted to receive industrial accident insurance without exception, unless there are limited reasons such as illness, parenting or suspension. from work. On the morning of the 6th, the government included these contents in the ‘Essential Measures to Improve Safety and Protection of Workers’ discussed and announced at the inaugural meeting of the’ TF Pan-Government of Essential Workers (Task Force, T / F) ‘. “Essential workers” refers to “face-to-face workers who provide basic services to maintain people’s lives, safety, and social functions,” and encompasses health, medical care, caregivers, delivery workers, and environmental sanitation workers. Despite the fact that its pretext has become more important in the Corona 19 situation, the work environment, such as low wages, long working hours and the risk of work accidents, remains poor, and the purpose of the TF is to improve it . Among essential workers, there are many cases in which social safety nets such as occupational accident insurance are not applied because they are not recognized as workers under the Labor Standards Act, such as those of special secondary and self-employed. Currently only 14 high-level special occupations, such as insurance planners, are covered by industrial accident insurance, but it only applies when labor is provided for ‘primarily business’ (based on ‘sole proprietorship’) and the applicant can request the ‘exclusion’. This drops significantly. For this reason, the government said that “we will push for a revision of the law in the second half of this year so that only limited reasons, such as illness, parenting and suspension for reasons attributable to the employer, can request exclusion from insurance work accidents”. Through research services, an alternative to the “exclusive ownership” standard is also being sought for the first half of next year. The Korea Labor Welfare Corporation is also pursuing realistic expansion plans, such as signing a trade agreement with delivery companies and allowing workers to subscribe to industrial accident insurance. In addition, the government announced that it will strengthen labor supervision and on-site guidance in areas with high risk of overwork, such as online distribution companies and parcel delivery centers, by December. For workplaces with high risk of group infection, 70% of the purchase cost of infection prevention equipment is provided. He also decided to prepare guidelines for the installation of box handles for commercial workers. For delivery drivers, in November, in connection with the delivery application, we will develop and distribute an “information exchange platform” to target accident risk areas. In December, standard contracts for delivery, express and agent items will be prepared and distributed. For delivery drivers, according to the current survey, measures to prevent overwork and protect health will be proposed in February next year. The government said: “Starting with this first task, we will develop a support plan that includes fundamental and long-term improvements to the system.” By Choi Won-hyung, Staff Reporter [email protected]
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