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[택배기사 과로사 정부 대책]Limited to 10 business hours per day
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Penalties for obstruction of workers’ compensation insurance
A courier is conducting a delivery service on the night of August 13 at an apartment complex in Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si, Gyeonggi-do. Hankyoreh reporter Kim Myung-jin
The government decided to recommend the delivery company to the delivery company, such as setting a limit on the daily working hours of delivery personnel and restricting night deliveries after 10pm. With the deaths of courier workers believed to have been overworked this year, action was taken across the government. However, most government measures only reveal the direction of policy or remain at the recommended level, so it appears that there is a long way to go before it is effective in the field. The Ministry of Employment and Labor and the Ministry of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs announced “measures to prevent overworking of courier workers” at the Seoul government office on the 12th. The framework is to improve the long and high intensity work of courier drivers, manage their health so that they do not deteriorate due to overwork, and expand the social safety net.
The Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairs, Kim Hyun-mi, and the Minister of Employment and Labor, Lee Jae-gap, announced measures to avoid overworking of delivery workers at the government office in Seoul on the day 12. Yunhap news
First, the government decided to recommend that couriers set a maximum working time limit of 10 hours per day to reduce working hours. Also, in the case of weekly delivery drivers, it is recommended to operate at 10 pm as the delivery deadline. After 10 pm, the application was blocked so delivery instructions could not be carried out. It is a policy to induce a system of holidays on Saturdays, etc., through labor inquiries. If the quantity of goods that is difficult for the courier to handle continues to occur, the company plans to induce the establishment of a system that can reduce the quantity or adjust the delivery area. If delivery is delayed due to such volume adjustment, the policy is not to take any disadvantage to the delivery driver. Along with this, the government is reviewing measures to impose the obligation to carry out medical check-ups on parcel drivers at agencies and plans to carry out an in-depth diagnosis for 1,000 people at high risk of overwork. It also plans to take action against acts of obstruction of underwriting workers ‘compensation insurance, such as limiting the reasons for exclusion from workers’ compensation insurance. The government announced that it would form a countermeasures council for the prevention of overwork of courier service workers that will involve the parcel delivery industry, trade unions, related ministries and consumer organizations next month. The intention is to start social discussions about improving unfair practices, such as back margins (rebates) from large shippers that lower shipping rates and increase package prices. These are structural problems that have led to the long-term labor of delivery men.
As for the government’s announcement that day, the labor community is in a situation where the number of parcels has skyrocketed due to Corona 19, and it is questionable how effective the measures will be to shorten the working day without the plan of parallel contracting. Core issues with large gaps between labor and management, such as job classification, remain intact, making it difficult to expect courier companies to move forward. The Korean Federation of Trade Unions said: “It is not enough to effectively and quickly protect courier workers from overwork. If each courier company does not have the capacity to reduce working hours, it seems likely that the current system will be maintained. “By Park Joon-yong and Sun Dam-eun, Staff Reporter [email protected]
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